I work primarily on how plants handle stress. Throughout my research career I have been interested in how a plant puts together a ribosome - a process that is very precisely controlled otherwise the plant will not be able to make proteins or respond to its ever-changing environment. I am also interest in how plants respond to environmental stress - initially I focused on abiotic stress; heat, cold, drought and now I am working on the biotic stress, clubroot disease in canola and Arabidopsis.

Outside of the lab I enjoy sports, reading, theatre and music. I really enjoy watching our Huskie sports teams compete.

• PhD University of Calgary - Plant Stress Physiology
• BSc Wolverhampton Polytechnic (UK) - Animal Physiology & Biochemistry

Currently

• Dean, College of Arts & Science
• Professor, Department of Biology

Previously

• Vice Dean Science, College of Arts & Science
• Head, Department of Biology
• Professor
• Research Associate, Biomira, Edmonton - NRC Saskatoon
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Calgary
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Arizona

Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Plant Physiologists (ASPB)
• Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists (CSPB)

• BIOL 120 - The Nature of Life
• BIOL 226 - Genes to Genomics
• BIOL 420 - Molecular Biology of Plants
• BIOL 825 - Current Topics in Plant Molecular Biology