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Jean Beaulieu
Jean Beaulieu
Regional Coord - QC, Research Scientist,Forest Genomics
Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
1055 Du P.E.P.S. Street, P.O. Box 10380
Québec, Quebec, G1V 4C7
Tel.: (418) 648-5823

Profile

Jean Beaulieu specializes in population and quantitative genetics and forest genomics. He is also Regional Coordinator at the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre in Quebec City.

In the field of population genetics, he deals mostly with conifer phylogeography and the identification of genes for natural selection. In quantitative genetics, he works on genetic variation and control of wood characteristics in spruce and on the development of clonal forestry. In forest genomics, he specializes in the development of marker-assisted selection using candidate gene markers and in genomic selection for wood characteristics in spruce.

Education

  • B.Sc. (Forestry), Univeristé Laval, Québec, QC, 1976
  • M.Sc. (Forest Mangement), Université Laval, Québec, QC, 1978
  • Ph.D. (Biology), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, 1993

Affiliations

  • Adjunct professor, Université Laval and Université du Québec (UQAT)
  • Member, Canada Research Chair in Forest and Environmental Genomics
  • Researcher, Genome Canada SMarTForests Project
  • Associate Editor, Tree Genetics & Genomes

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