Brian Amsden

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Dr. Brian Amsden started a five-year term on November 1, 2023, as Associate Vice-Principal Research, with a focus on the natural sciences and engineering. Dr. Amsden contributes to the strategic vision and development of research initiatives at the university, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Working closely with Faculties, he provides institutional leadership for the coordination and attraction of resources and partnerships to enhance Queen’s natural sciences and engineering research strategies and profile. Additionally, Dr. Amsden serves as Queen’s NSERC Leader.
 
Dr. Amsden is a Professor and the former head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. He joined Queen’s in 2000 as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, and since joining has built strong research and industry connections. Since joining Queen’s, Dr. Amsden has run a collaborative research program, building collaborations with researchers in the Departments of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Surgery and various departments in Smith Engineering. He has also collaborated with researchers at other Canadian universities as part of an NSERC CREATE program he established and directed, as well as with researchers in New Zealand, Germany, and the United States. The CREATE program involved several industrial partners with whom he coordinated graduate student internships. He has received funding from several sources, including NSERC, CIHR, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund and the Ontario Centres of Excellence. Dr. Amsden has been engaged in graduate programming in Biomedical Engineering as a co-developer of a collaborative graduate program across several departments in Smith Engineering. He has worked in a start-up company and has experience with the commercialization of his own research as well as the intellectual property of several Canadian start-up companies through consulting activities.