Innovation Ambassadors

Supporting the innovative mindset at Western, our Innovation Ambassadors are self-identified researchers who have expertise in entrepreneurship, commercialization or knowledge mobilization. Through their work across campus, our ambassadors are charged with the goal of connecting great ideas in their faculties to our growing entrepreneurship ecosystem.

At their core, Innovation Ambassadors are about sharing – sharing of ideas, of guidance, of understanding, of expertise, of a particular insight into entrepreneurship unique to Western.

They are self-identified researchers from across campus who have experience and expertise in entrepreneurship, commercialization or knowledge mobilization. Innovation Ambassadors are an essential component of the entrepreneurship ecosystem here at Western University. Through their work in faculties and departments across campus, they are dedicated to developing and supporting an innovative mindset at Western.

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Meet Our Innovation Ambassadors

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Matthew Anderson

Assistant Professor Ophthalmology

Bassem Awad

Associate Professor Acting Director of the Area of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Faculty of Law

Tyler Beveridge

Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry

Michael Buzzelli

Associate Professor Faculty of Social Science

Subrata Chakrabarti

Professor and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, LHSC/SJHC

Blaine Alexander Chronik

Professor Physics and Astronomy

Norma Coates

Associate Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies

Ian Cunningham

Professor Medical Biophysics Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Regna Darnell

Distinguished University Professor Department of Anthropology

Maria Drangova

cientist Robarts Research Institute Professor Department of Medical Biophysics

Qingping Feng

Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology, and Medicine Richard & Jean Ivey Chair in Molecular Toxicology Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry

Aaron Fenster

Professor Medical Biophysics Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Cheryl Forchuk

Distinguished University Professor Nursing and Psychiatry Western University

Doug Fraser

Professor and Clinician Scientist Pediatric Critical Care/Trauma Medicine

George Gadanidis

Professor Acting Chair Curriculum Studies and Studies in Applied Linguistics Faculty of Education

Elizabeth Gillies

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Jason Gilliland

Professor Department of Geography, Department of Paediatrics, School of Health Studies, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Miodrag Grbic

Associate Professor Department of Biology Western University

Vojislava Grbic

Professor Department of Biology Western University

Yiannis Iordanous

Assistant Professor Ophthalmology and Pediatrics

Mandar Jog

Professor, Neurology Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology Professor, Computer and Electrical Engineering Director, London Movement Disorders Centre Associate Scientific Director, Lawson Health Research Institute