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Prof. Hussein T. Mouftah
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: wireless sensor networks, computer networks, internet of things
Long Citation (for publication and press release)
For major contributions to telecommunications networks, in particular, optical networks, wireless ad hoc networks and sensor networks. He is an authority of international reputation in high speed computer networks, including computer aided modeling techniques and simulation tools for the design and performance evaluation of routing protocols, switching techniques, and bandwidth provisioning algorithms for survivable optical networks. His methods and techniques have been adopted by his industrial partners in Canada and abroad, and had an impact on standardization. His contributions have been widely published through five books, twenty-four book chapters, eight patents, over 700 refereed publications, and numerous keynote addresses.
Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony)
For major contributions to telecommunications networks, in particular, optical networks, wireless ad hoc networks and sensor networks. Hussein Mouftah is an authority of international reputation in high speed computer networks whose methods and techniques have been adopted by his industrial partners in Canada and abroad.
Alison Mountz
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University
Keywords: Political Geography, International Migration, Feminist Geography, Asylum, Borders, Refugee Studies, Island Studies
Induction Year: 2016
Alison Mountz is Professor of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Migration at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research explores the tension between the decisions, displacements, and desires that drive human migration and the policies and practices designed to manage migration. Key areas of her ongoing work are border enforcement, asylum, island detention, US war resisters in Canada and the use of big data to understand human displacement.
Alison Mountz est professeure de géographie et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en migration mondiale à la Wilfrid Laurier University. À titre de géographe politique, elle fait des recherches sur les décisions, les déplacements et les désirs qui motivent la migration humaine, et les politiques et les pratiques conçues pour gérer la migration. Les domaines importants de son travail continu sont la migration et le déplacement des humains, les passages à la frontière, la police des frontières, l’asile politique, la détention, la détention sur des îles, et les résistants à la guerre américains au Canada.
Dr. Parvin Mousavi
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: computer-assisted diagnosis and therapy; medical imaging; machine learning
Induction Year: 2016
Parvin Mousavi, School of Computing at Queen’s University, has pioneered a field of inquiry for precise management of complex human disease and personalized computer-assisted diagnosis and therapy. Her innovative research uses machine learning methods on big data – from diverse modalities of medical images and omics profiling – to build comprehensive models for disease diagnosis and intervention, while uniquely incorporating patient-specific information. Mousavi’s approaches enable earlier detection and more effective intervention.
Parvin Mousavi, du School of Computing à Queen’s University, a été l’une des pionnières dans l’élaboration de méthodes de gestion précise de maladies humaines complexes, ainsi que dans les diagnostics et thérapies personnalisés assistés par ordinateur. Sa recherche innovatrice utilise des méthodes d’apprentissage automatique sur des mégadonnées – derivées d’imageries médicales et de profilage de données en « omique » – dans le but de construire des modèles compréhensifs pour le diagnostic et l’intervention, tout en incorporant de manière unique des informations spécifiques au patient. Les approches développées par Mousavi permettent une détection plus précoce et une intervention plus efficace.
Dr. R. Gordon Moyles
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: University of Alberta
A broadly humanistic scholar, Dr. Gordon Moyles has written prolifically and trenchantly on Canadian history, law, and culture. He is also in the front rank of textual scholars, applying his expertise not only to the textual history, emendation and editing of John Milton's Paradise Lost but to the major scholarly edition of the poems of E.J. Pratt. In addition, he has done ground-breaking bibliographical research in Canadian literature and history. In spite of the technical erudition of much of his work, he writes with a verve that appeals to a wide range of general readers.
Dr. Edward Mozejko
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Literary modernism, comparative literature, twentieth century Slavic literature, multiculturalism
A professor of Comparative Literature and Slavic and East European Studies, Edward Mozejko has taught literature in Poland, Denmark, and Canada, and distinguished himself with seminal books, numerous scholarly articles, and major editorial undertakings. His published research covers the period from Romanticism to Post-Modernism in Slavic and other European literatures. Besides a truly multilingual background and outstanding philological skills, Mozejko's work displays a rare blend of erudition, literary sensitivity, and originality; Mozejko combines knowledge of advanced literary theories with a strong sense of history, but he never neglects the particular features of individual texts. He is one of the foremost North American comparatists with a specialization in Central and East European Studies.
Prof. Marjan Mozetich
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: music, Composer; Music Composition; Classical Music; Modern Music
Induction Year: 2016
MOZETICH, Marjan, School of Music, Queen's University
An award-winning Canadian and a world-performed composer, Marjan Mozetich has blended elements of modern and classical music to create a unique style that is both innovative and accessible to all audiences. He has written over 65 works for a myriad of vocal and instrumental combinations, and is one of the most broadcast composers in Canada. Mozetich's works have garnered numerous awards, including the 2010 Juno for Best Classical Composition.
