Patrick Lenz

Since 2015, Patrick is a research scientist at the Laurentian Forestry Centre in quantitative genetics and forest genomics. His current research focuses on the development of genomic breeding tools for speeding up the selection of planting stock with superior growth, resistance and wood quality. Some of the hot topics include the research on resistance traits to climate extremes, to better understand their role in adaptation and including those traits into genomic selection models. 

Patrick has contributed to large-scale Genome Canada funded projects in forest genomics, such as SMarTForests and Spruce-Up. He currently co-leads the FastTRAC II project aiming at the scaling of genomic prediction for black- and red spruce breeding programs. He is an active member of the Canada Research Chair in Forest Genomics led by Jean Bousquet at Université Laval.