Deep Saini FRSN | |
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ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ | |
Born | Hargurdeep Saini |
Occupation(s) | Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Punjab Agricultural University (1977), University of Adelaide (1982) |
Thesis | Physiological studies on sterility induced in wheat by heat and water deficit (1982) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biology |
Sub-discipline | Plant biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology |
Hargurdeep Saini (Punjabi: ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ), also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist,[1] and is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[2]
Hargurdeep Saini was previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University,[3] a Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Canberra, a vice-president of University of Toronto, and principal of the university's Mississauga campus, and dean of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.[4][5] Saini became a noted plant physiologist[1][6] and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.[7]
On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022,[3] to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[8]