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 Brûlé-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 Brûlé-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 Brûlé-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 Brûlé-Babel

7:30pm- 8:00pm

5:30pm- 6:00pm