National & International Experience

• Chair, Academic Committee of Yunnan University, China, Key Laboratory of ‘Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology’, Kunming, China, 2019
• Sectional Committee 9 “Organismal Biology, Evolution and Ecology” Royal Society of London, selection of FRS nominations 2018-2021
• 4th Andina International Workshop “Species Range Extensions and Local Adaptation: Challenging Ecological and Evolutionary Ideas and Assumptions”. San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina, 2018
• Member International Review Committee, Department of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, ETH, Zurich, 2018
• Chair of Scientific Committee of “The 7th International Workshop on Plant Reproductive Biology” organized by Qing-Jun Li (Yunnan University), Kunming, China, 2018
• Member, Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2018
• Member, Scientific Program Committee, XIX International Botanical Congress, Shenzhen, China, 2017-2018.
• Scientific Program Committee Member and Instructor “Plant Evolution Symposium & Field Workshop on Ecology and Evolution of Plant Reproduction.” Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil, 2017
• Faculty at “Guarda – Evolutionary Biology Workshop”, Switzerland. Organized by Dieter Ebert (Basel) and Sebastian Bonhoffer (ETH), 2016
• Instructor, “Camp Evolution – Plant Evolutionary Biology after Darwin” Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Nine lectures to graduates students and PDFs. Organized by Ariel Novoplansky, 2016
• Instructor, Bright Horizons Cruise 27 sponsored by Scientific American. Australia and New Zealand. Four lectures, 2015
• Science without Borders Program of Brazil. Special Visiting Researcher (PVE) on project “Population Genetic Structure, Demographic History and Phylogeography of Eichhornia in the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil.” Three-year grant with Erich Fischer & Nicolay Cunha, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil, 2015-7
• Instructor, Field Course in “Plant Reproductive Ecology”, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil. Four lectures and project supervision, 2015-7
• Co-chair of Scientific Committee for “Evolutionary Ecology and Plant Reproductive Biology 5th National Conference & International Workshop”, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, 2014
• Member International Review Committee, Institute of Systematic Botany & Botanical Garden, University of Zurich, 2014
• Chair, Merit Award committee, Botanical Society of America, 2013
• Sectional Committee 9 “Organismal Biology, Evolution and Ecology” Royal Society of London, selection of FRS nominations 2011-2014
• International Assessor, Chair in Plant Conservation Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2012
• Instructor, “Evolutionary Biology Workshop in the Alps”, Villa Cassel, Switzerland, Organized by Tadeusz Kawecki (Univ of Lausanne), 2013
• Committee member, Sewall Wright Award, American Society of Naturalists, 2012
• Committee member, Dobzhansky Award, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2010-2
• President, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, 2010-2012
• Vice President (North America), Society for the Study of Evolution, 2010-2012
• Visiting Professor, University of Chile, Santiago, 2010
• Visiting Professor, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2009
• Vice President, Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution, 2008-9
• Adjunct Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, 2006-7
• Council Member, European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 2005
• Adjunct Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun China, 2004-6
• International Panel Member, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Priority Programme “Radiations – Origins of Biological Diversity“, Germany 2002-7
• Member, “Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology.” Royal Society of Canada, 2000-1
• Member, “Committee on the Scientific Basis for Predicting the Invasive Potential of Non-indigenous Plants & Plant Pests in the USA.” National Academy of Sciences & National Research Council, USA. 1999-2001
• Member, External Review Committee, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, 1999
• Programme Committee, XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, USA, 1999
• External Assessor, 1999 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Visiting Mellon Scholar, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, California, USA, 1997
• Member, International Committee of Experts review of “Swedish Research in Biology” for the Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1994-1995
• Visiting Professor, Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, 1994
• Research Associate, Royal Ontario Museum, Department of Botany 1992 – present
• Member, Faculty of Science Review Committee for the Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 1989
• Chair & Panel Member, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada, Grant Selection Committee in Population Biology, 1984-88
• Visiting Research Scientist, Genetic Resources Programme, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1983-84
• Aquatic Weed Consultant, International Research Institute, Jari, Lower Amazon, Brazil, 1974
• Weed Biologist, Commonwealth Development Corporation, Swaziland Irrigation Scheme, 1969-70