Cynthia "Cindy" Ross Friedman FRSA (1970 or 1971 – 24 December 2018) was a professor in biological sciences at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

[3][4] In a Nature Communications paper, her research group showed that the parasitic flowering plant Arceuthobium americanum (Lodegpole pine dwarf mistletoe) undergoes thermogenesis (internal heat generation) to explosively discharge its seeds.

[5] She was on national radio and television in many instances not only to discuss her team's research[6] but also to act as a spokesperson for a coalition of concerned community groups opposed to the proposed KGHM Ajax mine, a copper-gold open-pit mine project proposed to be located within 1 km of the Kamloops city boundary.

[7] Ross Friedman was also a keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who played in a Kamloops Latin ensemble called Caliente,[8] in rock bands and as a solo act.

[10][11][12] Ross Friedman died on 24 December 2018 at the age of 47 from an aortic dissection.