Christian Genest, PhD, FRSC, Interim Chair
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McGill University
805, rue Sherbrooke ouest
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3A 0B9
EMAIL: First_Name dot Family_Name at mcgill dot ca
Education
BSc (1977) U. du Québec à Chicoutimi
MSc (1978) U. de Montréal
PhD (1983) U. of British Columbia
Main awards and distinctions
Elected Member, International Statistical Institute, 1992
Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1996
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1997
First recipient, CRM-SSC Mid-Career Prize, 1999
26th Gold Medalist, Statistical Society of Canada, 2011
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2015
Humboldt Forschungspreis, 2019
Trottier Fellow, 2019-2021
John L. Synge Award, 2020
CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, 2023
Publication record
335 publications, including 166 peer-reviewed research articles
Google Scholar profile
Training of highly qualified personnel
Completed: 54 MSc, 9 PhD, 13 postdocs
Current: 4 MSc, 3 PhD, 2 postdocs
Seminars and talks
344 talks and public lectures in 19 countries worldwide
Selected past responsibilities
President, Statistical Society of Canada, 2007-08
President, Association des statisticiennes et statisticiens du Québec, 2005-08
Director, Institut des sciences mathématiques du Québec, 2012-15
Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1998-2000
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2015-19
Coordinator, CRM Thematic Program on Risk in Complex Systems, August-December 2017
Full CV available on demand