Curtis A. Suttle is a Canadian microbiologist and oceanographer who is a faculty member at the University of British Columbia. Suttle is a Distinguished University Professor[1] who holds appointments in Earth & Ocean Sciences,[2] Botany,[3] Microbiology & Immunology[4] and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries[5] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. On 29 December, 2021 he was named to the Order of Canada.[6] His research is focused on the ecology of viruses in marine systems as well as other natural environments.