Background
Legendre, Louis was born in 1945 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Vianney and Marguerite Legendre.
educator oceanographer research scientist
Legendre, Louis was born in 1945 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Vianney and Marguerite Legendre.
Bachelor, University Montreal, 1964. Bachelor of Science, University Montreal, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 1971.
Doctorat honoris causa, University Liege, 1997.
Postdoctoral fellow University Paris VI, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, 1971-1973. Research associate University Laval, Quebec City, Canada, 1973, assistant professor Canada, 1974-1977, associate professor Canada, 1977-1981, professor Canada, 1981-2000, emeritus professor Canada, since 2001. Research professor National Center for Scientific Research, France, 2000—2008.
Director Villefranche-sur-Mer Oceanography Laboratory, since 2001. Deputy science director European Network Excellence EUR-OCEANS, 2004—2008. Professor University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, since 2008.
Vice president Groupe Interuniversitaire de Recherches Océanographiques du Quebec, 1989—2000. Group chairman Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada, Ottawa, 1989—1992. Member science advisory group Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, since 2005.
Vice president Model Environmental, Liege, Belgium, since 1993. Member standing advisory group Nuclear Applications International Atomic Energy Agency, since 2005. Fellow: International Ecology Institute, Royal Society of Canada.
Member: American Geophysical Union, American Society Limnology and Oceanography (G. Evelyn Hutchinson award 2002).