Canadian Forest Service employee directory
Rob Johns
Forest Insect Ecology
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
E3B 5P7
Tel.: (506) 452-3785
Profile
- Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 2009
Responsibilities:
- Study the mechanisms of resistance used by trees to reduce damage associated with herbivorous insects.
- Examine the ecological factors influencing the spatial and temporal distribution and abundance of forest insect herbivores and their natural enemies.
Areas of Interest:
- Insect-plant-natural enemy interactions and evolutionary ecology
- Mechanisms driving the eruptive population dynamics of insect pests
- Proactive strategies for integrated pest management
- Forest canopy ecology
Awards
- Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (2007-2009)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (2007-2009)
- Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellowship National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Forest Service (2007)
- Industrial Post-Secondary Scholarship (Ph.D.), National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2002-2004)
- Industrial Post-Secondary Scholarship (M.Sc), National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2000-2002)
- “John Simeone” Oral Presentation Award (1st place,) Northeastern Forest Pest Council Meeting, Rhode Island, USA (2006)
- Oral Presentation Award (3rd place), 14th Annual Graduate Student Association Conference, New Brunswick (2006)
- Dean’s List, St. Francis Xavier University (1999)
Current Research Projects
- Integrated Pest Management
Education
- B.Sc. in Biology (Hon) (1999), St. Francis Xavier University
- Ph.D. in Biology (2007), University of New Brunswick
Affiliations
- Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
- Ecological Society of Japan
- Acadian Entomological Society
- Entomological Society of Canada
- Population Ecology Group, New Brunswick