PEOPLE 2023 – Committees

Conference Chair

Dr. Bing Chen, PEng, FCAE, FEIC, FCSCE, MEASA

Professor and UArctic Research Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University, Canada

Director, PEOPLE Network

Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Catherine Mulligan, PEng, FCAE, FEIC, FCSCE, FRSC

Professor & Concordia Research Chair (Tier I)
Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University, Canada

Dr. Chunjiang An, PEng

Associate Professor & Concordia Research Chair
Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University, Canada

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Coffee Break
Sponsor

Organizing Committee

Scientific Committee

Dr. Dominique Bérubé (Committee Co-Chair)
Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Concordia University, Canada

Dr. Kenneth Lee (Committee Co-chair), Former DFO senior science advisor and currently DFO scientist emeritus, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada

Dr. Chunjiang An (Committee Co-Chair)
Associate Professor & Concordia Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada


Dr. Helen Zhang (Committee Co-chair), Professor and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, Canada

* Alphabetical order below
Mark Biagi, Marine Division Manager, Snuneymuxw First Nation, Canada
Dr. Bing Chen, Professor & UArctic Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, Canada
Dr. Zhi Chen, Professor, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Ursula Eicker, Professor & Canada Excellence Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Maria Elektorowicz, Professor, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Lindsay J. Hounjet, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Jason Li, Professor, Environmental Engineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Fuzhan Nasiri, Associate Professor, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Professor & Endowed Brace Professor Chair, Director of Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dona Nham, Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism, Equity Office, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Hui Peng, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Vijaya Raghavan, James McGill Professor, Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Manuel Rodriguez, Professor & NSERC Industrial Research Chair, Faculty of Planning, Architecture, Art and Design, Laval University, Canada
Dr. Xander Wang, Associate Professor, School of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Dr. Qin Xin, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Viviane Yargeau, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Jian Zuo, Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Australia

* Alphabetical order below
Dr. Pascale Champagne, Director General, Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Dr. Fariborz Haghighat, Professor & Concordia Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Zhen (Jason) He, Laura & William Jens Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA (Special Invited Speaker)
Dr. Wendy Huang, Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. X. Chris Le, Distinguished University Professor; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science; Director, Analytical and Environmental Toxicology Division, University of Alberta
Dr. Pu Li, Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Dr. Zeo Li, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
Dr. Lei Liu, Professor, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr. Yong Liu, Professor & Associate Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China
Dr. Olívia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira, Professor, Pro Rectory of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Department of Geophysics, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Dr. Xiaosheng Qin, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr. Rune Storesund, Executive Director, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of Califronia, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Stanislav R. Stoyanov, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Shuguang Wang, Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China
Dr. Elvis Xu, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Conference Secretariats

Dr. Weiyun Lin, Program Manager, PEOPLE Network, Canada
Xuelin Tian, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Email: peoplenetwork@mun.ca
Conference website: https://www.people-network.ca/

Event Coordinators

Marie-France Watson, Manager, Academic & International Conferences, Concordia University, Canada
Brianna Thicke, Event Coordinator, Conference Services, Concordia University, Canada

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