She will be taking over Dr. Trevor Charles' position as he moves on to lead the new Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research (WCMR).
Liz
Meiering
has
served
on
the
CBB
Board
of
Directors
the
past
2
years,
is
a
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Chemistry
at
the
University
of
Waterloo
(33
graduate
students,
6
PDF,
8
Technicians,
41
4th
yr
project
students,
36
coop/summer
students,
50
pubs
including
in
PNAS,
Elife,
COSB;
2
book
chapters),
and
is
an
expert
in
protein
folding,
misfolding
and
design.
Liz’s
work
has
been
recognized
by
the
Jane
Coffin
Childs
Fellowship,
John
Charles
Polanyi
Award
and
a
University
Research
Chair,
and
by
three
Outstanding
Performance
Awards
for
her
contributions
in
teaching
and
scholarship.
Her
professional
activities
have
included
serving
on
the
Editorial
Board
for
Protein
Engineering
Design
and
Selection,
the
ALS
Society
of
Canada
Scientific
Advisory
Board,
CIHR
Operating
Grant
Review
Committee,
NIH
Program
Grant
Review
Panel,
and
a
wide
range
of
other
external
and
internal
committees
and
roles,
including
organization
of
Proteins
Gordon
Research
Conference
and
EQUALS
Conference,
as
well
as
Associate
Dean
of
Graduate
Studies.
Liz
will
be
retire
her
role
on
the
CBB
Board
of
Directors
in
order
to
facilitate
her
new
duties
and
efforts
in
her
position
as
Associate
Director
for
a
three
(3)
year
period
starting
September
2017.