Profiles

Title: Research Scientist
Role: Lead scientist for spring wheat breeding program for Eastern Canada. Focussed on variety development and improving agronomic traits, disease resistance, and end use quality.
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: Ottawa ON
Title: Research Scientist
Role: Plant pathologist with expertise in plant pathogens of agricultural crops with focus on canola, soya bean and lentil. Identification of new sources of disease resistant germplasm. Genomic mapping disease resistance loci and linked molecular markers...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Cultural Botanist
Role: Cultural botany, plant ecology, field botany, northern and Indigenous food systems, cultural contributions to biodiversity
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador
Title: National Manager, Plant Import and Export, Forestry and Horticulture
Role: I am the National Manager of the Forestry and Horticulture section in the Plant Import and Export Division.  The Plant Import and Export Division (PIED) leads international engagement on plant health. PIED is responsible for: negotiating phytosanitary...
Organization: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Title: Insect Disturbance Geospatial Analyst
Role: Development of data and sample collection methods; data analysis and interpretation; information management; and, project planning advice in forest entomology research.
Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Title: Research Scientist
Role: I am a botanist with a background in systematics, ecology, and conservation biology. My research at AAFC focuses on the diversity of uncultivated plants in agricultural ecosystems, including crop wild relatives, weeds and invasive species.
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, cereal pathologist
Role: Investigate virulence shift of stripe rust, leaf spots and other cereal pathogens.
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Location: Lethbridge, AB
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: Plant Microbiology
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada