
Graduate students

Florence Mercier
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholar
Dynamics of trace elements in high-arctic lakes from the Last Ice area.
Co-supervisor : C. Girard
2023-now: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2020-2023: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Catherine Gagnon
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholar
Role of colloidal organic carbon in sub-arctic surface waters.
Co-supervisor : J. Gigault
2022-now: 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.

Kimia Motevalli
Modelling oxythermal conditions and light environments in Arctic lakes, and their consequences on GHG emissions and fish habitat.
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, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran.
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.
Gabriel St-Pierre
Biogeochemical response of the Great Whale River to a major landslide.
Co-supervisor : P. Archambault
2022-now: M.Sc, Chimie, U. Laval
2019-2022: B. Sc. Biologie, U. Laval
Chloé Rivest
Mobility of rare earths in northern soils.
Co-supervisors: D. Larivière , K. Mueller
2022-now: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2019-2022: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.

Audrey Laberge-Carignan
Sentinelle North Graduate Scholar
Selenium and vanadium mobility along redox gradients in arctic aquatic environments.
Co-supervisors: D. Larivière,
J. Molson
2020-now: Ph.D. Chimie, U. Laval.
2017-2019: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2014-2017: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Research profesionnal

Dr. Claude Bélanger
Scientific computing
2021-now
Undergraduate research assistants

Santiago Mareque
Chemistry, 2022
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
Univeristé Laval
Past members
Daniel Fillion
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholar
Gas phase by-products of dissolved organic carbon photolysis.
Co-supervisor: F. Dominé
Currently a PhD candidate at UQAR.
2021-2023: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2018-2021: B.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
Dr. Léo Chassiot
Sentinelle Nord Postgraduate Fellow
Limnogeology of Lake Strathcona., Ellesmere.
Supervisor: P. Lajeunesse
Currently research profesionnal at INRS-ETE.
2019-2020: Postdoc, Geography, U. Laval.
2017-2019: Postdoc, INRS-ETE.
2012-2016: Ph.D. Université Clermont-Auvergne.

Émilie Leclerc
Arsenic mobility in sub-artic lake sediments impacted by mining activities.
Currently chemist at GlaxoSmithKline
2018-2020 M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2015-2018 B. Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.

Wessam Neweshy
Fate of phosphorus in lakes undergoing lanthanum-based remediation.
Currently a data analyist at VMaC Consulting
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.

Allyson Dalpé
Sulfur dynamics in high-arctic lakes under changing ice-cover.
Currently professionnal in geoenvironnements at Englobe inc.
2021-2023: M.Sc. Chimie, U. Laval.
2018-2020: B.Sc. Chimie de l’environnement, UQAR.

Marianne Côté
Modeling fish oxythermal and optical habitats in boreal lakes.
Currently 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.
Past members - Undergraduate research assistants

Audrey Gaudy
Chemistry, 2021-2022
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
Univeristé Laval

Julien Bellavance
Information technology, 2019
Université Laval

Bya Ezzahr
DUT Chemistry, 2018
Univeristé Paris-Est

Florence Mercier
Chemistry, 2022
Univeristé Laval

Marie Demers
Chemistry, 2020-2021
Univeristé Laval

Sarah-Michèle Cormier
Chemistry, 2019
Université Laval

Aurore Pouit
Civil and Environnemetnal Engineering, 2023
National School of State Public Works, ENTPE, Lyon, France

Félix Cloutier-Artiwat
Chemistry, 2023
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
Université du Québec à Rimouski

Marie Rheault-Leclair
Chemistry, 2019
Univeristé Laval
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

Dr. Igor Markelov
Visiting PhD, 2015-2019 Ecohydrology Group
University of Waterloo
Supervisor: P. Van Cappellen

Dr. Rachel Pilla
Visiting PhD, March-May 2019 Global Change Limnology Miami University
Supervisor: C. Williamson
Dr. Kateri Salk
Visiting postdoc, June 2018 Environmental Geochemistry
University of Waterloo
Supervisor: S. Schiff