Dr. Yulin Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI. Dr. Hu has 10 years of experience in biomass conversion, biofuels, bioproducts, pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, supercritical water gasification, and upgrading. She has a proven track record of publications with 44 peer reviewed articles and a total citation of 1,608 and an h-index of 22, among which were published in high-impact journals like Renewable and […]
Dr. Eric Li joined the Faculty of Management at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan campus in 2011. His Ph.D. in Marketing is from York University, and he received his M.A. in Anthropology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Li’s research interests include social enterprise and social innovation, not-for-profit marketing, sustainable marketing and consumption, multicultural marketing and consumption, consumer well-being, health promotion, consumer privacy, food economy and […]
Dr. Travis Esau is an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University. Dr. Esau is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Professional Agrologist. Dr. Esau specializes in machine systems and automation engineering focusing on agricultural mechanized systems, digital agriculture, precision agriculture, data management, automation of agricultural operations and data-driven decision analysis for complex agricultural and biological systems. Dr. Esau has an h-index […]
Dr. Bishnu Acharya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Chair in Bioprocess Engineering at University of Saskatchewan. His research investigates various processes for the conversion of waste biomass into products, with applications in combined heat and power generation, fuel for transportation, sustainable farming, nanocomposite material, and biomaterials. His research is focused on the concept of circular bioeconomy that integrates […]
Dr. Mumtaz Cheema is Associate Vice President Research and Graduate Studies and Professor in the School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Dr Cheema has established a very successful research program, developed strong research collaborations at national and international level. His current research focus is to develop productive, resilient, and sustainable cropping systems using innovative approaches/management practices, abiotic stress management, nutrient use efficiency, developing […]
Dr. Manju Misra is a professor in the School of Engineering and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph. She holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainable Biocomposites from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE). Dr. Misra’s current research […]
Amar Mohanty is a Full Professor & Distinguished Research Excellence Chair in Sustainable Materials and the Director of the Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a former Michigan State University Professor. He currently holds a Adjunct Professor position at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, USA and a Visiting Professor status at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Prof. Mohanty is an international […]
Dr. Farooque’s research focuses on fundamental understanding and development of state of the art precision agriculture (PA) technologies for Eastern Canada’s agriculture industry. Development of innovative and novel PA systems utilizes knowledge of engineering design, development and management, instrumentation, design and evaluation of sensors and controllers, development of hardware and software for automation of machines to sense targets in real-time for spot application of agrochemicals on an as-needed basis to […]
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.
