Assistant Professor at the Department of Wood and Forest Sciences at Université Laval, Ilga Porth joined the Canada Research Chair in Forest Genomics in 2015. Formerly biochemist, Ilga obtained a Ph.D. in forest genetics from the University of Vienna (Austria) and completed a postdoctoral fellow in forest genomics at the University of British Columbia. Her scientific expertise covers various fields including functional and population genomics in relation to wood physiology and tree resilience to abiotic and abiotic stresses. Welcome Ilga!