Dr. Albright has a B.Sc. (Agriculture) (1963) from Macdonald College, McGill University and M.S. (1965) and Ph.D. (1967) degrees from Oregon State University in Aquatic Microbiology. He served in the Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University for 39 years, retired in 2006 and is currently Professor Emeritus. During his time at Simon Fraser University, Dr. Albright carried out extensive research on salmonids diseases, including sea lice infections of cultured salmon. Dr. Albright has also developed a strain of sockeye salmon suitable for aquaculture production. Dr. Albright is currently part-owner of a freshwater farm in the Fraser Valley that produces fresh rainbow trout and sockeye salmon for the retail and restaurant markets throughout Western Canada. Dr. Albright is past Chair of the Freshwater Aquaculture Association of British Columbia.
