Wendy Untereiner, Biology
Dr. Wendy Untereiner came to Brandon University as an Assistant Professor in the Botany Department in 1998 from the MUCL Culture Collection, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, where she was a Curator and Senior Research Mycologist. She was awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Resource Management and the Environment in 2005. In April 2007, Dr. Untereiner was promoted to full Professor in the Department of Zoology [now Biology] at BU.
Canada Research Chairs at Brandon University have a smaller teaching load than other faculty members, so that they may devote more time to their research. Over the past nine years at the University, Dr. Untereiner has taught many courses in the Departments of Botany and Zoology [now Biology], including, most recently:
Biology of the Fungi (14:380)
Prokaryote Biology (14.367)
As the Canada Research Chair in Resource Management and the Environment, Dr. Untereiner studies the biodiversity of cellulose-degrading and keratin-degrading microfungi in forests, and explores how abundance of forest microfungi and their species diversity correlate with the disturbance and the diversity of plants and animals. In increasing our understanding of the diversity and ecological roles of these fungi, Dr. Untereiner's research supports natural and international initiatives that have identified the conservation and sustainable use of organisms as a priority.
With her Chair, Dr. Untereiner also received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Province of Manitoba and Brandon University for the creation of a DNA sequence and fragment analysis laboratory for studies in biodiversity, ecology and population biology, which is housed in the University's John R. Brodie Science Centre.
For more information about Dr. Untereiner please visit: http://www.brandonu.ca/Zoology/untereiner/untereiner.htm
CV for Dr. Untereiner [PDF]