Work Experience

 

Scientific Evaluator

Pest Management Regulatory Agency

March 2023-September 2025

Biologist/Scientific Evaluator in the Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada. I focused on assessing the value of pre-market pest control products.

  • Evaluated efficacy and benefits with a weight of evidence approach.

  • Communicated with diverse stakeholders (registrants, industry, producers, and FPT partners) to clarify data gaps and relay supported use patterns.

  • Coauthored a guidance document to improve submission quality.

  • Practiced rigorous peer review and collaborative problem solving.

  • Briefed senior management at the Director General level.

  • Coordinated emergency registration submissions.

  • Selected for a two-month micro-mission to clear backlog of Minor use Expansion submissions.

  • Contributed to continuous improvement through SOP updates and workflow enhancement.

 

PhD Candidate

Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba

May 2014-February 2023

  • Designed and executed studies using molecular analyses.

  • Led honey bee health research and supervised technicians and students.

  • Delivered presentations; wrote reports and scientific articles.

  • Performed statistical analyses and modeling.

 

Research Skills & Experience

 
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Bee Related

  • General Beekeeping (health checks, queen checks, splitting, honey extraction, overwintering, package hiving)

  • Dissection (workers, queens, and drones)

  • Varroa Counts (field and lab methods)

  • Nosema Counts (light microscopy)

  • Sampling for Viruses and Proteomics

  • Brood Sampling

  • Larvae Grafting

  • Pollen Identification (light microscopy)

  • Freeze Kill Assays

  • Pollen Trapping

  • Cage Studies

Other

  • Molecular techniques:

    • RNA extraction & spectrophotometry purity analysis

    • cDNA synthesis

    • gBlock standard curves

    • RT-qPCR

  • Bio-Rad CFX Manager

  • Pesticide & nutritional analysis interpretation

  • MS Office Suite

  • Google Suite

  • R Statistical Software

  • SAS Statistical Software

  • Minitab Statistical Software

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Acrobat PDF Editing

  • Audio & Video Editing for Educational Use

  • LearnDash Learning Management System

  • Video Conferencing Software

  • Digital Photography

Other Work

 

University & Teaching

Guest Lecturer, U. Manitoba

  • SOIL 3520: Pesticides: Environment, Economics and Ethics - 2019 & 2020

  • ENTM 0610: Beekeeping for the Hobbyist - 2017

  • BIOL 2390: Introductory Ecology - 2016

Grading Teaching Assistant, U. Manitoba

  • AGRI 3400: Experimental Methods in Agricultural and Food Sciences - 2021

  • ENTM 0620: Pest Management and Farm Insects - 2014, 2015 & 2017

  • AGEC 2370: Principles of Ecology - 2015

Exam Proctor, Acadia U. Disability Access, 2011-2013

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Acadia U.

  • BIOL 1113: Organisms and Their Environment I - 2010-2011

  • BIOL 1123: Organisms and Their Environment II - 2011-2012

 

Photography

Photo Associate, The Manitoban, 2016-2018

Contributing Photographer, The Gradzette, 2015-2016

Event Photographer, BEE / HOUSE / LAB International Design Competition, 2016

Event Photographer, Science Atlantic Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference, 2013

 

Other

Production Associate, Ten Directions, 2011-Present