Yves Prairie has supervised or co-supervised more than 23 master’s students, 13 doctoral students, and 12 postdoctoral fellows. With more than 35 years of career as a professor of limnology in the Department of Biological Sciences at UQAM, Yves Prairie has supervised or co-supervised more than 23 master’s students, 13 doctoral students, and 12 postdoctoral fellows. Recently elected to the Royal Society of Canada, he was one of the founding members of GRIL and served as its director for 9 years. He also held a UNESCO Chair in global environmental change for several years. His research interests focus on various aspects of the biogeochemistry of carbon and nutrients in lakes and reservoirs. He has notably contributed to several major research projects such as Eastmain, Timex/CAFE, Lake Pulse, and GHG CaRe. He has been involved internationally with the IPCC and in the development of the G res model in collaboration with the International Hydropower Association. EDUCATION 1987 PhD, McGill University, Thesis title: Empirical models of phosphorus in streams and lakes 1982 BSc, McGill University CONTRIBUTIONS AND PRIZES 2019 Prix de la recherche 2019 – Professeur – Carrière – Faculté des sciences de l’UQAM 2018 – Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM 2013 – 2019 President, International Society of Limnology 2010 – 2012 Director, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM 2007 Ten discoveries of the year, Québec-Science magazine 2007 Main organizer, 30th symposium of the International Society of Limnology (SIL) in Montreal 2005 Recipient of the Frank H. Rigler Prize, Society of Canadian Limnologists 1999 – 2008 Director, GRIL research centre 1999 – 2002 President, Society of Canadian Limnologists 1997 – 1998 Adjoint director, Director, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM 1993 – 1996 Vice-President, Society of Canadian Limnologists REVIEWER IN THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS Limnology and Oceanography Ecosystems Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Nature Marine Ecology Progress Series Journal of the North American Benthological Society Hydrobiologia Revue des Sciences de l’Eau Canadian Journal of Forestry Research Canadian Mineralogist