Christian Genest, PhD, FRSC, PStat
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McGill University
805, rue Sherbrooke ouest
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3A 0B9
EDUCATION
BSc (1977) U. du Québec à Chicoutimi
MSc (1978) U. de Montréal
PhD (1983) U. of British Columbia
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Theoretical: Dependence modeling, extreme-value theory, multivariate analysis, nonparametric statistics
Applied: Environmental science, hydrology, insurance, risk management
MAIN AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Elected Member, International Statistical Institute, 1992
Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1996
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1997
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2015
Fellow, Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy, 2020
Fellow, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, 2023
1st recipient, CRM-SSC Mid-Career Prize, 1999
26th Gold Medalist, Statistical Society of Canada, 2011
Recipient, Humboldt Forschungspreis, 2019
9th recipient, John L. Synge Award, 2020
30th recipient, CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, 2023
17th recipient, Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation, 2024
Canada Research Chair in Stochastic Dependence Modeling, 2011-25
Distinguished James McGill Professor, 2025-
PUBLICATION RECORD
373 publications, including 207 peer-reviewed research articles
Google Scholar profile
TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
Completed: 59 MSc, 9 PhD, 15 postdocs
Current: 2 MSc, 3 PhD, 2 postdocs
SEMINARS AND TALKS
364 talks and public lectures in 20 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
Interim Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 2022-23
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