Tell us one interesting fact about yourself.

Unlike many food researchers, despite my best efforts, I am a terrible gardener.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Read. Write. Cook. Enjoy time with my friends and family.

What are you currently working on?

Considerations regarding links between neoliberal individualization and a focus on consumer responsibility for food waste and how this link limits the solutions being suggested.

What are you passionate about related to your area of expertise?

Fundamentally, wasting food is shameful, yet so much of our food is winding up in landfills or compost piles. In all my years researching in the area, I have never met anyone who was ok with food waste, but very few who could honestly claim that they didn’t waste food.

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Tell us one interesting fact about yourself.  

I didn’t used to eat seafood until I started working on a halibut farm!

What do you do in your free time?  

Personally, I enjoy exercising, cooking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

What are you currently working on? 

Currently I am working on building my research program, so I am planning new research projects and experiments. I am particularly interested in fatty acid nutrition in fish, and how farmed fish are an important source of omega-3s for human consumption.

What are you passionate about related to your area of expertise? 

Aquaculture is a way to grow seafood without depleting the ocean. I have always been passionate about marine life. Aquaculture can reduce pressure that we place on our ocean resources. I enjoy working in a field that is challenging and forward thinking and can benefit society.

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Tell us one interesting fact about yourself.

I sing tenor in the Bison Men’s Chorus.

What do you do in your free time?

Spend time with family and sing with the Bison Men’s Chorus

What are you currently working on?

Defining factors that influence the quality of dietary proteins and exploring the role of diet in regulating the immune status of birds and egg quality

What are you passionate about related to your area of expertise?

Share my expertise with students and with the public so that they learn the links between food and health

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What are you currently working on?

Understanding the mechanisms controlling reproduction in poultry in the context of continuously evolving genetic and changes in management and welfare.

What are you passionate about related to your area of expertise?

Separating the believes from the facts when it comes to animal production systems.

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Tell us one interesting fact about yourself.  

Over a decade of investigation of fruit flavonoids to fight against chronic disease 

What do you do in your free time?  

Traveling, reading, cooking, etc. 

What are you currently working on? 

What food bioactives could help most to avoid certain cancers 

What are you passionate about related to your area of expertise? 

Power of non-nutrient food components such as flavonoids in our diet to reduce the risk of diseases 

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What do you do in your free time?

Hiking and traveling with my family, as well as gardening and cooking

What are you currently working on?

Flax, amaranth, cannabis, breadfruit; genetics and development (pre-breeding) of improved products; disease resistance

What are you passionate about related to your area of expertise?

Responsible use of technology to improve availability of high quality food, with less environmental impact

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