Photonic Crystal Security Devices: From Lab to Market
The Big Business of the Very, Very Small

In an effort to inspire and empower future generations of chemistry students at York with a sense of the possible, Mr. Mercier's wife, Eileen Mercier, a York graduate (MBA '77), established the lecture series in her late husband's name. Bridging the worlds of business and commerce with the intensive research world of chemistry, the series will present an entrepreneur and renowned scientist who has used his/her own science education as a springboard to other enterprises.

"Ernest believed that the benefits of discipline and analytical thinking, which his engineering education provided, were basic to understanding the cause-and-effect laws of business." says Ms. Mercier. "This lectureship will hopefully inspire others to use their education in similarly unique ways."

Lecture sponsor:

Introductory Remarks
Stan Shapson, Vice-President, Research & Innovation

Opening Remarks
Professor Theodore Peridis

Introduction of the Mercier Lecture
Professor Barry Lever