Georges Beaudoin

Georges Beaudoin has been Professor of Metallogeny at Université Laval since 1993. His research program focuses on the formation of precious metal deposits, as revealed by isotopic tracers. In 2012, he was awarded the NSERC-Agnico Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration to develop new exploration tools using indicator minerals. He leads a multidisciplinary team of internationally renowned experts in the development of new methodologies using indicator minerals. Since 2022, he has headed the new Agnico Eagle-Eldorado Gold Québec Research Chair in Mineral Exploration. He was the founding director of Université Laval’s Centre de recherche sur la géologie et l’ingénierie des ressources minérales (E4m) and director of the DIVEX Network on mineral exploration diversification in Quebec. He was Editor-in-Chief (2012-2022) of the international scientific journal Mineralium Deposita, which has the highest impact factor in the field. He was elected President (2013-2015) of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA).