Yolande Dalpé
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Yolande Dalpé | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) Waterloo, QC, Canada |
| Alma mater | Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier |
| Known for | Mycology |
| Awards | Lawson Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
Yolande Dalpé is a former Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She became the first mycologist in Ottawa to study the taxonomy of mycorrhizal fungi.[1] Her research focuses on developing new information on taxonomy, phylogeny, distribution and biology of fungi, including systematic research related to biosecurity/alien invasive species as well as species involved in the development of bioproducts.[2] She was awarded the Lawson Medal by the Canadian Botanical Association for her "cumulative, lifetime contributions to Canadian botany, for the research she has performed in mycology, and has been recognized nationally and internationally."[3] Over her career, she published extensively and contributed to training scientists[4] in fungal identification and taxonomy, earning national and international recognition.
Yolande Dalpé was born in Waterloo, Quebec in 1948.[5] In 1989 she received her Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) in the Physiology of Fungi from Université Paul-Sabatier in Toulouse, France.[5] After completing her D.Sc. Dalpé was hired as a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)[5] in 1981.[1][6]