Prof. Alfonso Mucci
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Low temperature geo chemistry, oceanography, carbonate geochemistry, sediment diagenesis, hypoxin
Long Citation (for publication and press release)
Alfonso Mucci is an internationally renowned geochemist who launched his career with two highly acclaimed papers laying the foundations for evaluating the ocean's role in the terrestrial carbon flux cycle. Since then, he has made numerous widely cited contributions in the fields of geochemistry and biochemistry. He has, for example, revolutionized the application of spectroscopy in understanding crystal growth mechanisms, developed models for predicting metal behaviour in ocean waters and sediments, and identified the causes of the bottom water hypoxia which likely helped deplete the Eastern Canada fish stocks. In summary, he is an outstanding scholar/teacher and worthy recipient of the title of fellow in the Royal Society of Canada.
Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony)
Alfonso Mucci is an internationally renowned geochemist who has made numerous contributions in the fields of geochemistry and biochemistry. He has revolutionized the application of spectroscopy in understanding crystal growth mechanisms, developed models for predicting metal behaviour in ocean waters and sediments, and identified the causes of the bottom water hypoxia which likely helped deplete the Eastern Canada fish stocks.
Petra Mudie
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Natural Resources Canada
Keywords: Climate change, human impact, geoarchaeology
Dr. Peta Mudie is an outstanding palynologist making superb contributions to the solution to a wide range of geological oceanographic and climatological problems. She made the first modern palynological study of the oceans and sediments of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and its bordering lands and seas, and so she could make the first comprehensive synthesis of the events marking the onset of cooling and glaciation in high latitude regions of the northwestern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. She applied this foundation to solve many problems involving past climates and oceanographic conditions of the northern oceans and the Arctic using data teased from the geological record, data extracted under difficult conditions at sea and on the Arctic pack ice.
Prof. Shaylih Muehlmann
RSC College Member
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Ethnography, Social Geography, Environment
Induction Year: 2016
As Canada Research Chair in Language, Culture and the Environment and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Shaylih Muehlmann is renowned for her courageous fieldwork and gripping ethnographic analyses of one of the most fraught geographies in the world: the narco-corridor of northern Mexico, where the Sonora desert, the dried out delta of the Colorado River and the fenced US-Mexico border intersect to create a particularly rugged social geography.
En tant que titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en langue, culture et environnement, et professeure agrégée d’anthropologie, Shaylih Muehlmann est reconnue pour son courageux travail sur le terrain et ses analyses ethnographiques captivantes de l’une des géographies les plus tendues dans le monde : le corridor narcotique du nord du Mexique, où le désert du Sonora, le delta desséché du fleuve Colorado et la frontière américano-mexicaine se croisent pour créer une géographie sociale particulièrement rude.
Dr. Aftab Mufti
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Keywords: civil SHM, civionics, Masonry
Induction Year: 2013
Aftab Mufti is among the pioneers in promoting the applications of advanced composite materials and sensors for civil infrastructure. The steel-free concrete bridge deck concept which he co-developed is recognized as one of the most innovative ideas of our time. Recipient of the Order of Canada, Dr. Mufti also introduced the concept of “civionics” which is now revolutionizing the practice of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Civil Infrastructure.
Aftab Mufti, professeur émérite à l’University of Manitoba, est parmi les premiers à avoir prôné l’intégration de matériaux composites perfectionnés et de senseurs dans les infrastructures de génie civil. Les dalles de béton sans acier utilisées pour la construction des ponts, technique dont il est le co-concepteur, sont considérées comme une des inventions les plus innovatrices de notre temps. Récipiendaire de l’Ordre du Canada, le professeur Mufti est aussi à l’origine de la « civionique », concept qui est en train de révolutionner la pratique du génie des structures.
Prof. Krista Muis
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Induction Year: 2025
Krista R. Muis is a Canada Research Chair Tier II in epistemic cognition and self-regulated learning. Her research focuses on how students’ epistemic cognition and emotions influence various facets of learning, motivation, and academic performance. She also examines how individuals process complex, contradictory content on socio-scientific issues such as climate change, genetically modified foods, and vaccinations. Her research informs classroom practices in mathematics and science learning across multiple educational levels.
