Member of the Centre de recherche sur l'eau (c-EAU)
Member of the Centre québécois de recherche sur la gestion de l'eau (CentrEau)
Member of the Institute for Environment, Development and Society (EDS)
Biography
François Anctil is Professor and Director of the Department of Civil and Water Engineering at Université Laval. He specializes in hydrology, hydrometeorology, flood forecasting, climate change and water governance. He has co-authored three textbooks on these topics. For 5 years, he directed Université Laval's Institut en environnement, développement et société (EDS), an interdisciplinary think tank on sustainable development. He also directed Université Laval's Centre de recherche sur l'eau for 4 years. He has received several awards for the quality of his teaching and created a MOOC entitled Développement durable: enjeux et trajectoires, which has attracted participants from over 100 countries.
Academic background and professional experience
Ph.D., civil engineering (coastal), Université Laval, 1991
M.Sc., civil engineering (coastal), Université Laval, 1987
B.Sc.A., Civil Engineering, Université Laval, 1985
Research Areas
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Génie des infrastructures des ressources hydriques
Hydrologie de surface
Hydrométéorologie
Impacts et adaptation du changement climatique
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Hydrometeorology
Physics of snow and ice
Surface water hydrology
Contact
+ 1 418-656-2131