- Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy established by the Ontario Council of Universities (2007-2020). The endowed Ontario Research Chair (ORC) in Public Policy was a unique one-time initiative by the Government of Ontario created to strengthen Ontario innovation capacity.
- Chair, Board of Directors, UNENE, University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE), 2008 – 2014, Reappointed Chair, 2018 –
- Member, The Ontario Smart Grid Forum, Renamed ‘Energy Transformation Network Ontario (ETNO), Chaired by Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), 2008-
- Member, Public Policy Forum, Canada’s Energy Future Forum, 2019-
- Member, Board of Management, Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) Energy, Centre for Energy 2007- 2015
- Member, Council for Clean and Reliable Energy (CCRE), 2008-2018
- Member, Ontario Energy Board Chair’s Roundtable for Industry, 2012-2014
- Member, Clean Tech Advisory Board, Government of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), 2010 – 2013
- Expert Panel Member, Canadian Council of Academies, ‘Potential for New and Innovative Uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Greening Canada’ 2012 – 2014
- Chief Science Advisor, Waterloo Global Science Initiative Summit, (WGSI), Open Access Energy, 2016 -2017
- Chief Scientific Advisor and Lead Author, Waterloo Global Energy Summit (WGSI), Equinox Energy 2030 Summit Blueprint, 2011 – 2013
- Expert Testimony, Appearances before the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Natural Resources, The Medical Isotopes Crisis, Ottawa, ON June 18, 2009 and February 2008.
- Research Advisory Panel for the Science Media Centre of Canada, 2010 – 2015
- Member, Advisory Board, Sustainable Waterloo, 2008-2013
- Member, IEEE, 2008-Present
- Member, American Association for advancement of Science (AAAS)