Krista R. Muis est titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau 2 portant sur la cognition épistémique et l’apprentissage autorégulé. Ses travaux de recherche portent sur la manière dont la cognition épistémique et les émotions des étudiants influencent différents aspects de leur apprentissage, de leur motivation et de leur performance académique. Dr. Muis s’intéresse également à la manière dont les individus traitent l’information complexe et contradictoire au sujet de questions socio-scientifiques controversées, telles que les changements climatiques, les aliments génétiquement modifiés ou la vaccination. Ses travaux de recherche éclairent les pratiques pédagogiques en mathématiques et en sciences de l’éducation, à tous les niveaux d’enseignement.
Dr. Derek Muir
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Environment Canada
Keywords: Environmental chemistry, marine pollution, lakes, contaminants, bioaccumulation, arctic, great lakes, oil sands, mercury, persistent organic pollutants
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Derek Muir is an environmental chemist whose work has led to the discovery and understanding of the global movement and bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and trace metals in high latitude and high altitude ecosystems. He was among the first to discover that concentrations of POPs in piscivorous fishes and marine mammals are high enough to pose potential health risks for human consumers. In particular, his work on the biogeochemistry of pesticides and PCBs was important evidence that contributed to the recent international circumpolar treaty to reduce the use of persistent airborne chemicals.
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Derek Muir's work has led to the discovery and understanding of the global movement and bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and trace metals in high latitude and high altitude ecosystems. His research provided important evidence that contributed to the recent international circumpolar treaty to reduce the use of persistent airborne chemicals.
Dr. William Muller
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: receptor tyrosine kinase, brast cancer, oncogene, metastasis, transgenic mouse, cancer
Induction Year: 2011
Prof. Catherine Mulligan
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Concordia University
Induction Year: 2022
Dr. Catherine Mulligan is an internationally recognized expert in the decontamination of water, soils, and sediments, and a pioneer of green remediation technologies. She is the founding Director of the Concordia Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems. Her fundamental and applied contributions to research and her service to the engineering profession have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the John B. Stirling Medal from the Engineering Institute of Canada.
Catherine Mulligan est une spécialiste de renommée internationale de la décontamination de l’eau, des sols et des sédiments, et une pionnière des technologies d’assainissement écologiques. Elle est la directrice fondatrice de l’Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems de l’Université Concordia. Ses contributions à la recherche fondamentale et appliquée et ses services à la profession d’ingénieur ont été reconnus par des prix prestigieux, dont la médaille John B. Stirling de l’Institut canadien des ingénieurs.
Benoit Mulsant
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Induction Year: 2025
Prof. Zubia Mumtaz
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Maternal and Reproductive Health, Global Health, Equities, Mixed Methods Research, Knowledge Translation Science
Induction Year: 2019
Zubia Mumtaz is an international leader in global maternal and reproductive health. Her research brings cutting-edge science and scholarship to address a key contemporary challenge—how can we reduce maternal mortality amongst poor, socially marginalized women living in fragile, often conflict-affected countries. Her policy-relevant research has been directly translated into national and global maternal health policies. Numerous research fellowships and grants confirm her outstanding achievements.
Zubia Mumtaz est un leader international dans le domaine de la santé maternelle et reproductive. Ses travaux de recherche font appel à la science et aux savoirs de pointe pour relever un défi contemporain majeur : comment pouvons-nous réduire la mortalité maternelle chez les femmes pauvres et socialement marginalisées qui vivent dans des pays fragiles, souvent minés par des conflits ? Ses recherches sur les politiques ont été directement transposées dans les politiques nationales et mondiales en matière de santé maternelle. De nombreuses bourses de recherche et subventions confirment ses réalisations exceptionnelles.
Dr. R. Munn
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Environmental policy, integrated environmental assessments
R.E. (Ted) Munn is a specialist in boundary layer meteorology who has enlarged his scope of work to a remarkably interdisciplinary plane. He made important contributions to boundary layer physics and chemistry, and from this went on to become Canada's most successful student of air pollution problems, including acid deposition. In recent years he has had major role in creating a scientifically valid approach to environmental impact assessment. World recognition has involved him in many international ventures, and brought him many honours.
Dr. Douglas Munoz
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Queen’s University
Keywords: neurological disorders, neurophysiology, eye movements, pupil, biomarkers
Induction Year: 2024
Professor Munoz is a transformational leader in the field of systems neuroscience, and an ambassador for Canadian neuroscience on the global stage. A Tier I Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience from 2001 to 2022, his award-winning research on how the brain controls eye movements has led to over 200 top-tier highly influential publications. Furthermore, he has translated this work to develop new diagnostic tools for a variety of brain disorders.
