The University of Ottawa has just named Sylvain Charbonneau vice-president, research, a position he has held on an interim basis since last July.
He is the third vice-president, research, in the history of the University, after Howard Alper and Mona Nemer. A proud uOttawa physics alumnus, Charbonneau returned to his alma mater in 2013 as associate vice-president, research, after a long career at the National Research Council of Canada. He spoke with the Gazette the day after his appointment.