Academic degrees and postdoctoral training

• A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Systematics, Duke University, Durham, NC (1995-1996)
• Ph.D. (Botany, Mycology) University of Toronto, Toronto, ON (1996)
• M.Sc. (Botany, Mycology) University of Toronto, Toronto, ON (1989)
• B.Sc. Spec. (majors in Botany and Zoology) Brandon University, Brandon, MB (1985)

Awards and Honors

• 2013: BU Senate Award for Excellence in Research
• 2006: Mycological Society of America C.J. Alexopoulos Prize
• 2005-2009: Tier II Canada Research Chair
• 2000: Mycological Society of America Martin-Baker Research Award
• 1995-1997:  A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Scholarship in Plant Systematics, Duke University
• 1994: Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award (for the best paper in mycology by a student at a Canadian university)
• 1992: Foreign Government Award
• 1989-1991: NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship
• 1985-1987: NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship

Teaching (2016-2017)

• Biodiversity, Functions and Interactions (15.163)
• Microbiology (15.269)
• Medical Mycology (15:353)
• MELS Graduate Seminar in Environmental and Life Sciences (48.664)

Sources of funding

• 2013-2018: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant
• 2008-2013: NSERC Discovery Grant
• 2005-2009: Canada Research Chairs Program
• 2008: Systematic Research Fund
• 2000, 2005, 2013: Canada Foundation for Innovation and Manitoba Research and Innovation Fund
• 2003-2008: NSERC Discovery Grant
• 1999-2003: NSERC Operating Grant
• 1999: NSERC Equipment Grant

Important and interesting links

• Mycological Society of America
• Mycology Online
• National Centre for Biotechnology Information
• The Tree of Life Web Project