Canadian Forest Service employee directory

Profile

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for research in forest entomology
• Perform flight mill experiments, specifically looking at flight behaviour of the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle, Tetropium fuscum
• Perform various tasks in the field which include trapping, collecting and identifying the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle along with other types of Wood boring Insects
• Maintain a working inventory of all field and lab materials

• Reassess field plots and determine the annual impact of the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle

Areas of Knowledge:

• Collect, compile and provide basic analysis of research data
• Preparation of insect specimens for research collection purposes
• Forest insects of quarantine significance

• Standard methods to establish experimental plots in forests for entomology research

Areas of Interests:

• Entomology and pathology
• Wetland management
• Forest ecosystem diversity

• Dendrology

Current Research Projects

• Integrated Pest Management

• Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle

Awards

• Forestry Special Award, University of New Brunswick, 2008-2009
• Ross Silversides Memorial Scholarship in Forestry, University of New Brunswick, 2008-2009

• Ernest H. Gunter Memorial Scholarship, University of New Brunswick, 2008-2009

Education

• Forest Technologist Diploma (Hon., 2007), Maritime College of Forest Technology

• BSc in Forestry (2009), University of New Brunswick