Cynthia Ross Friedman
Dr. Cynthia (Cindy) Ross Friedman is a full professor in Biological Sciences at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.[1] She is a popular professor and respected researcher, holding national grants, having been inducted into the inaugural cohort of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists[2] and being awarded both a Teaching Excellence and Research Excellence Award at her institution.
Her research group showed—in a Nature Communications paper—that the parasitic flowering plant Arceuthobium americanum (Lodegpole pine dwarf mistletoe) undergoes thermogenesis (internal heat generation) to explosively-discharge its seeds.[3]
She has been on national radio and television in many instances not only to discuss her team's research,[4] but also to act as a spokesperson for a coalition of concerned community groups opposed to the proposed KGHM Ajax mine,[5] a copper-gold open-pit mine project proposed to be located within 1 km of the Kamloops' city boundary. She is an outspoken opponent of the proposed mine.
Dr. Ross Friedman is also an accomplished musician who currently plays in a local Latin ensemble, "Caliente",[6] but has also played in rock bands and as a solo singer-songwriter.[7]
References
- ^ "Cindy Ross's Home Page". tru.ca.
- ^ "Royal Society Names Ross Friedman To Inaugural Group - Newsroom". tru.ca.
- ^ "Thermogenesis-triggered seed dispersal in dwarf mistletoe". nature.com.
- ^ "Cell-phone Conversations Annoying, Distracting * Heat Triggers Dwarf Mistletoe * New Telescope Reveals Early Star Formation * Rhino Beetle Is a Freaky Flyer * Penguins Can Get Colder Than Cold * How Sauropod Dinosaurs Held Their Heads". cbc.ca. 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Kamloops' review of Ajax mine criticized by opponents". cbc.ca. 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Caliente". lookkamloops.ca.
- ^ "Caliente: One Hot Band!". tru.ca.