Jean-Luc Pilote
GSC Québec Geological Survey of Canada (Natural Resources Canada)
Jean-Luc completed a Bachelor’s degree at the Université de Moncton, a Master’s degree in Geology at Acadia University and subsequently completed his PhD in 2018 at the Memorial University of Newfoundland studying the Geology, structure and petrogenesis of the Ming VMS deposit located in the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland.
Jean-Luc joined the GSC in 2018 as a post-doctoral researcher to study gold in sedimentary sequences from the Timmins region and since April 2020, he became a permanent GSC research scientist studying the evolution of gold in various systems, but mostly in orogenic-type settings.
Jean-Luc is also an Associate Professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre in Quebec and is a member of the executive committee of the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada.
Jean-Luc received the 2020 William Harvey Gross medal by the Geological Association of Canada in recognition of his contribution to the advancement of research in economic geology in Canada.