UFV Research Chairs

Dr. Lauren Erland is an Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Berry Horticulture based at the University of the Fraser Valley CEP campus in Chilliwack, BC, Canada. She runs the BERRi (Berry Environmental Resilience Research & Innovation) Lab & Research Centre which has the goal of enhancing sustainability and climate resilience of our berry-based ecosystems and horticulture systems. Dr. Erland studies how plant perceive and respond to changes in their environments, through the language of plant hormones, and how that can help us to understand plant responses to climate change. Her work uses interdisciplinary approaches including metabolomics, plant tissue culture and micropropagation, and field and controlled environments to better understand how plants grow. She has a particular interest in Vaccinium species (cranberry, huckleberry, lingonberry, blueberry), and applied research to promote food security, food sovereignty and berry health on the land, in the field and in the lab.

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