Prof. Munoz est un leader de la transformation dans le domaine de la neuroscience des systèmes et un ambassadeur de la neuroscience canadienne sur la scène internationale. Titulaire d’une chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau I en neurosciences de 2001 à 2022, ses recherches primées sur la manière dont le cerveau contrôle les mouvements oculaires ont donné lieu à plus de 200 publications de premier plan et très influentes. En outre, il a utilisé ces travaux pour mettre au point de nouveaux outils de diagnostic pour toute une série de troubles cérébraux.
Prof. Murray J. Munro
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Keywords: Applied phonetics, second language acquisition, foreign accents, speech intelligibility, forensic phonetics,
Induction Year: 2021
Through his ground-breaking research in applied linguistics, Murray Munro has changed the way we think about second language acquisition and the intelligibility of second language learners. His work is recognized internationally for refuting widely-held assumptions that the window of opportunity for successful speech learning closes in childhood, with implications for psychology and child development. It also exposes unethical practices in language teaching and confronts discrimination against immigrants with foreign accents.
Grâce à ses recherches en linguistique appliquée, Murray Munro a changé notre conception de l'acquisition d'une langue seconde et de l'intelligibilité des apprenants de langue seconde. Son travail est connu internationalement pour réfuter les hypothèses selon lesquelles la fenêtre d'opportunité pour un apprentissage réussi de la parole se ferme pendant l'enfance, avec des implications pour la psychologie et le développement de l'enfant. Il expose également les pratiques contraires à l'éthique dans l'enseignement des langues et confronte la discrimination à l'encontre des immigrés aux accents étrangers.
Dr. J. Ian Munro
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Keywords: Algorithm, efficiency, computation, data structure, analysis of algorithms
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Ian Munro is a leader in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures. He introduced implicit data structures which rearrange the source data so as to encode complex structures without need of additional storage. This led to his pioneering work in the design and analysis of succinct data structures. Derivations and generalizations to these techniques are to this date a key element in the design of state-of-the-art indexing and search algorithms for large data collections. Dr. Munro has also led the field, together with his students, in the difficult area of analysis of collision resolution strategies for hashing algorithms.
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Ian Munro is a leader in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures. He introduced implicit data structures that rearrange the source data so as to encode complex structures without need of additional storage. Derivations and generalizations to these techniques are to this date a key element in the design of state-of-the-art indexing and search algorithms for large data collections.
Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Innovation, university research, science policy, psychiatric epidemiology, schizophrenia, personality disorder, children at risk
Heather Munroe-Blum is a scholar and policy leader of international reputation. She is a leading figure in advancing the impact of university-based research in Canada, in championing effective science and innovation policy, as well as the positioning of Canadian higher education, research and researchers in the international context.
David Murakami Wood
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: surveillance, urban studies, privacy, globalization
Induction Year: 2016
David Murakami Wood, Queen’s University, is an interdisciplinary scholar in “surveillance studies,” an emerging field that he has helped to define. With a consistent focus on informing public and policy debate, he is addressing key matters of democracy and human rights on questions of security, surveillance, identity and privacy. His work has covered numerous areas, including the globalization of surveillance and its differences in varied cultural contexts.
David Murakami Wood est un spécialiste interdisciplinaire en « études de surveillance », un champ émergent qu’il a aidé à définir. En mettant un accent continu sur l’information du débat public et politique, il aborde les enjeux importants de la démocratie et des droits de l’homme en relation à la sécurité, à la surveillance, à l’identité et à la vie privée. Ses travaux couvrent les nouvelles technologies de surveillance, la mondialisation de la surveillance, et les études comparatives de surveillance dans les villes du monde.
Dr. Kunio Murasugi
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Knot theory, algebraic topology
Professor Murasugi has made important contributions to three-dimensional topology, especially in knot theory, the study of topological embeddings of closed curves in three-space. He has settled some open questions. His work in link theory was a significant contribution which has stimulated much further research.
Prof. Gail Murphy
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Software Engineering, Software Evolution
Induction Year: 2015
Updated July 7, 2015
MURPHY, Gail, Computer Science Department, The University of British Columbia
Gail Murphy, a researcher in software engineering, has advanced understanding of how software is developed in practice and has developed creative approaches for improving how software developers work. Her work on recommendation systems for software engineering has had significant impact both in research and in practice.
Updated July 7, 2015
Gail Murphy, une chercheuse en génie logiciel, a contribué à accroître la connaissance des aspects pratiques du développement du logiciel et a développé des approches novatrices pour améliorer l'efficacité du travail des ingénieurs logiciels. Ses travaux sur les systèmes de recommandation pour le génie logiciel ont un impact significatif à la fois sur la recherche et sur la pratique.



