Pierre Legendre (ecologist)

Pierre Legendre , FRSC, OQ (born 5 October 1946), is a professor of ecology at Université de Montréal. He is the founder of Numerical Ecology, which is a quantitative subdiscipline of community ecology,[1] with his brother the oceanographer Louis Legendre.

Pierre Legendre
Born (1946-10-05) 5 October 1946
Montreal, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater
Known forNumerical ecology
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisSome formal aspects of the theory of biological evolution (1971)
Notable studentsMarie-Josée Fortin
Websiteadn.biol.umontreal.ca/~numericalecology/indexEn.html

Pierre Legendre obtained an MSc in zoology from McGill University in 1969, and at age 24, he earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Colorado in 1971. From 1971 to 1972, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Lund University. From 1972 to 1980, he was employed at Université du Québec à Montréal. Since 1980, he is professor in the Département de sciences biologiques of Université de Montréal.

As of October 2019, Legendre had published 11 books and over 330 scientific papers.[1] He has been listed as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Ecology/Environment in all lists that have been published to this day: in 2001, then from 2014 to 2020.[1] His Hirsch index (h) is 76 on Web of Knowledge, which does not count the citations of his books, and 106 on Google Scholar, which includes these citations.

Scientific prizes
  • 1986 – Michel-Jurdant Prize (with Louis Legendre), Acfas[2]
  • 1994 – Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, International Congress of Ecology
  • 1995 – Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, Royal Society of Canada
  • 1999 – Twentieth Century Distinguished Service Award, Ninth Lukacs Symposium, Bowling Green State University, USA
  • 2005 – Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Québec
  • 2013 – President's Award, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
  • 2015 – Adrien-Poulliot Award, Acfas[3]
  • 2019 – Alexander von Humboldt Medal, International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)

Teaching prizes
  • 2011 – Excellence in Teaching Award, Université de Montréal
  • 2011 – Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, Université de Montréal

Other distinctions
  • 1989 – Killam Research Fellow, Canada Council for the Arts
  • 1992 – Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
  • 2007 – Officer of the National Order of Québec, Government of Québec
  • 2016 – Corresponding Member, Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
  • 2019 – Honorary Member, Sociedad Ibérica de Ecología
  • 2001 – ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Ecology/Environment awarded by the Institute for Scientific Information, USA
  • 2014 to 2020 – Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Environment/Ecology awarded by Thomson Reuters, then by Clarivate Analytics, USA

References
  1. CV
  2. Acfas. "Acfas – Association francophone pour le savoir". Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. Acfas. "Acfas – Association francophone pour le savoir".
  • Official website, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal
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