I was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and graduated with a BSc in Biology from the University of Regina in 2012, followed by a MSc in Agrobiotechnology from Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (University of Giessen, Germany) in 2015. I now work in the Plant Sciences department at the University of Saskatchewan and have been involved in three major lentil (Lens culinaris) research projects AGILE, EVOLVES & P2IRC.
Research Assistant, 2015-Current
University of Saskatchewan
MSc in Agrobiotechnology, 2013-2015
University of Geissen
BSc in Biology, 2007-2012
University of Regina
An R package for plotting GWAS results from the GAPIT package
A tutorial on data visualization
A tutorial on running genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in R with GAPIT and gwaspr
A tutorial on how to calculate heritability
A population representing global genetic diversity in cultivated lentil varieties
A tutorial on running QTL analyses in R
An introduction to R
A Introduction to augmented field trial designs and how to adjust their values
A quick explanation of how to properly use correlation coefficients when evaluating models
How to create a plot with dual y-axes in R
Lentil Timeline
Principal component analysis and heirarchical clustering with R
A tutorial on how to create radar plots in R
A tutorial on how to manipulate and plot environmental data for the agile project
A tutorial on how to calculate thermal time and incorporate environmental data into a phenotype
An R
package containing agricultural data sets
devtools::install_github("derekmichaelwright/agData")
An R package with FAO, USDA, STATCAN and ISAAA data
Graphs of bean production using FAO data
Graphs of honeybee production in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of chickpea production using FAO data
Graphs of cotton production using FAO data
Graphs of hemp production with FAO data
Graphs of honeybee production using FAO data
Graphs of lentil production using FAO data
Graphs of livestock production using FAO data
Graphs of livestock production using STATCAN data
Graphs of maize production using FAO data
Graphs of potato production using FAO data
Graphs of rapeseed production with FAO data
Graphs of lentil production and exports using SKAG data
Graphs of canola production in Saskatchewan using STATCAN data
Graphs of soybean production using FAO data
Graphs of maize production in the USA using USDA data
Graphs of wheat production using FAO data
Graphs of wheat production using STATCAN data
Graphs of global wheat yields using FAO & STATCAN data
Graphs of crop production in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of crop production in Germany with FAO data
Graphs of crop production in Ukraine with FAO data
Graphs of global crop production using FAO data
Graphs of crop production in Saskatchewan using STATCAN data
Graphs for crop production in the UK
Graphs of crop production in USA with USDA & FAO data
Graphs of crop yields using FAO data
Graphs related to global food security using FAO data
Graphs of of crop import/export using FAO data
Graphs of of import/export by area using FAO data
Graphs of GE crop production using ISAAA data
Graphs of GE crop production using USDA data
Graphs about Canadian farmland using STATCAN data
Graphs of global agricultural land use with FAO data
Graphs on Canadian farm operator demographics using STATCAN data
Graphs on the adoption of no-till agriculture in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of NPK fertilizer use using FAO data
Graphs of nitrogenous fertilizer use using FAO data
Graphs of phosphate fertilizer use using FAO data
Graphs of potash fertilizer use using FAO data
Graphs of crops produced by specific countries using FAO data
Graphs of countries producing specific crops using FAO data
Graphs of crops produced by province using STATCAN data
Graphs of people in Agriculture
Graphs on herbicide, insecticide and fungicide use in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of global consumer and producer food prices using FAO data
Personal thoughts of a crazy biologist
A guide illustrating how to mislead with statistics and graphs
Memes created in R
Graphs of population demographics in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of cannabis reated crimes in the USA using DEA data
An R package for coding secret messages
Graphs with gapminder data
Graphs of weekly overdose deaths in British Columbia using BC GOV data
Graphs of weekly overdose deaths in Saskatchewan using SK GOV data
Graphs of weekly overdose deaths in the USA using CDC data
Graphs of suicides in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of suicides in Canada using SK GOV data
Graphs of weekly deaths in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of weekly deaths in the USA using CDC data
Graphs of weekly deaths and historical death rates
Graphs using data from the paper Contribution of land use practices to GHGs in the Canadian Prairies crop sector
Create street map art with R and road network files
Creation of hex stickers with R
A look back at all Canadian federal election results
An exploration of GDP and CO2 emmisions by country
Graphs of weekly disease deaths in the USA using CDC data
Graphs of weekly overdose deaths in Saskatchewan using SK GOV data
Graphs of GDP among Canadian provinces using STATCAN data
An exploration of excess deaths during the 1918 pandemic
An analysis of science journalism by the CBC
Graphs of unemployment data in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of vaccine hesitancy in Canada using STATCAN data
A regional look at how Canadians voted
A regional look at how Saskatchewanians voted
A regional look at how Canadians voted
A look at CBC finances - government funding, ad revenue and total profit
Graphs on poverty reduction using OWID
Graphs of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada
Graphs of population demographics in the USA using US GOV data
A look back at Saskatchewan provincial election results
Create a custom calendar in R
Graphs of business openings and closures in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of crude oil production, import and export using STATCAN data
Historical series of phenological data for cherry tree flowering at Kyoto City
Graphs of crime statistics using STATCAN data
Graphs of house prices in Canada using STATCAN data
Graphs of international travel in Canada using STATCAN data
Yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture
Graphs of poverty in Canada using STATCAN data