Esmeralda Bukuroshi completed her PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Toronto, specializing in material engineering for organic solar cells. During her PhD, she developed an interest in science policy and explored roles leaning more toward science advocacy. With her previous co-op experience as a chemist at Nova Chemicals, she went on to take a role as a Senior Analyst for more than a year before joining her current role as a Lead of COVID Response Operations at Ontario Health.

Dr. Alison Ewart is currently Dean of the Centre for Research and Innovation at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. She completed her PhD in organic chemistry from the University of British Columbia and began her career at Mitacs, holding several different leadership positions within the organization before moving to Fanshawe.