Please note that as of July 1, 2026, I no longer have an active research lab and am no longer recruiting new students.
If you would like to learn about past research contributions, please select from the links above. In general terms, over the past thirty plus years, my students and I have used chemical, biochemical and molecular biological approaches to better understand how plants use phytochemicals (plant-derived small molecules) to interact with and protect themselves from their environment.

Professor
Office: NCB 402
Email: bernards@uwo.ca
Phone: 519 661-2111 x 86477
Fax: 519 661-3935