Profiles

Title: Research Scientist
Role: Meat Microbiology and Foodborne Zoonoses
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Field Crop Entomologist
Role: I am involved in insect pest monitoring, integrated pest management, biodiversity surveying, and development of novel tools for insect biocontrol. I have a background in insect physiology, particularly in relation to cold tolerance and diapause (...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Biology Study Leader - Bioinformatics
Role: I lead the Atlantic Bioinformatics Research Support Unit, which facilitates bioinformatics at the four Atlantic AAFC centres: Fredericton NB, Charlottetown PE, Kentville NS, St John's NL. The unit provides support for members working on bioinformatics,...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research scientist
Role: Our team is working on the protein metabolism of dairy cows including urea and endogenous secretions to accurately estimate nitrogen recycling and animal needs to reduce nitrogen loss to the environment increase the profitability of dairy farms.
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: Research and Development Centre, Sherbrooke
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Dr. Benchaar is a research scientist at the Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre (Quebec) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He obtained (with distinction) a Ph.D. in Dairy Cow Nutrition and Metabolism from “Institut National Polytechnique” of...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Molecular biologist: Microbiome & Antibiotic Resistance
Role: Molecular Epidemiology of Antimicrobial resistance and development of alternatives to antibiotics in poultry (Genomic Research and development initiative on AMR (GRDI-AMR).
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: 93 Stone Road West
Title: Manager, Earth Observation Operations, AAFC Centre for AgroClimate, Geomatics and Earth Observation (ACGEO)
Role: ACGEO is responsible for the operationalization of AAFC's geospatial research. I manage and direct research, applications development and operationalization of AAFC's national Earth observation activities relating to the monitoring of crops and crop...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor (Western University), Genomics and Biotechnology
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist, Mycologist
Role: Areas of Expertise: • Systematic studies of rust and smut fungi on crop and weed hosts to improve identification systems and add to biodiversity records • Development of DNA sequence databases for rust and smut fungi from new collections and from...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Modern medicine, veterinary, and agricultural practices are extensively dependent on the availability of antibiotics to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans, animals, and crops. However, the overuse and misuse of these drugs for the last 80...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada