The former president of NSERC, Tom Brzustowski, was named the first Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group Professor in the Commercialization of Innovation.
The professorship established with a $750,000 investment from RBC Financial Group, focuses on commercialization of science- and technology-based innovation at the School of Management.
Brzustowski, who has a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton, led NSERC for 10 years. He was a professor and administrator at the University of Waterloo and later, a deputy minister in the Government of Ontario.
