Christian Landry is an associate professor in the Biology Department at Université Laval. His areas of interest are evolutionary and systems biology, cell biology, and computational biology.

A recognized leader in his field, Professor Landry has been an outstanding ambassador for the conference. He is an E.W.R Steacie award recipient, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Cell and Systems Biology, and a researcher with Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, with PROTEO, and with the Big Data Research Centre (BDRC).