Adjunct professor
department of biological sciences

Botanist and researcher
Montreal Botanical Garden

514.872.5683
frederic.pitre@umontreal.ca

 
Research

Plant physiology, phytotechnologies, phytoremediation, tree biology, genomics, transcriptomics, plant biochemistry.

Description

I am a plant physiologist with a special interest in molecular tree biology. I have been working for several years to improve the end-use properties of plants for environmental applications. We are conducting studies on themes such as: soil rehabilitation using phytoremediation, carbon sequestration, the production of biofuels and bioproducts, root biology and the genetic diversity of willows.

I am also in charge of the M.Sc. seminars.

Students and staff

• Nicolas Brereton, research assistant
  (co-supervision with Michel Labrecque)
• Dimitri Dagher, Ph.D.
  (co-supervision with Mohamed Hijri)
• Noël Fagoaga, Ph.D.
• Adrien Frémont, Ph.D.
  (co-supervision with Jacques Brisson)
• Emmanuel Gonzalez, research assistant
  (co-supervision with Michel Labrecque)
• Vanessa Grenier, Ph.D.
  (co-supervision with Michel Labrecque)
• Ahmed Jerbi, Ph.D.
  (co-supervision with Michel Labrecque)
• Kevin Lajoie, M.Sc.
  (co-supervision for Simon Barnabé, UQTR)
• Julien Lamontagne, research professional
• Kymberly Newton, Ph.D.
• Guillaume Sarrailhe, Ph.D.
• Eszter Sas, Ph.D.
  (co-supervision with Michel Labrecque)

Teaching

• BIO-6009: Lectures dirigées en biologie