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Governance Structure

Governance Structure of CCEM

CCEM is a McMaster University Research Institute and Center (RCI) and Core Research Platform (CRP), reporting to McMaster University’s Office of VPR. CCEM’s Governing Board has overall responsibility for the governance and management of CCEM, on behalf of the University.

Executive Committee: Make decisions pertaining to instruments of governance and in-year performance of CCEM between meetings of the Governing Board.

International Scientific Advisory Committee: Provide scientific advice to the Scientific Direction and to the Governing Board with respect to CCEM’s ambition to be an internationally recognized Centre of Excellence in electron and ion microscopy.

Management Committee: Serves as a formal structure to make decisions on management and operations of CCEM, and inform and get feedback from stakeholders of the host institution.

Meet the Governing Board

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Grace Burke

International Scientific Advisory Committee Chair
Idaho National Lab

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Carlos Filipe

Associate Dean, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Engineering
McMaster University

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Andy Knights

Board Chair
Acting Vice-President, Research, McMaster University

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Pierre Lavoie

Executive Committee Chair
Independent Advisor
Retired, DG R&D Program, Department of National Defence

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Julia Phillips

Independent Advisor
Executive Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories

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Gay Yuyitung

Executive Director, McMaster Industry Liaison Office

Meet the Executive Committee

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Jamie Barnes

Director, Research Platforms Support, Office of the Vice-President Research
McMaster University

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Pierre Lavoie

Executive Committee Chair
Independent Advisor
Retired, DG R&D Program, Department of National Defence

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Jose Moran-Mirabal

Scientific Director, Centre for Advanced Light Microscopy
Department Chemistry & Chemical Biology, McMaster University

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Tyler Norsten

Emerging Technologies Investment Advisor to VP
Office of Facilities Renewal Management at National Research Council Canada

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Julia Phillips

Independent Advisor
Executive Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories

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Keana Scott

Materials Measurement Science Division
NIST

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Eric Wasmund

Vice President
Global Flotation Business

Sherisse Webb

Director, Research Office for Administration, Development and Support

Meet the International Scientific Advisory Committee

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Grace Burke

International Scientific Advisory Committee Chair
Idaho National Lab

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Joseph Michael

Independent Advisor

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Keana Scott

Materials Measurement Science Division
NIST

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Odile Stephan

University Paris-Sud

Tom Zega

University of Arizona

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Guozhen Zhu

University of Manitoba