Michel Jébrak

Michel Jébrak is a Franco-Canadian geologist, academic and a researcher. He is an emeritus professor at University of Quebec’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He is a former Vice-Rector for Research and Creation at UQAM and holder of the UQAT-UQAM Mining Entrepreneurship Chair.

Jébrak's areas of expertise include geology of mineral resources, mining innovation and exploration, social innovations and transformations and Earth Science. He has published over 100 research papers and has contributed to the discovery of copper deposits in Oman and gold in Mauritania. He contributed in founding the Order of Geologists of Quebec, the Heart of Sciences at UQAM, the University Network on Mineral Diversification of Quebec, the CONSOREM and the Canadian Council of Mining Innovation. He also contributed to the formation of Mines and Society System Chair at the Ecole des Mines de Nancy, in France.

He is the founding member of Quebec section at the Geological Association of Canada. He has served as president of the scientific council of Ouranos, and of Science and Technology Quebec Council. In 2013, Jébrak was awarded the Chercheur d’Excellence Award by the University of Lorraine. In 2018, he was awarded the Bancroft Prize. Provided by Wikipedia