Profiles

Title: Director General (Prairie Region), Science and Technology Branch
Role: Dr. Joyce Irene Boye is the Director General of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Science and Technology Branch - Prairie Region. In this role, she is responsible for the three Canadian Prairie Provinces (i.e., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba). Key...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Entomology; Insecticide Toxicology; Chemical Ecology; Plant-Insect Interaction; Biopesticide Discovery and Development; Invertebrate Biodiversity 
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: London Ontrio
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Plant Physiologist that conducts research to develop technologies that maximize and maintain quality and enhance the value of fresh fruits and vegetables throughout production, storage and marketing.  Technologies studied include maturity optimization,...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Principal Research Scientist
Role: Lead and/or principal investigator of Genome Canada, industry-led and government-funded projects; Conduct research in Genomics, Genetics, Epigenetics and Bioinformatics of wheat and flax; Focus on genetic diversity, wild relatives, resistance to biotic (...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Computational Biologist
Role: Dr. Devon Radford is a Computational Biologist in Dr. Wen Chen's lab at the Ottawa Research & Development Centre (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). He specializes in Virology, Bioinformatics, Biodiversity and Environmental Health. His...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Microbiology – Foof Safety - Animal Sciences
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist Physiology and Biochemistry of perennial crops
Role: Abiotic stress resistance of perennial forage crops (temperature stress, salinity, climate change, ice, drought): Development of new selection approaches for winter survival; Identification of metabolites and cold-regulated genes associated with higher...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Role: Naomi is currently working on storage and value-added solutions for fruit and berries as a member of the Summerland Research and Development Centre (RDC) bioproducts and bioprocesses research team.  Inspired by the amazing science she sees occurring...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: Summerland, BC
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Dr. Fan is a food scientist/food microbiologist. Her research addresses both fundamental and practical challenges related to improvement of safety and quality of horticultural produce and food products. She has successfully initiated and led numerous...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Research
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada