2019                  Prix de la recherche 2019 – Professeur – Carrière – Faculté des sciences de l’UQAM 

2018 –                Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM   

2013 – 2019        President, International Society of Limnology 

2010 – 2012        Director, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM

2007                  Ten discoveries of the year, Québec-Science magazine

2007                  Main organizer, 30th symposium of the International Society of Limnology (SIL) in Montreal

2005                  Recipient of the  Frank H. Rigler Prize, Society of Canadian Limnologists

1999 – 2008        Director, GRIL research centre

1999 – 2002        President, Society of Canadian Limnologists

1997 – 1998        Adjoint director, Director, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM 

1993 – 1996        Vice-President, Society of Canadian Limnologists