Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Université de Montréal

Research

Biodiversity conservation Biogeography Floristics Host-parasite interactions Introgression Phylogenetics Plant evolution Plant systematics

Latest funding

Resolving taxonomic and evolutionary relationships in North American hawthorns
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Systematics, biogeography and evolution of northern floras
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$152,000
Systematics, biogeography and evolution of northern floras
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

Resolving taxonomic and evolutionary relationships in North American hawthorns

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Léveillé-Bourret, Étienne É

Keywords: Crataegus (hawthorns); facultative apomixis; hybridization; HybSeq; Illumina sequencing; Phasing; phylogenomics; polyploidy; taxonomy; trees

$25,000

Systematics, biogeography and evolution of northern floras

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Léveillé-Bourret, Étienne

Keywords: plant systematics; plant evolution; population genomics; biogeography; species delimitation; biodiversity conservation; introgression; phylogenetics; floristics; host-parasite interactions

$152,000

Systematics, biogeography and evolution of northern floras

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Léveillé-Bourret, Étienne

$12,500

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: Biodiversity conservation Dear Professor Léveillé-Bourret, 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 biodiversity conservation 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 "Resolving taxonomic and evolutionary relationships in North American hawthorns" (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]