John Grace, Chair
Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy Processes
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
John
Grace is Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Canada Research
Chair in Clean Energy Processes at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Grace received his B.E.Sc. from the University of Western Ontario (1965), obtained his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, England (1968) and was awarded an honorary D.Sc. from the University of Western Ontario (2003).
Prior to his current position, Dr. Grace was a Professor at McGill University, and then Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Dean of Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Grace has served as a consultant for a number of companies and has been active in professional affairs, serving as President of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering; Chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada; member of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board; an editor of the journal, Chemical Engineering Science; a Council member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and; a member of the Advisory Board on Energy Science and Technology for Natural Resources Canada. He recently completed a term as Director of the Division of Applied Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada. He also was co-founder and continues to serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the small Vancouver-based company, Membrane Reactor Technologies Limited.
Dr. Grace is the recipient of numerous awards including the R. S. Jane Award of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (1995); the International Fluidization Award of Achievement, Engineering Foundation (1998); a Canada Council Killam Fellowship (1999-2001) and; the Career Achievement Award of the Science Council of British Columbia (2003). In addition to being a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Canada, he is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada and of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
Dr. Grace has authored or co-authored more than 400 publications, is
co-holder of several patents, has chaired several international and national
conferences, and has been an invited plenary speaker at a number of conferences.
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