Graduate students & postdocs
Dr. Pedro Freitas
Postdoctoral fellow in arctic limnology
Co-supervisor: W. Vincent
2019-2025: Ph.D. Physical Geography, U of Lisbon.
2016-2018: M.Sc.in GIS and Spatial Modeling Applied to Planning, U of Lisbon.
2013-2016: B.Sc. in Spatial Planning and Management, U of Lisbon.
Santiago Mareque
Dynamics of rare earth elements along a productivity gradient in lake sediment
2025-now: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2022-2024: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Félix Cloutier-Artiwat
NSERC MSc Canada Graduate Scholar
Sulfur cycling along redox gradients in ice-covered arctic lakes
2024-now: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2021-2023: B.Sc. Chimie et bioressources, UQAR.
Kimia Motevalli
Modelling oxythermal conditions and light environments in Arctic lakes.
Co-supervisor: I. Laurion
2021-now: Ph.D. Chimie, U. Laval.
2015-2018: M.Sc. Water resource engineering, Tehran Polytechnic, Iran.
2011-2015: B.Eng. Civil engineering, UST, Iran.
Méliane Renaud
FRQ MSc Graduate Scholar
Oxyanion binding to colloidal organic matter in sub-arctic catchments
Co-supervisor : J. Gigault
2025-now: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2022-2024: B.Sc. Chimie et bioressources, UQAR.
Florence Mercier
NSERC PhD Canada Graduate Scholar
Dynamics of redox-sensitive micronutriments in ice-covered meromictic lakes.
Co-supervisor : C. Girard
2023-now: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2020-2023: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Thomas Bossé-Demers
Dynamics and geochemical signatures of sediment-bound rare earth elements in the Mackenzie delta region.
2020-now: Ph.D. Chimie, U. Laval.
2017-2019: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2014-2017: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Undergraduate research assistants
Anne-Sophie Lachance
Chemistry, 2025
NSERC USRA scholarship
Université Laval
Research profesionnal
Claude Bélanger, Ph.D.
Scientific computing
2021-now
Past members
Laurie Martin
Analysis and Mobilisation of Radium in Tailing Management Lake from Elliot Lake
Supervisor: D. Larivière
2023-2025: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2021-2023: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2017-2021 : DEC, Laboratory Technology (Analytical Chemistry) Program, CEGEP de Valleyfield
Audrey Laberge-Carignan, Ph.D.
Sentinelle Nord Graduate Scholar
Biogeochemistry of selenium and of redox-sensitive elements in thermokarst lakes in Nunavik.
Co-supervisors: D. Larivière,
J. Molson
2020-2025: Ph.D. Chimie, U. Laval.
2017-2019: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2014-2017: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Chloé Rivest, M.Sc.
Mobility of rare earths in northern soils.
Co-supervisors: D. Larivière , K. Mueller
2022-2025: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2019-2022: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Daniel Fillion, M.Sc.
NSERC MSc Canada Graduate Scholar
Co-supervisor: F. Dominé
Now: PhD candidate at UQAR.
2021-2023: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2018-2021: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Émilie Leclerc, M.Sc.
Arsenic mobility in sub-artic lake sediments impacted by mining activities.
Now: Chemist at GSK.
2018-2020: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2016-2018: B. Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Léo Chassiot, Ph.D.
Sentinelle Nord Postdoctoral Fellow
Limnogeology of Lake Strathcona., Ellesmere.
Supervisor: P. Lajeunesse
Now: Impact assessment specialist at Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.
2019-2020: Postdoc, Geography, U. Laval.
2017-2019: Postdoc, INRS-ETE.
2012-2016: Ph.D. Université Clermont-Auvergne.
Louis-Marc Bruneau Dumoulin
FRQ MSc Graduate Scholar
Retracing the trophic history of Lake Maskinongé at the centennial scale using the paleolimnological approach.
Supervisor: É. Saulnier-Talbot
2023-2025: M.Sc. Geography, U. Laval.
2019-2023: B.Sc. Environment, U. Laval.
2008-2011 : DEC. Circus arts, National Circus School of Montreal.
Catherine Gagnon, M.Sc.
NSERC MSc Canada Graduate Scholar
Governor General's Academic Medal Laureate
Role of colloidal organic carbon on trace elements transport in sub-arctic surface waters.
Co-supervisor : J. Gigault
2022-2024: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2019-2022: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2015-2017: M. Arch, Architecture, U.Laval
2012-2015: B.Sc. Architecture, U. Laval.
Gabriel St-Pierre, M.Sc.
Sediment porewater as indicators of the response of the Great Whale River to a major landslide.
Co-supervisor : P. Archambault
2022-2025: M.Sc, Chimie, U. Laval
2019-2022: B. Sc. Biologie, U. Laval
Allyson Dalpé, M.Sc.
Distribution des métabolites inorganiques du cycle du soufre dans les lacs.
Now: Environmental scientist at Englobe.
2021-2023: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2018-2020: B.Sc. Chimie de l’environnement, UQAR.
Marianne Côté, M.Sc.
Modeling fish oxythermal and optical habitats in boreal lakes.
Now: Biologist at GCM Consultants.
2019-2022: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2017-2019: B.Sc. Bio-informatique, U. Laval.
2014-2017: B.Sc. Biologie, UQAR.
Wessam Neweshy, M.Sc.
Fate of phosphorus in lakes undergoing lanthanum-based remediation.
2019-2023: Ph.D. Chimie, U. Laval (on leave)
2015-2018: M.Sc. Marine geosciences.
U. Bremen/Max Plank Institute, Germany.
2009-2013: B.Sc. Geology, University of Cairo, Egypt.
Past members - Undergraduate research assistants
Maxime Del Mistro
Chemistry, 2024
NSERC USRA scholarship
Université Laval
Santiago Mareque
Chemistry, 2023
NSERC USRA scholarship
Université Laval
Florence Mercier
Chemistry, 2022
NSERC USRA scholarship
Université Laval
Julien Bellavance
Information technology, 2019
Université Laval
Éloise Giroux
Chemistry, 2024
Université Laval
Aurore Pouit
Civil and Environnemetnal Engineering, 2023
ENTPE, Lyon, France
Marie Demers
Chemistry, 2020 & 2021
Univeristé Laval
Sarah-Michèle Cormier
Chemistry, 2019
Université Laval
Félix Cloutier-Artiwat
Chemistry, 2023
NSERC USRA scholarship
UQAR
Audrey Gaudy
Chemistry, 2021
NSERC USRA scholarship
Université Laval
Marie Rheault-Leclair
Chemistry, 2019
Université Laval
Bya Ezzahr
DUT Chemistry, 2018
Université Paris-Est
Visiting researchers, past and present
Diogo Ferreira
Visiting PhD, 2019-2021
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Lisbon
Supervisor: J. Canário
Nicolas Messina
Visiting MSc, October 2018
Civil Engineering
University of Maine
Supervisor: A. Amirbahman
Leonor Carvahlo
Visiting MSc, 2023
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Lisbon
Supervisor: J. Canário
Matilde Pereira
Visiting MSc, 2022
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Lisbon
Supervisor: J. Canário
Kateri Salk, Ph.D.
Visiting postdoc, June 2018 Environmental Geochemistry
University of Waterloo
Supervisor: S. Schiff
Cristiana Dias
Visiting MSc, 2022
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Lisbon
Supervisor: J. Canário
Rachel Pilla, Ph.D.
Visiting PhD, 2019
Global Change Limnology
Miami University
Supervisor: C. Williamson