
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
Professor
Biography
I am a Professor of Computer Science at The University of Vermont, an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, an External Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, a Director at the Translational Global Infectious diseases Research Center, core-faculty of the Vermont Complex Systems Institute, director of the Complex Network Winter Workshop, and founding Editor-in-Chief of the Nature Partner Journal npj Complexity. My research is in complexity, network theory, and nonlinear dynamics with applications in epidemiology, biology, sociology, ecology.
Before joining UVM, I was a James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellow at Santa Fe Institute and at the Institute for Disease Modeling. I received my BSc, MSc and PhD in physics from the Université Laval in Québec and love biking, hiking, snowshoeing, music, beer, cooking, whiskey, coffee and French pastries. Cheers!