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Academic staff
BEDE, Jacqueline C.
Associate Professor
Plant-insect interactions. Regulation of plant defense responses to caterpillar herbivory. Plant specialized metabolism. Insect detoxification mechanisms. Plant responses to biotic stresses under changing climatic conditions.
T: 514-398-7860 | jacqueline.bede [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building R2-026C
BEGG, Caroline
Faculty Lecturer; Director of Stage, Farm Management and Technology Program
Soil-plant management in ecological agriculture. Food security in suburban environments. Teaches ecosystem management and management of nutrients in agricultural systems.
T: 514-398-8749 | caroline.begg [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building R2-028A
CHARRON, Jean-Benoit
Associate Professor; Acting Associate Dean (Graduate Education)
Chromatin regulatory mechanisms of stress tolerance in cereals, epigenetics, genomics, molecular biology, Brachypodium dystachyon, barley, wheat.
T: 514-398-5634 | jean-benoit.charron [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-022a
DASTMALCHI, Mehran
Assistant Professor
Plant molecular genetics and biochemistry, with a focus on isoflavonoid biosynthesis in legumes; plant metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for human health and agriculture.
T: 514-398-7858 | mehran.dastmalchi [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building R2-021A
de BLOIS, Sylvie
Associate Professor (jointly-appointed to the Bieler School of Environment)
Plant population and community ecology; Landscape ecology and management; Biodiversity conservation and restoration; Ecological forecasting and climate change; Biological invasion and risk assessment.
T: 514-398-7581 | sylvie.deblois [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Macdonald Campus - Raymond Building R2-021B | Downtown Campus - McGill School of Environment, 3534 University St
DUTILLEUL, Pierre R.
Professor
Methodological and applied statistics, environmetrics, phytometrics, biometrics, and spatio-temporal statistics in general. Fractal analysis of natural structures (e.g., from computed tomography scanning data), multi-scale spatial analyses of plant-soil correlations, and periodicity analysis of dendrochronological and seismological series in particular.
T: 514-398-7870 | pierre.dutilleul [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-025a
GEITMANN, Anja
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Biomechanics of Plant Development
Biomechanics, Plant development, Plant morphogenesis, Plant reproduction, Cell biology, Live imaging, Electron microscopy, Mechanical modeling
T: 514-398-7707
GRAVEL, Valerie
Associate Professor
Nutrient availability and plant uptake in organic cropping systems, plant growth regulation in sustainable production systems, microbial interactions within the soil-plant-environment continuum, and biological control of diseases and pests in sustainable fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops.
T: 514-398-8132 | valerie.gravel [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-023A
HOYOS-VILLEGAS, Valerio
Assistant Professor
Develop pulse crop cultivars for farmers and consumers that contain novel traits enhancing sustainability, productivity, nutrition and sensory experience. High-throughput phenotyping tools for plant breeding program applications and accelerating the rate of genetic gain.
T: 514-398-7856 | valerio.hoyos-villegas [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-023
JABAJI, Suha
Professor
Molecular plant pathology; transcriptome, metabolome and gene expression of fungi. Biological control of plant pathogens. Molecular diagnostics of soil-borne pathogens. Fungal biology. Soil microbiology. Biodiversity.
T: 514-398-7561 | suha.jabaji [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-027
KUSHALAPPA, Ajjamada C.
Professor
Plant biotic stress resistance gene discovery through metabolomics, proteomics, RNA sequencing and gene silencing. Development of transgene free crops resistant to biotic stress through genome editing.
T: 514-398-7867 | ajjamada.kushalappa [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-028B
SEGUIN, Philippe
Professor
Management, physiology, and ecology of forage crops. New crops, new crop uses. Sustainable agricultural practices.
T: 514-398-7855 | philippe.seguin [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-027B
SINGH, Jaswinder
Associate Professor
Functional genomics in small grain cereals using transposons and other reverse genetics tools; Exploring novel genes from wild and cultivated plant species including gene modification (editing) suitable for the breeding of next generation of crop plants.
T: 514-398-7906 | jaswinder.singh [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building, R2-026D
SMITH, Donald L.
James McGill Professor
Physiology and production of crops. Nitrogen fixation in legumes, nitrogen metabolism, mycorrhizal symbiosis, ecology and production of crops.
T: 514-398-7866 | Email | Raymond Building R2-026
STRÖMVIK, Martina V.
Associate Professor and Departmental Chair
Bioinformatics and genomics research on plant promoters, gene expression and functional anatomy.
T: 514-398-8627 | martina.stromvik [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building R2-019
WEES, David
Faculty Lecturer; Associate Director, Farm Management and Technology Program
Horticulture; greenhouses; sweet potatoes; urban agriculture
T: 514-398-7868 | david.wees [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building R2-20A
Adjunct Professors
A. BERTRAND (email: annick.bertrand [at] agr.gc.ca ) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Québec). Crop physiology and biochemistry.
K. ALIFERIS (email: konstantino.aliferis [at] aua.gr) Agricultural University of Athens. Pesticide metabolomics.
DR. ANTOINE PAGÉ (email: antoine.page@nrc‐cnrc.gc.ca), Research Officer, National Research Council Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development (ACRD)
Support Staff
L. FLOOD (email: lindsay.flood [at] mcgill.ca) - Administrative Officer
Tel.: 514-398-7571, Fax: 514-398-7739 -- On Leave
N. PRIDHAM (email: nicole.pridham [at] mcgill.ca) - Administrative Assistant
Tel: 514-398-7571
E. MINNETT (email: erin.minnett [at] mcgill.ca) - Graduate Program Coordinator
Tel.: 514-398-7560, Fax: 514-398-7897
D. CHAN-HUM (email: diane.chan [at] mcgill.ca) - Coordinator
Tel.: 514-398-7965, Fax: 514-398-7739
S. DERNOVICI (email: serghei.dernovici [at] mcgill.ca) - Technician
Tel.: 514-398-7871, Fax: 514-398-7990
SARAH-ANN PERSECHINO (email: sarah-ann.persechino [at] mail.mcgill.ca) - Technician
Tel: 514-398-7752, Fax 514-398-7990
I. RITCHIE (email: ian.ritchie [at] mcgill.ca) - Technician, greenhouse
Emeritus Professors
D.J. BUSZARD
A.K. WATSON
Retired Professors
D. DONNELLY
K. STEWART
M. WATERWAY