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Canada Excellence Research Chair
Concordia University Montréal
Prof. Ursula Eicker is the new Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) for Next Generation Cities at Concordia University Montréal. A German physicist, Eicker has held leadership positions at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences and its Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies. She has been leading international research projects in the fields of energy efficiency in buildings and sustainable energy supply systems for more than two decades.At Concordia, she leads an ambitious research program to establish pathways toward new tools, technologies and strategies for zero-carbon cities.