Deirdre Hindmarch

Deirdre Hindmarch

Deirdre Hindmarch

Research Facilitator

d.hindmarch@queensu.ca

355 King St. West, suite 264

  • Mitacs (Accelerate programs, Business Strategy Internship, Global Research Awards - GRA) and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) programs.
  • Supports researchers from all faculties in the post-award facilitation of research grants.

Katie Meyer-Beck

Katie Meyer-Beck

Katie Meyer-Beck

Associate Director, Research Systems

  • Responsible for the planning, management, and sustainment of a hub of digital research service systems, aligning with the operational mandate, customer service objectives, and strategic priorities of the Portfolio.

Jennifer Nicoll

Jennifer Nicoll

Jennifer Nicoll

Research Facilitator

jennifer.nicoll@queensu.ca

355 King St. West, suite 264

  • Post-award facilitation of research grants.
  • Portfolio: Natural Sciences and Engineering agencies, including NSERC and other Canadian federal; VPR internal funding.

Stephen Sebastyan

Stephen Sebastyan

Stephen Sebastyan

Research Systems Solutions Specialist

s.sebastyan@queensu.ca

355 King St. West, suite 255

  • Provides expert technical and procedural advice, recommendations, and support to researchers and administrators to improve the end-user experience of Queen's University research service systems.

Mika Johnson

Mika Johnson

Mika Johnson

Research Projects Advisor

Institutional Programs

mika.johnson@queensu.ca

355 King St. West, suite 352

  • Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) and Canada Research Chairs (CRC) programs.
  • Canada Impact+ Research Chairs and Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders programs.
  • Supports researchers from all faculties through the full research funding life-cycle, including pre-award development, review and submission, and post-award implementation.

Increased cybersecurity threat from Russian state-sponsored actors

Please be aware of the increased risk of malicious cybersecurity activity targeted at higher education institutions in recent weeks as a result of the increased geo-political tensions between Russian, Ukraine and Ukraine’s western allies (including Canada).

Below you will find the measures Queen’s has in place to protect against such threats, and the actions you can take to further minimize risk. 

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Steven Smith

Steven Smith

Steven Smith

Deputy Vice-Principal Research

PhD

sps1@queensu.ca

355 King St. West, suite 355

For scheduling, please contact Jezina Carreiro.


Dr. Smith completed his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at Western, where he also earned his PhD in 1998. Before joining Queen’s Department of Biochemistry in 2001, Dr. Smith completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oxford as a Burroughs Wellcome Hitchings-Elion fellow and McGill University as CIHR postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Smith has taken on a number of leadership positions while at Queen’s, including acting as the Director of Queen’s Protein Function Discovery Group & Facility and the Director of Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences. He previously served as the Associate Head for the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, and acted as Chair for the Undergraduate Biochemistry Program from 2007-2011 and again from 2014-2017.

As an expert in structural biology and biochemistry, Dr. Smith has made remarkable contributions to Queen’s and the wider scientific community through his research. In 2009, Dr. Smith was recognized for his research excellence with the Chancellor’s Research Award. He is the recipient of the Faculty of Health Science’s Mihran & Mary Basmajian Research Award and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award. Dr. Smith’s extensive publication track record attests to his status as a prolific researcher. As an invited speaker, Dr. Smith has presented his work nationally and internationally, including in the U.S.A., Portugal, France, and Israel.  

During his time at Queen’s, Dr. Smith has demonstrated his commitment to students’ learning as an exceptional educator. His numerous awards include the Faculty of Health Sciences Education Award and Life Science Student Choice Teaching Award, and he has regularly received the Biochemistry 3rd Year Teaching Award since 2004.
 

Chris Degen

Chris Degen

Chris Degen

Service Portfolio Manager

CPM

  • Provides CFI and institutional award consultations.
  • Oversees CAC project management and operations.
  • Supports research computing client services and partnerships.

Edwin Berbesi

Edwin Berbesi

Edwin Berbesi

Systems Administrator

  • Schedules and monitors backups.
  • Configures and maintains servers and storage systems.
  • Provides infrastructure support and offers technical guidance.