{"id":21154,"date":"2026-02-25T14:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/2026\/02\/25\/alexandre-girouard-wins-the-2025-prix-lumiere-nature-et-technologies\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:29:22","slug":"alexandre-girouard-receives-the-2026-cathleen-synge-morawetz-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/2026\/02\/25\/alexandre-girouard-receives-the-2026-cathleen-synge-morawetz-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre Girouard receives the 2026 Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1420.64px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div>Congratulations to Alexandre Girouard, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Universit\u00e9 Laval, member of the CRM, and former Scientific Deputy Director of the CRM, who has been<span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"> awarded the 2026 Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS). This prize recognizes his outstanding contributions to analysis and dynamical systems.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">His groundbreaking work in spectral geometry, particularly his use of homogenization methods to address classical problems, has led to major advances, including the resolution of the Weinstock isoperimetric problem and new sharp bounds for Steklov eigenvalues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A prolific author in leading international journals and recipient of Universit\u00e9 Laval\u2019s Prix Lumi\u00e8re in 2025, he also plays an important role in the mathematical community through his involvement in scientific leadership and the organization of research events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.math.ca\/news-item\/dr-alexandre-girouard-to-receive-the-2026-cathleen-synge-morawetz-prize\/\"><i>Learn more<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":21159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-prizes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21154"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21190,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154\/revisions\/21190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}