Christian Genest, PhD, PStat
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McGill University
805, rue Sherbrooke ouest
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3A 0B9

VOX: (514) 398-3818
FAX: (514) 398-3899
EMAIL: cgenest at math dot mcgill dot ca

EDUCATION

BSpSc (1977) U. du Québec à Chicoutimi
MSc (1978) U. de Montréal
PhD (1983) U. of British Columbia

POSITIONS

Canada Research Chair in Stochastic Dependence Modelling
Director, Institut des sciences mathématiques du Québec
Director, Laboratoire de statistique du Centre de recherches mathématiques

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Primary: Multivariate analysis, nonparametric statistics, extreme-value theory
Secondary: Applications in actuarial science, finance, and hydrology
Tertiary: History of statistics, scientometry

PUBLICATION RECORD

104 peer-reviewed research articles, 91 others

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

ISI Member (1992), ASA Fellow (1996), IMS Fellow (1997)
ASSQ Honorary Member (2012)

Pierre Robillard Award (1984), SSC Distinguished Service Award (1997)
CRM-SSC Prize (1999), SSC Gold Medal (2011)

Summa Research Award, Université Laval (1999)
Professeur étoile, Université Laval (1999, 2003, 2005, 2010)

TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

Completed: 39 MSc, 5 PhD, 7 postdocs
Current: 3 MSc (Chen, Côté, Grebennikov), 2 PhD (Cormier, Murphy),
1 postdoc (Carabarín-Aguirre)

SEMINARS AND TALKS

McGill Seminar Series
Past and future talks by Chr. Genest