CV

Experiences

Professor of Process Engineering at Dalhousie University and Laval University in Canada
Industrial Research Chair, Polytechnique Montréal
Vice President, Total American Services, Houston
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Total
President, École Polytechnique Montréal
Director of Strategy HTEC Canada and Chief Executive Officer HTEC Quebec

Degrees

DSc Physics, Sorbonne Univ., France
PhD Chemical Engineering, Laval Univ., Canada
Top Executive Education, Sloan School (MIT)
Education in Corporate Governance, Laval Univ.
Entrance Examination, Corporation of Professional Engineers of Quebec

teaching

25 years of university teaching in mathematics, thermodynamics and process engineering (in
French and English) in Canada
Continuing Education Courses in Numerical Modeling and Process Engineering (mainly in
Spanish) in Mexico and Spain
Training seminars on hydrogen (technology, HSE, markets) in French and English
Presentations of 340 plenary or invited conferences
Supervision of 29 PhD students and 19 postdoctoral researchers

Activities

Expert in the field of hydrogen (technological, economic, organizational and geopolitical
aspects) – Lead author of the Government of Quebec’s Green Hydrogen Strategy (2022)
Management of scientific and technical organizations of all sizes
Member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Hassan II Academy (Morocco)
Process Engineering Consultant (North America, Japan, Europe)
Expert in global university-industry relations
330 publications, 11 patents with industrial partners (including Total)
Creation or co-creation of 6 startups

Courses & Talks

Language: English, French, Spanish
Planned duration: 20 hours – Can be adjusted between 15 and 25 hours
Language: English, French, Spanish
Planned duration: 3 hours