Staff

Our Culture

The Fedoruk Centre is made up of a team of dedicated experts who are passionate about building a career in a purpose-driven organization. Our workplace offers both support and autonomy, respecting the importance of work-life balance.

Our staff members have opportunities to learn new skills, explore ideas and work alongside leading-edge scientists knowing that their work benefits society in many ways.

Our Organization

Our organizational chart reflects the line-management accountabilities and roles of staff members and also shows the committees advising the Board or Management about the key activities of the organization. Additionally, it shows the reporting relationships within our not-for-profit corporation from Management through the independent Board of Directors to our sole Member, the University of Saskatchewan, represented by the USask Board of Governors.

Leadership

John Root

Executive Director

john.root@fedorukcentre.ca

306-966-3376 (Fedoruk Centre)

John Root received his PhD from the University of Guelph in 1986, after developing a way to measure quantum effects in the structure of water and other liquids. He joined Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), where he helped to develop a method to map stresses inside materials using a beam of neutrons from the NRU reactor at Chalk River Laboratories. This method has been copied at neutron-beam laboratories around the world, and is now applied to help industries improve their products, and expand their businesses. Dr. Root has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, generated over 75 proprietary reports for industry clients, and delivered more than 100 invited presentations.

In 2003, Dr. Root was appointed as Director of the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC), which was comprised of six neutron spectrometers, supported by a team of expert researchers and technicians, and managed as an international user facility. By the time the NRU reactor was closed, in 2018, the CNBC was supporting a community of more than 800 research participants from more than 20 universities across Canada and over 100 foreign institutions. (http://cins.ca/resources/cnbc/). CNBC users generated knowledge of materials at the molecular and nano-scale, for applications such as transportation safety, lifetime management of infrastructure, market development, fundamental scientific understanding and education (www.cins.ca/discover)

In 2011, Dr. Root established the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation Inc (Fedoruk Centre), a not-for-profit corporation with the purpose of placing Saskatchewan among global leaders of nuclear research, development and training through investment in partnerships with universities and industries for maximum societal and economic benefit. Since 2017, Dr. Root has served as Executive Director of the Fedoruk Centre, to accomplish impacts in three key areas: (1) Nuclear imaging tools and methods to advance life sciences, agri-biotechnologies and medicine; (2) Material sciences, through nuclear techniques, such as neutron scattering, to improve energy, health, and transportation; and (3) Understanding the practical and social aspects of nuclear energy, to inform decision-making towards a clean, sustainable future.