Jean-Marie De Koninck

Jean-Marie De Koninck, OC CQ (born 1948) is a Canadian mathematician. He has served as a professor at Université Laval since 1972 and is the creator of the road safety program Opération Nez Rouge, or "Red Nose Operation", a system preventing people from drinking and driving.

He is the son of the philosopher and theologian Charles De Koninck and the brother of the geographer Rodolphe De Koninck, the psychologist Joseph De Koninck, the philosopher Thomas De Koninck and the sociologist Maria De Koninck.

Birthdate:

April 29, 1948, Quebec City.

Occupation:

Professor of Mathematics at Université Laval

University diplomas:

1970: Baccalauréat ès Sciences, Université Laval

1972" Master's degree in Mathematics, Temple University

1973: Ph.D. in Mathematics, Temple University

Professional career at Université Laval:

1972-1977: assistant professor at the Mathematics Department

1976-1980: assistant director at the Mathematics Department and person responsible of graduated studies

1977-1982: associate professor at the Mathematics Department

1982-present: professor at the Mathematics and Statistics Department

1988-002: person responsible of the collaboration between Université Laval and colleges

1999-2003: assistant director at the Mathematics and Statistics Department and director of programs for the 2nd and 3rd cycles in mathematics and statistics

2005-present: director of SMAC (Science and Mathematics in Action) program

Author of nine books:

Author of 83 publications in scientific papers with reviewing committees.

Author of the SMAC chronicle in the Découvrir revue (five publications per year).

Guest speaker in several Canadian and American universities, as well as in France, Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Mexico.

Co-president of the organizing committee of the International Conference on Number Theory held in Université Laval from July 5 to July 18, 1987.

Co-president of the organizing committee of the 33rd Seminar of Mathematical Sciences of Quebec held in Université Laval on April 21, 1990.

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