ANJA GEITMANN
Mater's Student, McGill University Professor and Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Associate Vice-Principle (Macdonald Campus)
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Biomechanics of Plant Development
Associate Vice-Principle (Macdonald Campus)
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Biomechanics of Plant Development
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Dr. Geitmann was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Associate Vice-Principal (Macdonald Campus) of McGill University in 2015. She has been instrumental in setting up the ‘McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative' in collaboration with the Faculties of Science and Engineering and under her leadership McGill has positioned itself to be a leader and convener of stakeholders in food safety, food security, sustainable agriculture, and environmental stewardship.
Anja Geitmann obtained her PhD in Environmental Biology in 1997 from the University of Siena (Italy), following undergraduate and graduate studies in biology at the University of Constance (Germany), Oregon State University (USA), and Stockholm University (Sweden). She did her postdoctoral research at the Université Laval, Québec, and at the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands. Prior to joining McGill, she was Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences of the Université de Montréal and a member of the Institut de recherche en biologie végétale. Her interdisciplinary research program focuses on the cellular processes that underly the development and reproduction of plants. She currently is the President of the International Association of Plant Reproduction Research and she serves on the editorial boards of multiple scientific journals including Cell and Plant Physiology. |