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Please welcome Dr. Scott White to the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus and the Department of Environmental Sciences. 

Dr. Scott White is originally from Maccan, Nova Scotia and is an alumnus of NSAC, completing his  undergraduate degree in Environmental Science. During his time as an undergraduate student, Scott worked as a summer student at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Crops and Livestock Research Farm in Nappan, Nova Scotia where he got his first experiences in agricultural field research working with weeds.

Upon completion of his undergraduate degree, Scott accepted a technical position in the Weed Biology Lab at the NSAC, assisting with herbicide screening trials in several crops, including wild blueberries. He found blueberries to be a very interesting crop and went on to pursue graduate work at the NSAC studying the effects of herbicides on spatial and temporal variability of weed populations in wild blueberry fields under the supervision of Dr. David Percival.

Scott then went on to spend three years in a technical position with Dr. Nathan Boyd at the NSAC, assisting with various herbicide and weed biology trials in wild blueberries and processing carrots. This led to the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. in weed science through the University of Guelph studying the emergence and development of red sorrel and wild blueberry ramets in Nova Scotia.

Scott completed his Ph.D. in February 2014 and has also served as a sessional lecturer at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in the Departments of Environmental Sciences and Plant Sciences, teaching courses in Weed Science and Small Fruit Production.

His research interests include weed management in perennial cropping systems, integrating knowledge of weed population ecology and reproductive biology to improve weed management in these systems, the development and use of predictive models for improving the timing, efficiency and effectiveness of management practices, and maximizing the effectiveness of currently registered herbicide products in these systems.

When not working, Scott can be found spending time with family and friends, particularly his girlfriend Joanna and their cat Farley.