Mehrdad Hariri is the founder and CEO of the Canadian Science Policy Centre, the leading not-profit hub for science, technology and innovation policy in Canada. He is also a member of the Innovation Leadership Council (ILC) of Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), a board member the Journal of Science Policy and Governance, and an advisory to MITACS Science Policy Fellowship program. He studied in the fields of Veterinary Medicine, Cell Biology and Functional Genomes, in Tehran, Montréal, and Toronto universities, Mehrdad Hariri has numerous publications and opinion pieces in various media outlets and regularly appears in the media as a commentator on science policy issues.