Anthony Anyia | Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures | Canada
Dr. Anthony Anyia received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the Humboldt University of Berlin. He joined the Alberta Research Council (now part of Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, AITF) as a Research Scientist in 2002. He is currently a lead Scientist and Manager of the Bioresource Technologies Business Unit at AITF. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta.
As a plant physiologist with interests in drought tolerance and water use efficiency, Dr. Anyia has worked extensively on measurement of physiological traits linked with water use efficiency of field crops, supervised graduate students and presented results of his work in many national and international symposia and conferences. He is the author of several refereed journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings.
As manager, Dr. Anyia provides scientific and management leadership to programs in Plant Biotechnology & Genomics, Biofibre Feedstock Development, Biomass Processing Technologies, and Engineered Biofibre Composite Products. His portfolio of programs also includes the biomass pyrolysis program that focuses on biochar production and end-use applications development.
