Professional Experience
March 2006 - Present
Professor
Department of Plant Science, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jan 2002- Feb 2006
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Science, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Aug. 1998-2001
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1997-1998
Faculty Research Associate
Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
1994-1997
NSERC Visiting Term Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1993-1994
Faculty Research Associate
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona,
USA
1991-1993
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Macdonald Campus of McGill University,
Department of Plant Science, Quebec, Canada
1990-1991
Research Fellow 1
International Rice Research Institute,
Division of Plant Pathology, Manila, Philippines
1986-1990
Graduate Research Assistant
Oregon State University and
USDA/ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Lab, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
1982-1986
Research Plant Pathologist
Department of Agriculture,
Central Agricultural Research Institute, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
1981-1982
Assistant Lab Demonstrator/Lecturer
University of Peradeniya, Department of Botany, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.