About Professor Viviane Yargeau
Viviane Yargeau is a Professor in Chemical Engineering and an Associate Member of the McGill School of Environment. In 2023, she became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University after serving as chair of her department for 5 years.
She established the Controlling Contaminants of Concern (3Cs) laboratory, which is now internationally recognized for research on the occurrence, fate, and effects of contaminants in the environment and in water and wastewater treatment systems. Professor Yargeau has contributed to creating awareness about the presence and control of contaminants in our water resources as well as the development of wastewater-based epidemiology for illicit drugs.
She has several collaborations internationally, in academia as well as with governmental agencies and the industry. She is a Fellow of the International Water Association, a Fellow the Canadian Academy of Engineering” and serves on several boards including on the Board of Directors for a publicly traded company commercializing two green products that she co-invented.
Memberships
- Member, FRQNT Strategic Network EcotoQ
- Member, FRQNT Strategic Network CentrEau
- Member, SCORE - Sewage Analysis Core Group Europe
- Member, Advanced Oxidation Specialist Group of the International Water Association (IWA)
- Member, Board of Directors, Earth Alive
- Senior Scientific Advisor, Earth Alive
Google Scholar
Awards and Recognition
- James H. Brace Professorship in Water Engineering, 2026
- International Water Association Fellow, 2022
- Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Ministere de l'éducation, du loisir et du sport, teaching chair, 2009-2019
