Dr. Peter Hackett

Biography:
Peter Hackett has been President and CEO of Alberta Ingenuity since 2004. Prior to that, he was Vice-president Research at the National Research Council of Canada. While at the NRC, he was Director General for two NRC Institutes: the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences and the Institute for National Measurement Standards. Dr. Hackett is also an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto.

During his work as a chemical physicist, he authored over 200 publications and 10 patents in photochemistry, the use of lasers in chemistry, and nanotechnology. As part of his early work in guiding Canada’s role in the emerging field of nanotechnology, he was the NRC executive responsible for bringing the National Institute for Nanotechnology to the University of Alberta.

In recognition of his contribution to science, he has been awarded the Rutherford Medal in Chemistry of the Royal Society of Canada, the Noranda Lecture Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada, the Canada Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, and the Alberta Centennial Medal. He is also a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, the Chemical Society of London, and has been a Visiting Fellow of the Science and Technology Agency of Japan. In 2007, he was named one of four 125th Anniversary Specially Elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, along with Mike Lazaridis, Louise Arbour, and Robert Pritchard.

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