Jonathan Newman, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

climate change herbivory invasion ecology mutualism plant-fungal interactions

Latest funding

Grass-Epichloë Interactions in Current and Future Climates
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Building a Community of Practice on EDI
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$384,700
The ecological importance of invasive Epichloë-Poöideae symbioses
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$264,000

All 8 grants and awards

Grass-Epichloë Interactions in Current and Future Climates

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

Keywords: mutualism; climate change; invasion ecology; plant-fungal interactions; herbivory

$120,000

Building a Community of Practice on EDI

Principal investigatorNSERC2018EDI Institutional Capacity-Building Grants Program

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

$384,700

The ecological importance of invasive Epichloë-Poöideae symbioses

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

$264,000

Neotyphodium fungal endophytes are keystone species in temperate grasslands: impacts from population ecology to ecosystem functioning

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

$270,000

Real time PCR setection for fungal endophytes

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

$52,099

Canadian laboratory for X-ray CT of soil: scanner upgrade

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Heck, Richard

$106,754

Global change research facility

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

$23,430

Ecological effects of climate change on temperate grasslands

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Newman, Jonathan

$130,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: climate change Dear Professor Newman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on climate change connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Grass-Epichloë Interactions in Current and Future Climates" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]