Kozinski will begin a five-year term at 91亚色 on July 1. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007, but spent much of his career at McGill University.

A widely acknowledged expert in sustainable energy systems and immune building concepts (focused on anti-bioterrorism), Kozinski has created and led multidisciplinary teams throughout his career, linking research on energy, environmental issues, public health and security.

鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to welcoming Dean Kozinski to our Faculty of Science & Engineering,鈥� said President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淗is research achievements and leadership skills will help to ensure that students receive an excellent education and will enhance 91亚色鈥檚 reputation for innovation.鈥�

Right: Janusz Kozinski

Educated in Poland, Kozinski earned master of engineering and PhD degrees from AGH University of Science & Technology in Krakow, and did post-doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before joining McGill University鈥檚 Faculty of Engineering in 1994.

He was appointed associate vice-principal (research聽& international relations) at McGill in 2005. He has also completed the Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership Programme at Oxford University's Sa茂d Business School and the Executive Education Crisis Leadership in Higher Education program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Kozinski鈥檚 research includes projects related to sustainable energy systems, the next generation of nuclear reactors, environmental impact of energy technology, greenhouse gas mitigation, and many other topics, including Mars exploration.

In 2006, he was named International Chair in Bioenergy for the Institute for Advanced Studies and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France. While at the CNRS in 2002-2003, Kozinski researched how to mix metals from Mars鈥� crust and CO2 from its atmosphere to generate enough energy for a return trip from Mars 鈭� a project that took him to space on a series of zero-gravity parabolic flights organized by the European Space Agency.

鈥淏eing asked to lead a Faculty that includes both scientific research and engineering expertise, at a major university in Canada, is a unique opportunity,鈥� said Kozinski. 鈥淚 would characterize 91亚色 as 鈥榠-squared鈥� 鈭� a very interdisciplinary and very international university. Those are among the key things that are going to be the driving force in science and engineering in the 21st century.鈥�

Kozinski will succeed Interim Dean Walter Tholen.聽"I want to thank Interim Dean Tholen for his outstanding leadership and efforts during this past year," said Shoukri.

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Schneider's appointment was announced by Walter Tholen, interim dean of 91亚色's Faculty of Science & Engineering.

With a PhD in brain and cognitive science from the University of Rochester, Scheider brings to 91亚色 a solid background in science and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He has previously been involved in development of MRI centres at Princeton University, the University of Rochester and the University of Missouri.聽Schneider has also designed and taught MRI courses that include a laboratory component where graduate students learn to operate a fMRI scanner as well as design experiments and analyze the resulting data. He expects to offer this course at 91亚色 shortly.

Right:聽Keith Schneider

A pioneer聽of聽fMRI studies of human brainstem visual structures, Schneider's聽 has been with the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and the superior colliculus, both which receive direct input from the retina via the optic nerve, has shown that both structures are involved in visual selective attention.

Schneider has also shown that the phenomenon of binocular rivalry occurs in human LGN, proving that previous theories of rivalry as a high-level cognitive phenomenon are incorrect. Rivalry occurs when each of the eyes views an entirely different stimulus (e.g. horizontal lines in the left eye & vertical lines in the right eye). The brain cannot combine these stimuli into a coherent picture of the world, so it defaults to an oscillation in which the subject perceives first one set of lines and then the other.

Schneider鈥檚 current聽work focuses on two major topics: tests of the M-cell theory of dyslexia, and development of enhanced fMRI data analysis algorithms. He is also working on new techniques to provide super-resolution during conventional fMRI scanning. During scanning, a subject鈥檚 head moves a small amount and this is unavoidable. This movement was previously regarded as an unfortunate source of noise. Schneider realized that these small movements can be used to provide subtly different perspective views of the brain and actually enhances resolution. Once development is completed, scientists will be among the first in the world to put super-resolution to work in studying major visual structures in the brain.

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