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• Conducts a wide range of research projects related to the detection of recently established invasive alien species or the prevention of adventive transport of non-indigenous species in international trade including the:
• Development of detection tools for native and non-indigenous insects in urban and natural forest ecosystems. Current research interests include Adelgidae, Aphidoidea, Coccoidea, forest and urban Lepidoptera, bark and wood-boring Coleoptera; and
• Evaluation of the effects of nonindigenous introductions on species diversity in forest ecosystems; and
• Evaluation of the efficacy of phytosanitary treatments for green wood in preventing reinfestation of wood packaging;and
• Development novel diagnostic tools for the identification of forest arthropods in collaboration with the Barcode of Life ; and

• Curation of the Canadian Forest Service-Pacific Insect Reference Collection.

• Exotic Wood-boring Beetles in BC: Interceptions and Establishments.

Education

• B.Sc., 1977, University of Victoria; Ph.D. (Biology), 1987.

Affiliations

• Adjunct Professor, Forest Sciences Department, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia

Publications

• CFS publications database