Staff
Director:
Dr. Syed A. Sattar, Ph.D.
For over 45 years, Dr. Sattar has been involved in research on microbial pathogens. His studies include investigations on vegetative bacteria, bacterial spore-formers, filamentous and non-filamentous fungi, mycobacteria, protozoa and viruses. A major part of this work relates to understanding the influence of environmental factors on the survival and dissemination of pathogens through water, food, air, municipal wastes and animate and inanimate surfaces. He also studies the use of physical and chemical agents in interrupting the spread of infectious agents in indoor settings.
He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings as well as several book chapters.
Associate Director:
Dr. Rees Kassen, Ph.D.
Dr Kassen recieved his B.Sc. from Queen’s University in 1995 and his Ph.D. from McGill University in 2001. He went on to Oxford where he spent a year as an NSERC Postdoctoral Researcher and in 2002, was named to a Research Fellowship at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. He was assigned an Assistant Professor position at the University of Ottawa in 2003 and was nomiated as Associate Director for CREM in 2005.