SIWAR HAIDAR

Doctoral Researcher with proven ability to maintain high productivity and efficiently complete tasks. Expertise in qualitative research, statistical analysis, and academic writing. Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills enhance contributions to collaborative projects and research objectives.

• Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium (OCIB), oral, Identification of the Underlying Candidate Gene for the E7 Maturity Locus in Soybean (Glycine max), 2023, poster, Genome – wide analysis of cold imbibition stress in soybean, Glycine max, 2022
• Guest lecture, BIOL 3303 – Experimental Microbiology, November 2022

• Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (CSPB), 09/01/21, Present
• Event Organization Club, 09/01/13, 06/30/14
• Donner Sang Compter club AUST, President, 02/01/18, 08/31/19

• Samanfar/Parent Journal Club, 09/01/21, Present, Bimonthly journal club meetings discussing research articles in plant genomics
• International Computer Driving License (ICDL), AUST, 2016
• Lebanese Red Cross Certificate, AUST, 2016

Canadian

0000-0003-3882-4606

• Identification of the underlying candidate gene(s) for the E7 maturity locus involved in time of flowering and maturity in Soybean (Glycine max), manuscript in preparation
• Regional Differences in Soybean Protein and Amino Acid Profiles: A Genetic Exploration Using a Novel GWAS Panel, ready for submission
• Lackey, S., Haidar, S., Charette, M., O'Donoughue, L., Rajcan, I., Belzile, F., ..., & Samanfar, B., 2025, Applying genotypic principal component scores as latent phenotypes in genome-wide and epistatic analyses of soybean agronomic traits, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 105, 1-13, published
• Haidar, S., Hooker, J., Lackey, S., Elian, M., Puchacz, N., Szczyglowski, K., ..., & Samanfar, B., 2024, Harnessing Multi-Omics Strategies and Bioinformatics Innovations for Advancing Soybean Improvement: A Comprehensive Review, Plants, 13(19), 2714, published review
• Haidar, S., Lackey, S., Charette, M., Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi, M., Gahagan, A. C., Hotte, T., ..., & Samanfar, B., 2023, Genome-wide analysis of cold imbibition stress in soybean, Glycine max, Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1221644, published
• Merhi, G., Koweyes, J., Salloum, T., Khoury, C. A., Haidar, S., & Tokajian, S., 2022, SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology: data and sequencing infrastructure, Future Microbiology, 17(13), 1001-1007, published
• Koweyes, J., Salloum, T., Haidar, S., Merhi, G., & Tokajian, S., 2021, COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon: one year later, what have we learnt?, MSystems, 6(2), 10-1128, published
• MSc thesis: Phenotypic and genotypic typing of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospitals in Lebanon
• Research on identifying genes involved in Blueberry developmental stages
• Research on Mechanisms of resistance against Ceftolozane/Tazobactam in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli clinical isolates in Lebanon

• Molecular genetics
• Plant genomics
• Multi-omics integration
• GWAS
• Gene functional validation
• Microbial genomics
• Abiotic stress tolerance
• Plant-microbe interactions