Team
(Currently in French)
Normand Mousseau – Scientific Director
Normand Mousseau is a professor of physics at Université de Montréal. After a Ph.D. at Michigan State University, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, England and the Université de Montreal. A world-renowned researcher in complex materials and biophysics, with more than 200 scientific articles to his credit, he also has a great passion for scientific popularization.
Since 2005, he has been closely following the energy and natural resources issue. In addition to his many media interventions, he has published several books on the subject. He co-chaired the Commission on Quebec’s Energy Issues in 2013. He is co-founder of the Transition Accelerator and Transition Pathway Principal and founding board member of the Canadian Climate Institute. Since 2022, he is also co-scientific director of the Energy Modelling Hub.
Louis Beaumier – Directeur exécutif
Après une maitrise recherche en génie électrique à Polytechnique Montréal, M. Beaumier entreprend une carrière dans le secteur du développement logiciel. Il touche à divers domaines d’application, allant de systèmes distribués de simulation immersive à des interfaces de reconnaissance de la parole.
L’expérience qu’il acquiert au fil des ans dans les différentes fonctions qu’il occupe – de développeur à directeur, recherche et développement – l’amène à constater qu’un problème mal compris, tout comme une solution mal présentée, est souvent la source des difficultés d’un projet logiciel.
Il se tourne alors vers la gestion de produit où il agit à la fois sur la compréhension du besoin et sur la présentation de la solution technique, ce qui se traduit aussi par des relations plus importantes avec la clientèle.
C’est cette expérience tournée vers l’extérieur de l’organisation qu’il met au service de l’Institut de l’énergie Trottier.
Simon Langlois-Bertrand, research associate
Simon Langlois-Bertrand holds a Ph.D. in international affairs and degrees in political science as well as in industrial and computer engineering. He specializes in energy and environmental policy, and teaches political science and international relations at Concordia University, UQAM, the University of Ottawa, McGill University, as well as Carleton University.
He is the lead author of the Canadian Energy Outlook, and his work at the IET focuses on analyzing the political, technical and social challenges surrounding the transition toward net-zero societies. His versatility on issues related to net-zero transitions enables him to intervene frequently in the news media, as well as participate to various conferences and scientific popularization events. He also frequently collaborates with various other organizations and government departments.
Roberta Dagher, research associate
Roberta Dagher holds a PhD in wood and bio-based materials engineering from Université Laval. She completed her doctoral thesis and a postdoctoral fellowship at the university’s Centre de recherche sur les matériaux renouvelables (centre for research on renewable materials, known by its French acronym CRMR). Her research experience was acquired in the fields of wood chemistry and material characterization.
She currently works as a research associate at Polytechnique’s Institut de l’énergie Trottier (IET) where she leads a project on the evaluation of biomass contribution to Canada’s transition to net-zero.
Eloïse Edom, researcher
Éloïse Edom holds a professional master’s degree in power engineering and a research master’s degree in applied mathematics from Polytechnique Montréal. She previously worked as a research associate with the Groupe d’études et de recherche en analyse des décisions (GERAD) on the subject of maintenance of electrical power generation systems.
At the IET, she first contributed to the energy modelling initiative that led to the creation of the Energy Modelling Hub, a pan-Canadian organization. Co-author of several reports on electricity issues in Canada, she works mainly on projects related to the electrification and decarbonization of the Canadian society, at both provincial and national levels.
Michaël Kummert – Coordonnateur des programmes d’études supérieures (CPÉS) en génie énergétique
Michaël Kummert est professeur titulaire au département de génie mécanique à Polytechnique Montréal.