2013-Present: Emeritus Professor, Sorbonne University
2009-2013: Professor, Pierre & Marie Curie University
2000-2009: Research Director, CNRS
1973-2000: Professor, Laval University, Canada


1971: PhD in Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Canada

2021-Present: Member of Academia Europaea
2019-Present: Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016-Present: Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2002-Present: Emeritus Professor, Laval University, Canada
2001-2010: Director, LOV
1988- Present: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science