Person: Mitch Davies

Dr Anthony De Vuono has been appointed senior VP and chief technology officer of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), effective August 4th. As one of three VPs in the CANDU reactor division, De Vuono will be responsible for developing AECL’s technology with a focus on competitive costing, safety and licensing requirements. He holds a…

Dr Prakash Patnaik has been appointed to the Research and Technology Organization of NATO and its Applied Vehicle Technology panel. He is already chair of NATO’s technical committee on mechanical systems and materials for the latter panel. Patnaik is a director and chief defence scientist at the National Research Council’s Institute of Aerospace Research (IAR).…

Mitch Davies has been appointed associate assistant DM of Industry Canada’s science and innovation sector, succeeding

Iain Stewart who has departed for academia (see below). Davies is a veteran senior federal bureaucrat who has worked with several departments over his career including Privy Council Office regional and economic development policy and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (policy branch). Since joining Industry Canada, he has held several positions including DG human resources branch,…

Dr Molly Shoichet has been appointed to the board of directors of the Ontario Centres of Excellence. Shoichet is a renowned researcher and professor at the Univ of Toronto and holds a Canada Research Chair is tissue engineering. She holds a chemistry degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in polymer science…