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• conducts research on biological control of forest diseases and weeds
• research focused on biological control of the forest invasive alien species Phytophthora ramorum
• research focused on using fungal pathogens Phoma argillacea and Phoma exigua as biological control agents for management of competing forest vegetation (forest weeds) in conifer regeneration sites:
  • conducts field trials to test the efficacy of formulation and delivery techniques developed for Phoma argillacea to control Rubus spectabilis (salmonberry) and for Phoma exigua to control Gaultheria shallon (salal)

• conducts experiments on the environmental fate of Phoma argillacea and Phoma exigua isolates developed as biological control agents.

Education

B.Sc. (Biology), 1999, Malaspina University-College; M.Sc. (Biological Sciences), 2005, Simon Fraser University.

Publications

• Canadian Forest Service Publications