Scientists at the Canadian Grain Commission

Area of expertise:

• Wheat quality requirements for various applications around the world
• Methods for measuring quality of wheat and its products
• Gluten protein composition in relation to dough strength for baking
• Pigments in durum wheat and pasta colour
• Physicochemical properties of wheat components
• Biochemical characterization of functional components in wheat

Education

Professional affiliations and development

• Adjunct Professor, Food Science Department, the University of Manitoba, 2013 – present
• Member, Prairie Grain Development Committee, Wheat, Rye & Triticale Quality sub-committee, 2004 – present
• Member, Standard Council of Canada, Technical Committee 34, Grains and Pulses, 2012 – present
• Member, AACC International, Pasta Products Technical Committee, 2009 - present
• Member, AACC International, Protein Technical Committee, 2009– present
• Member, AACC International, Asian Products Technical Committee, 1998 – present
• Chair (2012-2013), Protein Division, AACC International
• Chair (2011-2012), Prairie Section, AACC International

Area of expertise:

• Entomology, grain storage, stored products insects

Education

Area of expertise:

• Analytical methods for wheat quality such as ash, starch damage, gluten, protein, alveograph and farinograph.
• Analytical methods for wheat enzymes such as falling number and amylograph.
• Oversight and logistics of the Harvest Sample Program.

Education

Area of expertise:

• Molecular structure and physicochemical properties of starch and non-starch polysaccharides, such as arabinoxylans and β-glucans.
• Understanding and controlling mechanisms responsible for technological performance and functionality of carbohydrate polymers from barley and other economically important Prairie grains in complex food systems.
• Evaluation of quality of malting barley
• Development of procedures to fractionate grains such as oats and barley to yield milled products with enhanced functionality.
• Evaluation milling performance of wheat for annual harvest report, milling performance of advanced wheat breeding lines.

Education

Awards and recognition

• Director, 2011-2014, AACC International
• Honoured with an invitation to deliver the William F. Geddes Lecture , Northwest Section of AACC International, Minneapolis, MN, 2011
• Individual NSERC Discovery Grant, 2007
• Honoured with an invitation to deliver the 2007 Belfort Carbohydrate Lecture at the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA (Ba-32). Persons chosen to give a Belfort Lecture are scientists who have made outstanding contributions to glycoscience.
• Co-chair, 5th Canadian Barley Symposium and the District of Western Canada Master Brewers Association of the Americas joint meeting, 2007
• Speaker, Department of Plant Science Seminar series at the University of Manitoba, 2007
• Co-chair, International Plant Polysaccharide Workshop, 2006
• Presenter, joint Symposium of the Carbohydrate and Protein Divisions of the AACC International, 2006
• Lecturer, International Forum on Cereal Science: Cereal Foods, Cooperation, and Opportunities, Canadian Session on Cereal Sciences, 2006
• Certificate of Appreciation, Career Mentor Program at the University of Manitoba, 2006
• Certificate of Appreciation, AACC International and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas, 2006
• Appointed Senior Editor of the journal Cereal Chemistry, 2006
• Program team appointee, World Grain Summit, 2005 Lecturer, Winnipeg Brewmasters’ meeting, 2005
• Certificate of Appreciation, Manitoba Buckwheat Growers Association, Inc., 2005
• Presenter, Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute 19th Triennial Barley Improvement Meeting, 2004.

Professional affiliations and development

• Treasurer, Board of Directors of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC), 2007-present
• Member, Canada Grain Regulation Committee, 2007-present
• Vice Chair, AACCI/ICC working Group: Collaboration Strategies for Publications and Scientific Content Dissemination
• Senior Editor, Editorial Board of Cereal Chemistry, AACC International
• Scientific advisor, Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI) Technical Committee
• Sector Representative, Barley Council of Canada, Research and Innovation Committee
• Chair, Barley Quality Evaluation Team for the Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley, 2006-present
• Leader of the Food Barley Advisory Group for the Barley Quality Evaluation Team
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba, 2004-present
• Member, Barley and Other Cereal Grains Sub-Committee, Western Standards Committee, 2004-present.

Area of expertise:

• Research into factors that contribute to pulse and end use quality, which includes investigating the relationships among chemical components, functionality and end use quality characteristics of pulses.
• Research new or improved methods for assessing pulse end-use quality and functionality.

Education

Professional affiliations and development

• Member, AACC International, 1994-present
• Chair, AACC International’s Pulse and Legume Technical Committee, 2002-present
• Chair, Quality Evaluation Team on Prairie Recommending Committee for Pulses and Special Crops, 2004-2016
• Member, Canadian Advisory Committee to Standard Council of Canada for ISO Technical Committee 34 Sub-Committee 4 Cereals and Pulses, 2002-present

Area of expertise:

• Microbe-microbe and plant-pathogen reactions
• DNA sequencing and bioinformatics
• Microbial identifications using traditional and molecular techniques
• Metabolite (toxin) profiling of microbes
• Wheat breeding

Education

Professional affiliations and development

• Canadian Society of Plant Biologists, 2017-present
• Genetics Society of America, 2014-2016
• Canadian Phytopathological Society, 2013-2016
• American Phytopathological Society, 2014

Area of expertise:

• Analytical chemistry
• Development of rapid and comprehensive methods to measure low levels of pesticides, mycotoxins and environmental contaminants
• Use of gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and enzyme-linked immunoassays
• Chemical hazards and food safety
• Sampling of grain for the analysis of low levels of pesticides, mycotoxins, trace elements, and heavy metals

Education

Area of expertise:

• Development of detection methods for genetically modified grains and oilseeds
• Use of DNA markers for assessment of grain quality and safety traits

Education

Professional affiliations and development

• Chair, Canadian Advisory Committee, ISO TC 34/SC 16 (Horizontal Methods for Molecular Biomarker Analysis), 2005-2011
• Member, Canadian Advisory Committee, ISO TC 34/SC 16 (Horizontal Methods for Molecular Biomarker Analysis), 2005-present
• Chair, Biotechnology division of AACC International, 2008-2009
• Secretary/Treasurer, Biotechnology division, AACC International, 2005-2007
• Member, Biotechnology Methods Committee, AACC International, 2002-present
• Member, AACC International, 1999-present

Area of expertise:

• Research projects dealing with grain quality factors
• Development of quality measurement analytical methods
• Collaborative research projects with researchers from the University of Manitoba studying seed oxidative stability.

Education

Professional affiliations and development

• President, Canadian Section of the American Chemists’ Society, 2009-2014
• Vice-President, Canadian Section of the American Chemists’ Society, 2007-2009
• Chair, Canadian ISO TC 34/SC 2 Oleaginous Seeds and Fruits section, 2007-present
• Chair, Canadian ISO TC 34/SC 11 Animal and vegetable fats and oils section, 2007-present
• Member of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2000-present
• Adjunct – Department Human Nutrition, University of Manitoba
• Board member of the Western Canadian Canola Rapeseed Recommending Committee
• Chair of the Analytical Committee for the Prairie Registration Committee Oilseeds