Kaleigh Gray

Key activities that I have done throughout my career include hands on planting, sampling, crossing, harvesting and threshing canola plants. It would be considered acting like a "Bumble Bee" to pollinate flowers but selecting the best plants to combine in order to get the best seeds for the next generation. I have actively used math and in particular genetics in order to figure out plant population sizes for planting and for successfully creating and contributing to commercial projects that are planted by farmers all across Canada. I use my science knowledge everyday from chemistry and biology in order to grow healthy and successful plants in an indoor greenhouse environment. I read and write scientific literature in order to report and to problem solve real everyday problems on the job.

This can include chemistry for fertilizer formulations, physiology to understand disease symptoms, symbiotic relationships between bacteria and plants, math to calculate different things such as "do we have enough space in the building?" and for budgeting purposes such as capital purchases.

I currently manage a large team of staff that work in the greenhouses and coordinate all of the activities that are required in order to meet tight deadlines and create high quality products for Canola at Monsanto. I also act as safety technician for the site. This includes overseeing many safety programs such as waste water management and housekeeping. Understanding both health and the environment have contributed to having a successful safety program at work!