Current Research 

1) Plant-pathogen interactions in adapting to climate change: (2024-2029) NSERC Discovery Grant (PI)

2) Plant-pathogen interactions in adapting to climate change: (2024-2029) NSERC Discovery Launch Supplement (PI)

3) Deepen our understanding on plant-pathogen interactions in adapt to climate change: (2024-2025) CFI-JELF & Ontario Research Funds (PI)

4) Enhancing sclerotinia resistance in canola through a novel jasmonate regulatory complex (2026-2030). Canola Agronomic Research Program, Canola Council of Canada. (Co-PI)

5) Improving soybean resilience: Exploring the interplay between white mould and drought stress (2026-2029). Grain Farmers of Ontario-NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Joint project. (Co-PI)

6) Expanding BnVQs (Valine-Glutamine) gene family against Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in canola. (2024-2029) Canola Agronomic Research Program/SaskOilseed, Western Grains Research Foundation, Canola Council of Canada (PI)

7) Comparative analysis of Verticillium longisporum lineages in the Canadian Prairies: Safeguarding canola production: (2024-2027) Canola Agronomic Research Program/SaskOilseed, Western Grains Research Foundation, Canola Council of Canada (PI)

8) Canola’s new disease: managing Verticillium through genetics, omics, and understanding interactions with the host and other pathogens: (2024-2027) Mitacs/SaskOilseeds, Canola Council of Canada (Co-PI)

9) Optimization of known and well-characterized beneficial microbes as biocontrol agents to protect soybean from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: (2024-2027) Grain Farmers of Ontario/Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative/OMAFRA  (PI)

10) Impact of biocontrol agents on rhizosphere microbial community resilience and enhanced pathogen protection of food crops: (2025-2027) Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative/OMAFRA (Co-PI)

11) Isolation, Identification, and Assessment of Soil Bacteria as Biocontrol Agent of White Mold disease in Soybean Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: (2025-2026) Laurier Early Career Research Grant (PI)

12) Food Security, Safety, Sustainability,-Molecular Plant Pathology: 2022 (Laurier Start Up Research Grant) (PI)