Normand Mousseau

Normand Mousseau is Professor of Physics and Scientific Director of the Trottier Energy Institute at Polytechnique Montréal. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University and has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Oxford University in England and at the Université de Montréal. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University before joining the Université de Montréal in 2001. He held a Chair of Excellence from the NanoSciences Foundation from 2009 to 2012, and was a researcher or visiting professor at Delft Polytechnic in the Netherlands, Utrecht Universiteit, CEA, CNRS, Shanghai Fudan University and Université Pierre et Marie Curie. He was Scientific Director of Calcul Québec, Quebec's high-performance computing cluster, from 2010 to 2013.

The numerical methods he has developed, many of which are based on activation and relaxation techniques, are used worldwide to study the kinetics of complex materials. With his group and foreign collaborators, he continues to develop the new ART and ART kinetic methods.

A world-renowned researcher in complex materials and biophysics, with over 200 scientific papers to his credit, he also has a great passion for popularizing science. From September 2011 to April 2017, he produced and hosted "La Grande Équation" on Radio Ville-Marie, a scientific knowledge show available on iTunes U and online. He has published several mainstream books at the interface between science and society, including "How to get rid of type 2 diabetes without surgery or drugs", "Winning the climate war. Twelve myths to debunk" and "Pandemic. Quand la raison tombe malade", all published by Éditions du Boréal.

Since 2005, he has been closely following the issue of energy and natural resources. In addition to his many media appearances, he has published several books on the subject with MultiMondes, including "Au bout du pétrole, tout ce que vous devez savoir sur la crise énergétique", in 2008, and "La révolution des gaz de schiste", in 2010. His latest book, "Le défi des ressources minières" was published in autumn 2012. In 2013, he co-chaired the Commission sur les enjeux énergétiques du Québec, whose report, "Maîtriser notre avenir énergétique, pour le bénéfice économique, environnemental et social de tous", was made public at the end of February 2014.

Scientific Director of the Trottier Energy Institute since 2016, he helped create the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices and the Transition Accelerator. He also co-directs the Energy Modeling Initiative.