ISEEE Fellows

Robert Mansell
ISEEE Senior Fellow; Professor, Department of Economics

Dr. Robert Mansell's research interests include: economic evaluation of regulatory issues (such as analyses related to tolling methodology, contracting, reliability expenditures and incentive regulation); regional development, adjustment and disparities; the Alberta economy; regional modelling and forecasting; and fiscal issues (including economic/financial and cost-benefit analyses for energy facilities/projects and water resource projects. Dr. Mansell, who was ISEEE's founding managing director, also has served as dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and as head of the Department of Economics.

Michal C. Moore
ISEEE Senior Fellow

Economist Dr. Michal C. Moore is an active researcher in the areas of urban open space and agricultural land conversion, local government fiscal impacts and the structure and rules of energy markets. He is the former chief economist at the U.S. National Renewable Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and a former regulator in the energy industry in California.

Dennis Salahub
ISEEE Senior Fellow; Professor, Department of Chemistry

Dr. Dennis Salahub's research interests are in theoretical and computational chemistry, especially Density Functional Theory (DFT) and its applications in materials and biomolecular modelling. His overall research goal for the next decade is to develop the theoretical, computational, and conceptual expertise necessary to attain a detailed microscopic understanding of chemical reactions taking place in real, complex environments.

Sheldon H. Roth
ISEEE Fellow; Professor, Departments of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Anesthesiology; Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering and Faculty of Environmental Design; Head, Division of Toxicology

Dr. Sheldon H. Roth's current work focuses on the pharmacology of general anesthetics, neurotoxicology of hydrogen sulphide and environmental toxicology. His areas of specialty include: neuropharmacology, neurotoxicology of environmental agents and chemicals; inhalation toxicology; cellular and molecular actions of anesthetic agents; effects of neural active drugs on the development of the central nervous system; and  pharmacology of analgesic agents. 

Steve Larter
ISEEE Fellow; Canada Research Chair in Petroleum Geology; AIF Scholar; Professor, Department of Geoscience

Dr. Steve Larter's research interests encompass:

• Production of heavy oil; petroleum biodegradation and the deep biosphere
• Theoretical, exploration and production aspects of petroleum geochemistry 
• Application of the geochemistry of petroleum oxygen and nitrogen compounds to studying problems related to secondary petroleum migration and oil production 
• Reservoir geochemistry of dynamic petroleum accumulations 
• Geochemistry of tar mats 
• Novel uses of petroleum reservoirs as in situ refineries and nuclear waste repositories
• Basin modelling 
• Biogeochemistry 
• Novel analytical methods for the characterization of complex geochemical fractions 
• New and renewable energy from petroleum reservoirs 
• Heavy oil research at the Petroleum Reservoir Group
• Soils 
• Natural gas
• CO2 sequestration

ISEEE Fellow; AIF Scholar; Director, Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy; Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Pedro Pereira Almao has dedicated his professional and research activities to catalysts and catalytic processes development using both steam and hydrogen for heavy oils and residuals upgrading. His current research focuses on making significant improvements to the upgrading of Athabasca bitumen and other Alberta and Canadian heavy oils. He is Director of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy and also heads the Catalysis for Bitumen Upgrading and Hydrogen Production Research Team.

Curtis P. Berlinguette
ISEEE Fellow; Canada Research Chair in Energy Conversion; Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Dr. Curtis P. Berlinguette's research activities focus on the development of molecular materials that convert solar energy to electrical energy. His research also encompasses the chemistry of transition metal complexes pertinent to the storage of solar energy in chemical bonds - specifically, the design of catalysts that will drive the conversion of water into hydrogen fuel using sunlight as the energy input.

Lorraine Whale
Shell-ISEEE Fellow; Manager In Situ Oil Sands Research, Shell; Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Lorraine Whale has worked for more than 25 years with Shell, the founding industry member of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy at the University of Calgary. She sees the challenges related to oilsands development as multidisciplinary challenges that revolve around the issues related to the sustainable development of the resource.

Brenda Kenny
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association-ISEEE Fellow; President, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association; Adjunct Professor, Haskayne School of Business.

Dr. Brenda Kenny, who has a doctorate in Resources and the Environment, has 20 years of experience in the regulatory and policy development arenas. Prior to joining the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association in 2006, she worked at the National Energy Board in a number of progressively more responsible positions.