Scientific expertise and affiliations

Canadian Grain Commission staff are experts in their fields, known throughout the world grain community. Each individual below is a distinguished expert in a field of scientific research or monitoring in the Canadian Grain Commission.

Here, you will find a summary of the expertise of staff who are distinguished in fields of scientific research or monitoring. You will also find a list of domestic and international organizations in which the Grain Research Laboratory of the Canadian Grain Commission is active.

Scientific experts

• Blaine Timlick, Stored Products Entomologist, Grain Sanitation Services
• Brigitte Dupuis PhD, Program Manager, Variety Identification Monitoring
• Daniel Perry PhD, Program Manager, Variety Identification Research
• Dave Hatcher PhD, Section Head, Grain Research Laboratory Crops Section
• Debbie Sobering, Coordinator, Analytical Services
• Eugene Gawalko, Program Manager, Trace Elements
• Marta Izydorczyk PhD, Program Manager, Basic Barley Research
• Michael Edney PhD, Program Manager, Applied Barley Research
• Muhammad Shahin PhD, Program Manager, Spectroscopy
• Nancy Edwards PhD, Program Manager, Bread Wheat Research
• Ning Wang PhD, Program Manager, Pulse Research
• Randy Clear, Program Manager, Microbiology
• Stephen Symons PhD CBiol MIBiol, Program Manager, Image Analysis
• Tigst Demeke PhD, Program Manager, Grain Biotechnology
• Tom Nowicki, Program Manager, Grain Safety Assurance
• Véronique Barthet PhD, Program Manager, Oilseeds Research

GRL affiliations

• Domestic associations
• International associations