Luc Vinet

Luc Vinet
10th Rector of the Université de Montréal
In office
1 June 2005 – 31 May 2010
Preceded byRobert Lacroix
Succeeded byGuy Breton
Personal details
Born (1953-04-16) April 16, 1953 (age 71)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materPhD, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie and Université de Montréal
AwardsPrix du Québec Armand-Frappier (2009), CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (2012), Officer of the National Order of Quebec (2017), Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (2017), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2018), Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society (2019), Member, Order of Canada, The Governor General of Canada (2021), Prix Urgel Archambault, Acfas (2022).
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, mathematics
InstitutionsUniversité de Montréal and McGill University
ThesisLa cinématique quantique non-relativiste des systèmes à une ou plusieurs particules (1976)
Doctoral advisorsPavel Winternitz
John Harnad
Websitehttps://vinetlab.com/

Luc Vinet CM OQ (born (1953-04-16)April 16, 1953) is a Canadian physicist and mathematician. He was former rector of the Université de Montréal between 2005 and 2010. He is the CEO of IVADO, created in 2015 since August 2021.