Rashaduz Zaman, MSc, BPharm
Grad Teaching Assistantship, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept Teaching
Grad Research Asst Fellowship, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
Contact
Grad Teaching Assistantship, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept Teaching
- rashaduz@ualberta.ca
Grad Research Asst Fellowship, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
- rashaduz@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Chemical ecology Forest entomology Phytochemistry
Research
Bark beetles are a crucial disturbance factor in north American boreal forest. Due anthropogenic effects of climate change, bark beetles are shifting their natural habitat towards eastern Canadian forest. My PhD research focuses on how changing climate might affect the evolutionary symbiosis between bark beetles and their fungal symbionts.
Published
- Kandasamy, D., Zaman, R., Nakamura, Y., Zhao, T., Hartmann, H., Andersson, M.N., Hammerbacher, A. and Gershenzon, J. (2023). Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS biology.
- Zaman, R., May, C., Ullah, A., Erbilgin, N., (2023). Bark beetles utilize ophiostomatoid fungi to circumvent host tree defenses. Metabolites.
- Agbulu, V.†, Zaman, R. †, Ishangulyyeva, G., Erbilgin, N. (2022). Host Defense Metabolites Alter the Interactions between a Bark Beetle and its Symbiotic Fungi. Microbial Ecology. († Equal authorship)
Teaching
Winter 2022: I have served as Graduate teaching assistant for RENR 447/747 (Forest health).
Winter 2023: I have served as principle instructor teaching forest entomology for RENR 447/747 (Forest health).