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Dr. Thomas Canam received a B.S. (Honors) in Biochemistry from Mount Allison University (Sackville, New Brunswick) and a Ph.D. in forest biotechnology from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia). He then accepted a post-doctoral fellowship in bioenergy at the University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) as a joint appointment with the departments of Cell & Systems Biology and Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. This was followed by a post-doctoral position with the Cellulosic Biofuels Network at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). Dr. Canam joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University in the fall of 2011, where he teaches Molecular and Cellular Biology (BIO3120) and Bioenergy and Bioresources (BIO5333). His research team of undergraduate and graduate students investigates white-rot fungi as biomass pretreatment agents, and utilizes genetic engineering to optimize biomass traits desirable for bioenergy applications. |
