Georges Beaudoin

Georges Beaudoin is a world leader in his contributions to mineral exploration and the genesis of hydrothermal mineral deposits. He obtained his B.Sc. (1985) and M.Sc. (1987) from Université Laval, and his Ph.D. (1991) from the University of Ottawa. He then completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship with the Geological Survey of Canada. He has been an assistant professor (1993-1998), associate professor (1998-2002) and full professor (since 2002) in metallogeny at Université Laval. From 2012 to 2022, Dr. Beaudoin held the NSERC-Agnico Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration at Université Laval. He now holds the Agnico Eagle-Eldorado Gold Québec Research Chair in Mineral Exploration. From 2013 to 2022, he was the founding director of the Research Centre on Geology and Engineering of Mineral Resources (E4m), a recognized research centre at Université Laval with 34 researchers and 150 graduate students and HQP. From 2009 to 2019, he was director of the DIVEX research network, which brings together metallogeny researchers from seven Québec universities. He is an internationally recognized expert in metallogeny, hydrothermal ore deposits and isotope geochemistry, in addition to his cutting-edge research on exploration indicator minerals. With his HQP team, he developed the use of indicator minerals for the exploration of orogenic gold deposits, in addition to establishing the potential of magnetite and hematite as fertility indicator minerals. Dr. Beaudoin was editor-in-chief of Mineralium Deposita between 2012 and 2022, helping to raise the impact factor of the international scientific journal to the highest level (5.1) in the field. He was elected as the first Canadian president (2014-2016) of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), during which time he chaired the organization of the 14th biennial meeting in Québec City in 2017. Dr. Beaudoin has published over 174 peer-reviewed articles and over 260 conference abstracts. He has experience in leading large research teams, as demonstrated by his leadership as a research chairholder and his involvement in major research initiatives such as the NSERC’s RDC Footprints and Apogée Metal Earth programs.