Nemkumar Banthia, Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, and Sr. Canada Research Chair is a world-famous materials scientist and an authority on sustainable concrete infrastructure. His work includes, on the one hand, development of ultra-high performance, low carbon concrete materials and on the other hand, development of low-cost sensors that can create cyber-physical interfaces for monitoring the health of concrete infrastructure thereby enhancing their safety and sustainability.
Dr. Banthia holds eight patents and has published over 400 refereed papers. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of J of Cement and Concrete Composites—a journal with the highest impact factor in the field. In 2012, Dr. Banthia spearheaded the creation of an NCE: IC-IMPACTS, a Canada-India Research Center of Excellence, of which he currently serves as Scientific Director.