After graduating from Malaspina, Whipps won a prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant which he used to pursue graduate studies at Oregon State University. He was the first VIU biology graduate to earn a PhD and today is regarded as an international leader in the molecular biology and evolutionary history of a group of fish parasites known as Myxozoans. Currently he’s an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York, in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
For more information see VIU News or visit Dr. Whipps' information page at the State University of New York.