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I received my PhD in Biology from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1987 and my MSc in Oceanography from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 1981.
Prior to joining Laurier, I had several postdoctoral/research associate positions in the Biology Department at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (1987); the Plant Production Group at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, New-York (1988-1991); the Department of Biological Sciences at Brock University (1992-1993); and the Biology Department at Mount Allison University (1993-1995).
I retired in August 2019.
My long-term research goal was to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture. To achieve this, I was using 2 approaches. First, I studied the interactions existing between beneficial soil microorganisms, such as nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi, and roots of legumes. To do so, I was using pea mutants unable to form proper associations with these microorganisms to understand how plant hormones are involved in the establishment and maintenance of the associations. Second, I studied the effect of mineral fertilizers onto crops to assess if they could be used as an environmental alternative to chemical fertilizers.
- Recipient of the Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching - Established Faculty Category (2019)
- Mary Elliott Award of the Canadian Botanical Association (2017)
- President of the Canadian Botanical Association (2012 - 2014)
- Associate-editor for Botany, previously called Canadian Journal of Botany (2002 - 2019)
- Committee member of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grants (2003 - 2006)
- Committee Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Accelerated Supplement (DAS) Competition for the Life Sciences (GSC1070). Spring 2008
- Member on the Selection Committee for CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards in the field of Engineering, Medical Sciences and Natural Sciences (2010)
Peer-reviewed publications
- Jones JMC, Guinel FC, and Antunes PM. 2021. Carbonatite rock can enhance plant growth and nutrition depending on crop traits. Plant Soil, 465: 335-347. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05001-z.
- Huynh CA, and Guinel FC. 2020. Shoot extracts from two low nodulation mutants significantly reduce nodule number in pea. Plants, 9: 1505. doi: 10.3390/plants9111505.
- Jones JMC, Guinel FC, and Antunes PM. 2020. Carbonatites as rock fertilizers: A review. Rhizosphere, 13. doi: 10.1016/j.rhisph.2020.100188.
- Jones JMC, Webb EA, Lynch MDJ, Charles TC, Antunes PM, and Guinel FC. 2019. Does a carbonatite deposit influence its surrounding ecosystem? FACETS, 4: 389-406. doi: 10.1139/facets-2018-0029.
- Goh DM, Cosme M, Kisiala AB, Mulholland S, Said ZMF, Spíchal L., Emery RJN, Declerck S, and Guinel FC. 2019. A stimulatory role for cytokinin in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis of pea. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 262. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00262
- Massicotte HM, and Guinel FC. 2017. Fostering comprehension and integration in mycorrhiza biology: Conceptual scaffolding as an aid in teaching and exploration. Botany, 95: 983-1003. Invited Mini-Review.
- Guinel FC. 2015. Ethylene, a hormone at the centre-stage of nodulation. Frontiers in Plant Science – Specialty Section: Plant Nutrition, 6: 1121. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01121 Invited review.
- Remmler L., Clairmont L., Rolland-Lagan A-G., and Guinel F.C. 2014. Standardized mapping of nodulation patterns in legume roots. New Phytologist, 202: 1083-1094.
- Clemow S.R., Clairmont L., Madsen L.H., and Guinel F.C. 2011. Reproducible hairy root transformation and spot-inoculation methods to study root symbioses of pea. Plant Methods, 7: 46. doi: 10.1186/1746-4811-7-46.
- Guinel F.C. 2009. Getting around the legume nodule. I. The structure of the peripheral zone in four nodule types. Botany, 87: 1117-1138.
- Guinel F.C. 2009. Getting around the legume nodule. II. Molecular biology of its peripheral zone and approaches to study its vasculature. Botany, 87: 1139-1166.
- Guinel F.C., and Geil R.G. 2002. A model for the development of the rhizobial and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses in legumes and its use to understand the roles of ethylene in the establishment of these two symbioses. Canadian Journal of Botany, 80: 695-720.