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Dr. John Hepburn is the CEO and Scientific Director at Mitacs.
He received his BSc from the University of Waterloo in 1976, and PhD from the University of Toronto in 1980. He completed two years as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
John Hepburn began his academic career teaching at the University of Waterloo. He was appointed Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Physics in 1982 and Chair of Chemistry in 1998.
In 2001, he accepted a position at the University of British Columbia as Head of Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry with a joint appointment to Physics & Astronomy. He served as the Dean of Science in 2003, and Vice-President, Research in 2005.
From June 2016 until January 2020, he served as Vice-President, Research and Partnerships at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).
He began his current role as CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs in February 2020.
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