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Research and Innovation Branch Staff

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 03 September 2003
Last Reviewed: 22 September 2009

|Research Program Coordination Unit||Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit|

|Finance, Infrastructure and Administration Unit||Branch Contact Us|

 

Ken Law, P.Eng., Director

  • 519-826-4172

Darlene Shewen, Administrative Services Representative

  • 519-826-3755
  • Provides administrative support for the Branch

Debbie Scott, Administrative Services Representative

  • 519-826-4199
  • Provides administrative support for the Branch

 

Research Program Coordination Unit

Oswald Zachariah, Ph.D., Unit Manager

  • 519-826-4173

Anna Formusiak, Research Analyst

  • 519-826-3490
  • Lead - New Directions Research Program
  • Lead - Production Systems Research Theme, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement

Daphne Tot (nee Peer), M.Sc., Research Analyst - Corporate Projects

  • 519-826-4165
  • Stakeholder Input and priority setting project (includes OASCC)
  • Research Surveys
  • Information management re: research and innovation projects

Moustapha Oke, Ph.D., Research Analyst

  • 519-826-3355
  • Food Safety Research Program
  • Support Emergency Management Research Theme, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement

Rajib Hazarika, Ph.D., Research Analyst

  • 519-826-4090
  • Lead - Alternative Renewable Fuels Plus Research program
  • Lead - Bioeconomy - Industrial Uses Research Theme, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement
  • Lead - Environmental Sustainability Research Theme, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement

Simon Berge, Research Analyst

  • 519-826-3535
  • Lead - Agricultural and Rural Policy,Research theme, OMAFRA/University of G Agreement
  • Lead - Food for Health research theme,OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement
  • Lead - Product Development and Enhancement Through Value Chains research theme, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement

Stacy Favrin, Ph.D, Research Analyst

  • 519-826-3976
  • Priority setting
  • Strategic planning and analysis for partnership committees
  • Performance Management: Research Programs
  • Lead - Emergency Management Research Theme, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Agreement

Wilma MacFarlane, Research Liaison - ARIO

  • 519-826-4198
  • ARIO Coordination
  • Occasional support for competitive research

 

Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit

Michelle Schurter, Unit Manager

  • 519-826-4248

Duff MacKinnon, Research Analyst - Knowledge Management

  • 519-826-4183
  • Knowledge transfer and translation specialist for Product Development and Enhancement through the Value Chain and Food for Health, OMAFRA/University of Guelph Partnership
  • Innovation strategy support

  • Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) support for OMAFRA/University of Guelph Partnership

Elin Gwyn, Research Analyst - Knowledge Management
  • 519-826-6120
  • Knowledge transfer and translation specialist

Carla Verwijs, Research Analyst - Knowledge Management (A)

  • 519-826-3162
  • Knowledge transfer and translation specialist

Stuart Budd, Senior Research Advisor

  • 519-826-4189
  • Strategic lead for Innovation and Commercialization
  • Growing Forward Innovation and Science Suite
  • Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
  • Regional Innovation Initiatives

     

Finance, Infrastructure and Administration Unit

Jeff Schieck, Manager

  • 519-826-4187

Paul Brine, Research Infrastructure Coordinator

  • 519-826-4162

Rob Cunnington, Financial Comptroller

  • 519-826-4168
  • ARIO

Robyn Meerveld, Research Analyst - Partnership Liaison

  • 519-826-4191
  • support the governance structure of the new Agreement through logistical management of committee responsibilities
  • ensure accountability requirements are met and performance measures lead to improvement in program delivery
  • build awareness of the role of the Agreement in delivery of OMAFRA and provincial priorities

Sharon Gerrie, Research and Infrastructure Programs Administrator

  • 519-826-4197
  • competitive research programs
  • intellectual property portfolio

Melissa Goldstein, OMAFRA Intern

  • 519-826-3879

 

To contact us:

Research and Innovation Branch
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
1 Stone Road West 2nd Floor NW
Guelph, Ontario N1G 4Y2
Phone: 1-888-4OMAFRA, ex.6-4554 Fax: (519) 826-4211

 

For more information:
Toll Free: 1-888-466-2372 ext. 64554
Local: (519) 826-4554
E-mail: research.omafra@ontario.ca