PLANT MOLECULAR GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
The Hepworth Lab
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Prof. Shelley Hepworth
Full Professor, Carleton University, 2019-present
Guest Professor, Lanzhou University, China
Co-Editor in Chief, Botany
President Elect, Canadian Botanical Association
Associate Professor, Carleton University, 2009-2019
Assistant Professor, Carleton University, 2005-2009
Research Associate, University of British Columbia, 2002-2005
Post-doctoral fellow, John Innes Center, Norwich, UK, 1998-2002
Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Toronto, 1998
B.Sc. Biology and Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 1991
CURRENTLY TEACHING
BIOL 3201: Cell Biology
BIOL 3202: Principles of Development
BIOL/BIOC 4901/3901: Directed Studies
BIOL/BIOC 4907/4908: B.Sc. Thesis Project
BIOL 6300: Advanced Plant Biology (Graduate level)
Scott Petticrew
Master Grower
Developing high varinolic cannabinoid hemp
Dr. Sarieh Tarigholizadeh
Ph.D. candidate
ALOG family: roles in plant development
Laura Kelly
M.Sc. recent grad
MITACS intern developing
seedless triploid hemp
Dr. Natalie Hoffmann
Postdoctoral fellow
Cell wall remodelling of abscission zones
Katrina Llarena
B.Sc. candidate
Abscission zone RNA sequencing analysis
Lauren Matthews
B.Sc. candidate
Co-op intern assisting
with hemp breeding