Mason Thane MacDonald is an Assistant Professor of Plant Ecophysiology at the Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University. MacDonald received a BSc in Agriculture (Environmental Science) from Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 2004, an MSc in Agriculture (Ecophysiology) from Dalhousie University in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology (Ecophysiology) from Laval University in 2010. MacDonald’s research interests include abiotic and environmental stress in plant physiology; influence of climate change on crop yields and quality; seed preconditioning and other stress-mitigating technologies; Christmas tree physiology, ecology, and production; and enhancing carbon sequestration in plants.