Michael Edney PhD

Program Manager, Applied Barley Research
Crops Section
Grain Research Laboratory

Canadian Grain Commission employee since 1990.

Area of expertise includes program management of Applied Barley Research with a focus on measuring malting barley quality and quality control of Canadian malting barley

Education

Doctorate
Malting and Brewing Science
Technical University of Munich
1988

Master of Science
Poultry Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
1984

Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Biology
Queens University
1976

Professional affiliations and development

Member, American Society of Brewing Chemists and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas, 1995-present

Member, Technical Committee of the Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute, 1995-present

Sabbatical, University of Adelaide in Australia; investigated the effects of malting barley quality on fermentability, 2002-03

Chair, Barley Development Council, 2003-present

Member, Malting Barley Genetics and Physiology Subcommittee of the European Brewing Congress's Brewing Science Group, 2006-present

First chairperson, Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley, 2006-2007

Appointed Adjunct Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba, 2007

Publications

See the CGC list of published scientific and technical papers.