Robert Burrell

Doctor
Robert Burrell
AOE MSC FCAHS
Doctor Robert Burrell AOE MSC FCAHS
Born	1952 (age 73–74); Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Education	University of Guelph; University of Waterloo;
	Engineering career
Discipline	Biomedical engineer
Institutions	University of Alberta
Awards	Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence; Meritorious Service Cross; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences; Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal; Governor General's Innovation Award; Principal Award from the Manning Foundation; Jonas Salk Award; ASM International – ASM Engineering Materials Achievement Award; World Union of Wound Healing Society Lifetime Achievement Award; Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors;

Robert Burrell is a Canadian biomedical engineer, who as of 2026 is chair in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta.^[1]^[2] He was Canada Research Chair at University of Alberta for two terms.^[3]

Burrell was born in 1952 in Oakville, Ontario, and he obtained his first degrees at the University of Guelph.^[4] He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross on September 27, 2016, for ground-breaking work in therapeutic medical applications of nanotechnology,^[5] and was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence on October 17, 2019.^[6]

References

^ "Robert Burrell". gc.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
^ "Award". ualberta.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
^ "Robert Burrell, BSc, MSc,PhD - [email protected]". apps.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
^ "Dr. Robert E. Burrell | Alberta.ca". www.alberta.ca. 2026-03-02. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
^ "Dr. Robert Edward Burrell". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
^ "The Alberta Order of Excellence". www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-29.