Two top international researchers to join Waterloo

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Two international researchers will join the University of Waterloo as Canada 150 Research Chairs following an announcement in Ottawa today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities.

The researchers, who come from the U.S. and U.K., are among 24 Canada 150 Research Chairs chosen as part of a program to attract some of the world’s top research talent.

They are:

kerstin dautenhahn

Kerstin Dautenhahn

Canada Research Chair in Intelligent Robotics

anita layton

Anita Tam Layton

Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine