Research Team


Name Title Role Description of Responsibilities Affiliation Email
1 Curtis Pozniak Professor Lead Genomics, breeding & management University of Saskatchewan curtis.pozniak@usask.ca
2 Sylvie Cloutier Research Scientist Lead Genomics, diversity & management Ottawa Research Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada sylvie.j.cloutier@agr.gc.ca
3 Frank M You Research Scientist Co-investigator Bioinformatics & data management Ottawa Research Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada frank.you@canada.ca
4 Sean Walkowiak Research Scientist Co-investigator Bioinformatics NGS data Canadian Grain Commission
5 Steve Robinson Research Scientist Co-investigator Epigenetics & bioinformatics Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada steve.robinson@canada.ca
6 Sateesh Kagale Research Officer Co-investigator Gene editing & bioinformatics National Research Council Canada Sateesh.Kagale@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
7 Curt McCartney Research Scientist Co-investigator Gene isolation Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada curt.mccartney@canada.ca
8 Colin Hiebert Research Scientist Co-investigator Gene suppression & isolation Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada colin.hiebert@canada.ca
9 Andrew Sharpe Research Officer Co-investigator Phenomics & bioinformatics NRC-CNRC, National Research Council Canada andrew.sharpe@canada.ca
10 Richard Cuthbert Research Scientist Co-investigator Phenotyping & breeding Swift Current Research and Development Centre richard.cuthbert@canada.ca
11 Steve Shirtliffe Professor Co-investigator High-througput phenotyping - UAV College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan steve.shirtliffe@usask.ca
12 Maria Antonia Henriquez Research Scientist Co-investigator Phenotyping & FHB pathology Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada MariaAntonia.Henriquez@canada.ca
13 Richard Gray Professor Co-investigator Economics & GE3LS management College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan richard.gray@usask.ca
14 Jill Hobbs Professor Co-investigator Food regulation & trust College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan jill.hobbs@usask.ca
15 Tristan Skolrud Professor Co-investigator Farm level modelling College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan tristan.skolrud@usask.ca
16 Peter Slade Professor Co-investigator Policy modelling U of S Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre peter.slade@usask.ca
17 Alfons Weersink Professor Co-investigator Farm level modelling Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph aweersin@uoguelph.ca
18 Philip Pardey Professor Collaborator GEMS informatics Director  International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP) Center, University of Minnesota ppardey@umn.edu
19 Julian Alston Professor Collaborator Policy & modelling Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis julian@primal.ucdavis.edu
20 Martin Mascher Research Scientist ? Collaborator Genome Assembly IPK mascher@ipk-gatersleben.de
21 Brent McCallum Research Scientist Collaborator Leaf rust pathology Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada brent.mccallum@canada.ca
22 Wayne Xu Biology Study Leader Collaborator Bioinformatics Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada wayne.xu@canada.ca
23 Tom Fetch Research Scientist Collaborator Stem rust pathology Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada tom.fetch@canada.ca
24 George Fedak Research Scientist Collaborator Genetics of wheat relatives Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada george.fedak@canada.ca
25 Matthew Moscou Group Leader? Collaborator Bioinformatics & plant immunity The Sainsbury Laboratory matthew.moscou@tsl.ac.uk
26 Wolfgang Spielmeyer Professor? Collaborator Genetic &, gene isolation University of Tasmania  Wolfgang.Spielmeyer@csiro.au
27 Reem Aboukhaddour Research Scientist Collaborator Stripe rust pathology Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada reem.aboukhaddour@canada.ca
28 Adam Foster Research Officer? Collaborator Powdery mildew pathology Nature Resource Canada, Quebec
29 Emma Wallington Head of Crop Transformation Collaborator Gene editing NIAB emma.wallington@niab.com
30 Luigi Cativelli Collaborator Durum breeding & working group chair CREA Council for Agricultural Research and Economics cattivelli@crea.gov.it
31 Julie & Ian King Collaborator Sequencing of exotic germplasm
32 Ming-Cheng Luo Geneticist Collaborator Bio-Nano optical maps Department of Plant Science, University of California, Davis mcluo@ucdavis.edu
33 Alison Bentley Program Director CIMMYT Global Wheat Program Collaborator Genotyping of exotic germplasm CIMMYT
34 Klaus Mayer Professor Collaborator Genome Annotation  Plant Genome and Systems Biology Group, Helmholtz Zentrum München ga35tiz@mytum.de