Peak Scholars

Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (HCEI)
Call to Action

In November 2014, President Cannon hosted the first recognition event for faculty entrepreneurs and innovators as an initiative under the University’s Advisory Committee on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEI) and the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  For 2015, the program has been expanded to include not only our entrepreneurial faculty, but also those who have made an impact on our communities as part of the work of the Advisory Committee on Knowledge Exchange (ACKE) under the new umbrella of Peak Scholars.

Nominated through the University of Calgary Faculty Deans, Peak Scholars are recognized for their impact on the communities that we serve.

On November 19, 2015, the next class of Peak Scholars will be recognized at an invitation only event on campus.

2014 Peak Scholars

  • Carolyn Anglin, associate professor, civil engineering and biomedical engineering
  • Tanya Beran, professor and graduate program director, Community Health Sciences
  • Naser El-Sheimy, professor, geomatics engineering
  • Reed Ferber, associate professor, kinesiology
  • Cy Frank, professor, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health
  • Marvin Fritzler, professor, Cumming School of Medicine
  • Ian Gates, professor, chemical and petroleum engineering
  • Mayank Goyal, professor, radiology
  • Derek Hassay, assistant professor, Haskayne School of Business
  • Christian Jacob, professor, computer science
  • Simon Park, professor, mechanical and manufacturing engineering
  • Faramarz Samavati, professor, computer science
  • Pedro Santamaria, professor, microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases
  • Chad Saunders, assistant professor, Haskayne School of Business
  • Tannin Schmidt, associate professor, kinesiology and engineering
  • Nigel Shrive, professor, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health
  • Rebecca Sullivan, professor, Department of English
  • Garnette Sutherland, professor, clinical neurosciences
  • Bryce Tingle, N. Murray Edwards Chair in Business Law, Faculty of Law
  • Simon Trudel, assistant professor, chemistry
  • Gerald Zamponi, professor, physiology and pharmacology; and senior associate dean (research), Cumming School of Medicine