Research Interests

The aim of the project is to develop and apply a new method for the detection of plastic biodegradation products, both from depolymerization (plastic polymer cleaved into smaller molecules) and fragmentation (production of micro- and nanoplastics), using pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) for compound identification. This method will then be used in the analysis of bacterial culture media to enable optimization of plastic biodegradation. It will also be used in environmental analyses to determine whether degradation products are present in the environment.

Education

2022 - present
PhD en Chimie
Université Laval, Canada
Study of pastic biodegradation products

2020 - 2022
Master Sciences de la mer - parcours Interactions biotiques et Perturbations anthropiques
Université de Toulon, France
Étude des interactions entre les nanoparticules (nanopolystyrène, nanoplastastiques environmentaux, nanooxydes de fer et nanosuies urbaines) et une diatomée polaire : Fragiliaropsis cylindrus

2017 - 2020
Cadre technique génie de l'environnement marin
nstitut des sciences et techniques de la mer (Intechmer), France

Research Experience

Intern (2022)
Université Laval
Quebec, Canada

Intern (2021)
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur mer
Banyuls sur mer, France

Intern (2020)
Synergie Mer et littoral
Blainville sur mer, France

Intern (2019)
Center of marine research of Rovinj
Croatie

Publications

2024

Gigault, J., Guilmette, C., Cai, H., Carrier-Belleau, C., Le Bagousse, M., Luthi-Maire, A., Gibaud, M., Decaulne, A., Alam, M. & Baalousha, M. (2024). Waste Combustion Releases Anthropogenic Nanomaterials in Indigenous Arctic Communities. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02598