Toyin joined the Climate Smart Lab at the Canadian Center for Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI in Fall 2021. With previous qualifications in chemistry, she has worked as a principal technologist for over 13 years at the Bells University of Technology, Nigeria where she led experiments, co-authored laboratory manuals, and refereed articles, and participated in conferences and workshops. She has also volunteered as a co-manager of the Community Sustainability Global Project in Nigeria. Toyin’s current research is focused on climate change impacts on potato yields in Prince Edward Island (PEI). She is using the DSSAT crop simulation model to assess the potential impacts of climate change on PEI’s potatoes as a source for agricultural adaptation strategies.
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Members of Climate Smart Lab, Rana Ali Nawaz, Dr. Xiuquan Wang, Sana Basheer, Katie Sonier, Tianze Pang, and Toyin Adekanmbi, recently published a study on Spatiotemporal trends in temperature and precipitation for PEI between 1971-2020. Read more… - Potato Perils
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