People – Prof. Barb R. Thomas

Thomas lab 2019, from left to right: Jaime, Jana, Simon, Eden, Aileen, Raiany, Josh (back), Andrew (back), Bobby (back), Dawei (back), Stacy (front), Esteban (front), Morgan (front), Michelle (front)
Thomas lab 2019, from left to right: Jaime, Jana, Simon, Eden, Aileen, Raiany, Barb (back), Josh (back), Andrew (back), Bobby (back), Dawei (back), Esteban (front), Michelle (front), Morgan (front). Missing: Stacy
Eden McPeak at the Tree Improvement Field Tour in 2019
Esteban Galeano at the Tree Improvement Alberta field tour, Sept. 2018
Tree Improvement Alberta Field Tour 2018. From left to right: Morgan Randall, Esteban Galeano, Eden McPeak, Dawei Luo
Thomas lab 2018, from left to right: Simon Bockstette, Eden McPeak, Barb Thomas (back), Stacy Bergheim, Bobby Hu, Dawei Luo, Xiaojing Wei, Esteban Galeano (front), Ryota Kawamura (front), Morgan Randall (front)
Barb taking resistograph measurements, summer 2018
Eden McPeak conducting fieldwork, summer 2018. Photo credit: Hannah DuPerron
Michael Thomson, research assistant, taking pre-dawn water potential measurements
Thomas lab 2017, from left to right: Michael, Bobby, Ariel, Barb, Jillian, Sarah, Stacy, Xiaojing, Aaron (back), Jesse (back), Morgan (front), Calvin (front)
Jesse Shirton, field technician summer 2017, demonstrating the resistograph
Arial Eatherton, field technician summer 2017, counting conelets
Jesse Shirton and Arial Eatherton, field technicians summer 2017, collecting needle samples for the RES-FOR project
Michael Thomson, field technician summer 2017, counting conelets at the B2 orchard
Thomas lab March 2017. From left to right: Morgan, Barb, Jimmy, Lara, Stacy, Stefan (back), Robert (back), Bobby (back), Raul (front)
Laura Vehring, RES-FOR field technician, winter 2017

Eden McPeak, BSc (MSc Candidate)

Establishment of realized gain trials

I received my BSc in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Alberta, and am currently an MSc candidate in the Thomas Lab. My project is focused on assessing the first Realized Gain Trials in the province for overwinter survival and growth. This includes comparing the survival and growth of white spruce and lodgepole pine seedlings grown from wild and genetically improved seed.

Office: Earth Sciences Building

E-mail: emcpeak@ualberta.ca

Current Students & Postdoctoral Fellows

Sarun Khadka, BSc (MSc Student)

Eden McPeak, BSc (MSc Candidate)

Current Support & Technical Staff

Stacy Bergheim, BSc (Forestry) - Tree Improvement Lab Coordinator

Emelie Dykstra

Kieran Fischer