P&M Technologies - DR. GINA MOHAMMED

— Dr. Gina H. Mohammed —

Gina Mohammed (Research Director) holds a B.Sc. degree in Biology from the University of Toronto in Ontario and a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. She has over 40 years of expertise in research, applications, and the commercialization of plant physiological science.

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"We are pleased to be involved in a new & exciting area of research that will one day permit detection of stressed crops and forests from satellites in space..."
– Dr. Gina Mohammed

Research & Technical Experience

Gina began her career as a research scientist at AgriForest Technologies in Kelowna BC, working for 9 years on forest biotechnology, then became a research scientist with the Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources. During her 10 years at OFRI, Gina was a Project Leader in seedling establishment physiology, applications of remote sensing, development of commercial tests of plant viability & vigour, and emerging opportunities in non-timber forest products (NTFPs). She helped to organize community and government information sessions and conferences on non-timber forest products, including the Non-Timber Forest Products Conference 2000: A Focus on Sustaining Renewable Resources and Development of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Algoma District of Ontario.

Dr. Mohammed has led a few chlorophyll fluorescence remote sensing projects for the European Space Agency (ESA). PS Study FLEX Bridge Earth Explorer 8

Gina was also a member of the Science Committee for ESA's conference on Remote Sensing of Fluorescence, Photosynthesis, and Vegetation Status, held in Frascati, Italy.

Gina and her husband Dan own P & M Technologies, a science and information technology company, and Candlenut Books, their small self-publishing operation.

Academic Life

Dr. Mohammed served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and in a variety of advisory roles to government and industry, including scientific advisor to the federal Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP). She is a Past Chair of the Board of Governors for Sault College in Ontario and former advisor on some of their programs.

Gina has authored or co-authored over two hundred scientific papers and several book chapters in her field. (Recently she led a team of authors for the 2019 review of developments in solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence [SIF] over the past 50 years.) She has also written magazine articles on botanical (herbal) products. Gina has been a session chair, committee chair, conference presenter – and keynote speaker – at various symposia.

And Gina published a comprehensive CD-ROM package of NTFP business ideas and resources called The Canadian NTFP Business Companion. Details

Further information is available on Gina's web site

Gina Mohammed – Web Site