Mickael Begon graduated in sports sciences from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, and Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France. He received the M.Sc. degree in physiology and biomechanics of exercise science and the Ph.D. degree in biomechanics and bioengineering from the University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He has been a Professor of Biomechanics with the University of Montreal, Laval, QC, Canada, where he established, in 2010, the Laboratory of Simulation and Movement Modeling (S2M) and has been a Full Professor since 2020. At S2M, he has trained 22 Doctoral and 23 master students from various countries and backgrounds. His research activity covers modeling and optimal control of human movements with applications in prevention, rehabilitation, ergonomics, music, and sport. This activity led to over 120 peer-reviewed publications.