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Zamir K. Punja, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Biological Science at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He previously worked for the Campbell Soup Company as a research scientist working on vegetable pathology/biotechnology at various research facilities. He has published over 110 peer-reviewed journal articles, six review papers, and twelve book chapters covering the areas of plant pathology, plant tissue culture, and genetic engineering of plants for disease resistance. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. Dr. Punja’s research interests include the development of methods to manage fungal diseases on vegetable crops, with emphasis on the applications of genetic engineering and biological control methods. He served as President of the Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) and is a member of numerous professional societies, the British Mycological Society, the American Society of Plant Biologists, the Mycological of America, and the International Tissue Culture Association.