Jean-Michel Lavoie

Full Professor, Founder and Deputy Director of LTB & Entrepreneur · Université de Sherbrooke · company speakers →

Dr. Jean-Michel Lavoie is a full professor in the Department of Chemical and Biotechnology Engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke. He is the founder and deputy director of the Biomass Technologies Laboratory located at the Innovation Park-ACELP of the Université de Sherbrooke. His team recently had the opportunity to take possession of a new building at the cutting edge of technology. He holds the Industrial Research Chair in Biofuels and Biocommodities and, most recently, the Industrial Research Chair in Maple Technologies. This last Chair will enable him and his team to work in the food engineering sector. To date, he has collaborated with key players in the renewable energy sector in Quebec, including GreenField Global, Hydro Québec, L’Oreal, McInnis Cement Plant, Énergie Inc., CelluFuel, Boralex, Krown Corp, Cascades, Enerkem, CRB Innovations and its partners in the food industry. He leads a team of 30 to 50 students and professionals and has an annual operating budget of approximately $5M. He and his team publish on average one scientific article per month. He represented Canada on the ART-Fuel Forum at the European Commission for 4 years and was co-chair of the NSERC Discovery Grants Program Evaluation Committee for 3 years. He is associate editor of the journal «Frontiers in Chemical Engineering» and acts as an editor and committee member for various local (NSERC, FRQNT, MITACS, FCI) and foreign (USDA, ANR, Romanian Research Council, etc.). He is frequently asked by various national and international government organizations for his expertise in the field of renewable energies, biofuels and electrofuels.

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