Speaker Biography - Evelyn Thiffault (Quebec City, Quebec)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Canadian Forest Service

Evelyne Thiffault has a degree in forest engineering (2001) and a PhD in forest sciences (2006), both from Université Laval. Her PhD studies were focused on the ecological impacts of whole-tree harvesting in the boreal forest of Quebec. She has been a postdoctoral researcher with the Canadian Forest Service in Quebec City since 2007, and conducts research on the effects of intensive forest harvesting and fast-growing plantations on nutrient cycling and site productivity.