Good morning,

 

Below is the itinerary for the 4 candidates interviewing for the Cereal Breeder & Genetics Asst/Assoc Professor interview.

Please note the meeting time for our grad students to meet with each candidate.

I will be sending meeting links shortly

Thanks,

Bev

 

DATE/CANDIDATE/

EVENT

OUR TIME

CANDIDATE TIME

AUGUST 4/

KASSA FENTAYE

Search Committee Interview

9:00am – 11:00am

10:00am-12Noon

Senior Scientist/Plant Geneticist (Consultant), Africa Rice Biodiversity Center, AfricaRice

Seminar

Effectiveness of Genomic Selection in Different Breeding Populations and Environments in Maize

1:00pm - 2:15pm

2:00pm-3:00pm

Location:  Mississauga, ON

Meet with Dean Scanlon

4:00pm - 4:30pm

5:00pm – 5:30pm

 

Meet with PlSci Grad Students

5:00pm – 5:30pm

6:00pm – 6:30 pm

 

Meet with Dr. Doug Cattani

6:45pm – 7:15pm

7:45 – 8:15 pm

 

Meet with Dr. Anita Brűlé-Babel

7:30pm - 8:00pm

8:30pm – 9:00pm

AUGUST 7/

AJAY KUMAR

Search Committee Interview

9:00am – 11:00am

Same time zone

Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Durum Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program in the Department of Plant Sciences at NDSU, Fargo, USA

Seminar

Wheat breeding for future food security: A multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach

1:00pm - 2:15pm

 

 

Meet with Dean Scanlon

3:00pm -3:30pm

 

 

Meet with PlSci Grad Students

4:00pm – 4:30pm

 

 

Meet with Dr. Doug Cattani

5:30pm – 6:00pm

 

 

Meet with Dr. Anita Brűlé-Babel

7:30pm- 8:00pm

 

DATE/CANDIDATE/

EVENT

OUR TIME

CANDIDATE TIME

AUGUST 13/

CURT MCCARTNEY

Search Committee Interview

9:00am – 11:00am

Same time zone

Research Scientist (Cereal Crop Genetics), AAFC-Morden Research and Development Centre, Morden, MB

Seminar

Accelerating Wheat Breeding through Genetic Research

1:00pm - 2:15pm

 

 

Meet with Dean Scanlon

3:00pm - 3:30pm

 

 

Meet with PlSci Grad Students

4:00pm – 4:30pm

 

 

Meet with Dr. Doug Cattani

5:00pm – 5:30pm

 

 

Meet with Dr. Anita Brűlé-Babel

7:30pm- 8:00pm

 

AUGUST 14/

GURCHARN BRAR

Search Committee Interview

9:00am – 11:00am

7:00am – 9:00am

Assistant Professor

the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC

Research areas: Cereal Pathology and Genetics

 

Seminar

From Head to Toe, Dealing with the Foes: Breeding Wheat for Disease Resistance

1:00pm - 2:15pm

11:00am - 12:00pm

(Dr. Brar to meet with Dean Martin Scanlon 11:30am-Noon on August 13)

Meet with PlSci Grad Students

4:00pm – 4:30pm

2:00pm – 2:30pm

 

Meet with Dr. Doug Cattani

5:00pm – 5:30pm

3:00pm – 3:30pm

 

Meet with Dr. Anita Brűlé-Babel

7:30pm- 8:00pm

5:30pm- 6:00pm