Biography — Ingrid Pickering

Dr. Ingrid J. Pickering is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science at the University of Saskatchewan. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge and her PhD from Imperial College, University of London, based at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. She came to Canada from Stanford University. Her research uses and develops synchrotron X-ray techniques to study metals and other elements in biological systems of relevance to the environment and human health. She is closely associated with the Canadian Light Source – Canada’s first synchrotron – where she co-leads the development of three new experimental stations.

Dr. Pickering was ranked among the top three researchers in Canada in geology and earth sciences by h-index in 2012 [Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) survey]. She receives funding from several sources including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and has served on a number of international advisory panels for synchrotron facilities. She currently leads the CIHR training program in Health Research Using Synchrotron Techniques at the University of Saskatchewan.