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Principal Investigator

Dr. Xiuquan (Xander) Wang, PhD, PEng

Dr. Xiuquan (Xander) Wang, PhD, PEng

Titles: Principal Investigator

Member, Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars
Professor, School of Climate Change and Adaptation
Director, NSERC CREATE – CLImate Smart Agriculture (CLISA) Network
Director, Climate Smart Lab, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
University of Prince Edward Island

Program Coordinator

Dr. Muhammad Awais

Dr. Muhammad Awais

Titles: Program Coordinator

Program Coordinator
NSERC CREATE – CLImate Smart Agriculture (CLISA) Network
Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
University of Prince Edward Island

Investigators

Dr. Aitazaz Farooque

Dr. Aitazaz Farooque

Titles: Investigator

Member, Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars; Professor & Associate Dean, School of Climate Change and Adaptation, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
University of Prince Edward Island

Dr. Amar Mohanty

Dr. Amar Mohanty

Titles: Investigator

Professor and Distinguished Research Excellence Chair in Sustainable Materials; Fellow RSC (Canada), Fellow AIChE, Fellow SPE, Fellow RSC (UK), Fellow IIChE(India); Director of Bioproducts Discovery & Development Centre (BDDC)
University of Guelph

Dr. Manjusri Misra

Dr. Manjusri Misra

Titles: Investigator

Professor & Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainable Biocomposites; Fellow RSC(UK), Fellow AIChE, Fellow SPE, Fellow IIChE, Fellow RSC
University of Guelph

Dr. Mumtaz Cheema

Dr. Mumtaz Cheema

Titles: Investigator

Professor, Boreal Ecosystems and Agricultural Sciences; School of Science and the Environment (Grenfell Campus)
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr. Bishnu Acharya

Dr. Bishnu Acharya

Titles: Investigator

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Chair in Bioprocess Engineering; Associate Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Travis Esau

Dr. Travis Esau

Titles: Investigator

Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture
Dalhousie University

Dr. Eric Li

Dr. Eric Li

Titles: Investigator

Member, Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars; Associate Dean, Professional Graduate Programs; Associate Professor, Faculty of Management; Principal’s Research Chair (Tier 2) in Social Innovation for Health Equity and Food Security
University of British Columbia – Okanagan

Dr. Yulin Hu

Dr. Yulin Hu

Titles: Investigator

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
University of Prince Edward Island

CLISA is the first multi-institutional training program in Canada towards climate smart agriculture to help address the need for HQPs who possess appropriate knowledge and expertise in climate change, precision agriculture, water and soil management, sustainable food production and food value chains, and climate-smart financing and policies to promote the development and application of innovative technologies and strategies in Canadian farming practices.

   The CLISA project is made possible with the financial support from the NSERC CREATE.
© 2025. All rights reserved by the CLISA team.
   The CLISA project is made possible with the financial support from the NSERC CREATE.
© 2025. All rights reserved by the CLISA team.