NRC directory of science professionals

This directory lists some of the NRC’s talented researchers and professionals. Click on the names to view their profiles and learn more about their projects, their passions, and their contributions in advancing science and technology for Canadians.

Alison Ferrie
Principal Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Agri-Food, Biotechnology, Plant reproduction, Novel-trait plants, Plant, Botany, Plants
Chunzhong (Trent) Yang
Associate Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Plant, Cereals and pulses, Technology, Biochemistry, Protein Engineering, Industrial Biotechnology, Bio-based products, Bioprocessing, Enzyme technologies, Microbiology, Molecular biology
Edmond Lam
Senior Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Biomass, Bioproducts, Energy, Catalyst, Materials, Biopolymers, Nanomaterials, Sciences, Chemistry, Materials
Janice Schmidt
Technical Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Oilseed, Genomics, Molecular genetics, Plant, Biology, Sciences
Principal Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Biology, Plant molecular
John (Allan) Feurtado
Associate Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Biochemistry, Genetics, Genomics, Abiotic Stresses in Crop Plants, Molecular genetics, Physiology, Seeds, Botany, Plant, Cereals and pulses, Oilseeds
Senior Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Agri-Food, Aquatic Science, Algal Technologies, Food, Chemistry, Health, Food, Nutrition, Fortification, Natural Products, Natural products chemistry, Plant, Cereals and pulses, Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Technology, Chemical analysis
Michele Loewen
Senior Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Biochemistry, Plant, Environment, Sustainability, Fungi, Biocontrol, Phytopathogens, Materials, Biomaterials, Biopolymers
Sateesh Kagale
Associate Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, Genomics
Sean Tibbetts
Senior Research Officer
Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Expertise: Agriculture, In-vitro digestion, Nutrition, Animals, Production, Aquatic Science, Algal Technologies, Algal biotechnologies