Ilga Porth

Ilga Porth holds a Master in biochemistry, and a doctorate in genetics from the University of Vienna, Austria, further, she has completed a postdoctorate in Forest Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and continued as a Research Associate in tree biotechnology in Wood Science at the same university. In autumn 2015, she started her professorship in tree genomics at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Porth teaches tree biology, physiology and aspects of organic chemistry in wood science. She supervised and mentored over 50 students at all levels (undergraduate, master and doctorate, postdoctorate). Her research output with over 100 works involves peer-review articles, book chapters, edited books, reports and conference proceedings. Porth has held memberships on editorial boards on forestry related scientific journals. She is an expert on fast growing trees such as poplars.