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Gaetan Leclair
Organic Chemist
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
E3B 5P7
Tel.: (506) 452-3447
Profile
Responsibilities:
- Organic synthesis of potential chemicals for lure and mitigation applications of exotic and native insect pests
- Isolation, identification and synthesis of insect pheromones and kairomones
Areas of Interest:
- Performance polymers
- General organic synthesis
- Chemical ecology
- Device engineering
Current Research Projects
- Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle
- Spruce Budworm
- Balsam Gall Midge
Education
- M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2001), Université de Moncton
- Ph.D. in Electrochromic Ruthenium Complexes (2008), Carleton University