B. Mario Pinto

Dr. B. Mario Pinto joined the University of Manitoba as Vice President (Research & International) and member of the Governing Circle of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in October 2022 after having served as Griffith University's Deputy Vice Chancellor Research (DVCR) and Director of the Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct in Queensland, Australia (2020-2022). Prior to this he served as President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Chair of the Global Research Council (GRC), Co-chair of the Canada-India Joint Science and Technology Committee, and Vice President Research (VPR) and Chair of Chemistry at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Dr. Pinto received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Chemistry from Queen's University in Ontario. He had published more than 250 papers in chemical biology. Dr. Pinto is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.