the takuvik
Team

contact takuvik

Département de Biologie /
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
1045, av. de la Médecine, local 2064
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Canada
Phone : +1 418 656 2131 ext. 404880

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Coordination

Philippe Archambault

Takuvik director
Professor (ULaval)
Marine biodiversity and ecosystems

Marie-Hélène Forget

Coordinator (ULaval)

Aurélie François

Administrative and financial manager (CNRS)

Researchers

Rémi Amiraux

Researcher (CNRS)
Biogeochimist specialized in lipid biomarkers

Mathieu Ardyna

Researcher (CNRS)
Oceanography and phytoplankton ecology

Marcel Babin

Senior scientist (CNRS) & Laureate of the Canada Excellence Research Chair Remote Sensing of Canada New Arctic Frontier (ULaval)
Marine optics & remote sensing

Caroline Bouchard

Professor (ULaval)
Zooplankton, ichthyoplankton and fish

Raoul-Marie Couture

Professor (ULaval)
Lakes, soil, sediment geochemistry

Florent Domine

Senior scientist (CNRS)
Snow physical and chemical properties

Julien Gigault

Professor (ULaval) / Scientific Researcher (CNRS)
Characterization & behavior of Nanoparticles

Patrick Lajeunesse

Professor (ULaval)
Marine geomorphology

Pierre Legagneux

Professor (ULaval)

Connie Lovejoy

Professor (ULaval)
Microbial biodiversity

Frédéric Maps

Professor (ULaval)
Marine ecosystem modeling

Émilie Saulnier-Talbot

Professor (ULaval)

Jean-Éric Tremblay

Professor (ULaval)
Phytoplankton and nutrient dynamics

Warwick F. Vincent

Professor (ULaval)
Limnology and microbial ecology

Research assistants

Cyril Aubry

Arctic pelagic ecosystems (zooplankton / ichtyoplankton) (ULaval, supervisor F. Maps)

David Baqué

Geochemistry & nutrient analysis (CNRS, supervisor M. Babin)

Guislain Bécu

Optics & new observation platform (ULaval, supervisor M. Babin)

Vincent Bellavance

Data management (ULaval, supervisor P. Archambault)

Esther Cros

Arctic aquatic ecology modeling (ULaval, supervisor F. Maps & R.-M. Couture)

Gabriele Deslongchamps

Oceanography (ULaval, supervisor P. Archambault)

Diane Gagnon

Benthos taxonomy (ULaval, supervisor P. Archambault)

Jonathan Gagnon

Phytoplankton ecophysiology (ULaval, supervisor J.-E. Tremblay)

Cindy Grant

Marine biodiversity (ULaval, supervisor P. Archambault)

Caroline Guilmette

Geochemistry, stable isotopes (ULaval, supervisor J. Gigault)

Matthieu Huot

Biophotonics (ULaval, supervisor M. Babin)

Juan Li

Ocean colour modeling (ULaval, supervisor M. Babin)

Philippe Massicotte

Data scientist - remote sensing & modeling (ULaval, supervisor M. Babin)

Benjamin Monnier

Benthic macrofauna (ULaval, supervisor P. Archambault)

Karen Nieto

Remote sensing, oceanography (CNRS, supervisor M. Ardyna)

Claudine Ouellet

TCA-UL administration & communication (ULaval, supervisor J.-É. Tremblay)

Mélody Pietri

Arctic pelagic ecosystems (ULaval, supervisor F. Maps)

Juliette Provencher

Refuge Arctic coordinator (ULaval, supervisor M. Ardyna)

Denis Sarrazin

Geomorphology, permafrost (ULaval, supervisor W.F. Vincent)

Post-doctoral fellows

Azenor Bideault

Modeling species communities in the Arctic (supervisor P. Legagneux & A. Allard)

Nadia Bouzid

Analysis and characterization of nanoparticles in the environment (supervisor J. Gigault)

Huiwen Cai

Detection and quantification of nanoplastics in Arctic ecosystem (supervisor J. Gigault)

Charlotte Carrier-Belleau

Nanoparticules & bioaccumulation (supervisor J. Gigault)

Bruno Cremella

Pigment strategies in polar cyanobacteria (supervisor W.F. Vincent & M. Babin)

Sébastien Guérin

Phytoplankton species in the Arctic Ocean (supervisor M. Babin)

Aurélie Labarre

Oceanography & Microbial ecology (superviseur C. Lovejoy)

Biljana Narancic

Holocene climate change in the Arctic (superviseur R. Pienitz)

Camille Poitrimol

Benthic biodiversity and ecology (superviseur P. Archambault)

PhD and MSc Students

Marie Alibert

PhD Student
Paleolimnology (supervisor R. Pienitz & D. Antoniades)

Ariane Barrette

PhD Student
Understanding the selenoneine in the food web (supervisor P. Archambault, P. Ayotte & M. Lemire)

Guillaume Barut

PhD Student
Phytoplankton Ecology (supervisor M. Ardyna & J.-E. Tremblay)

Maxime Benoît-gagné

PhD Student
Bio-physical modelling (supervisor F. Maps)

Guillaume Blais

PhD Student
Limnology & microbial ecology (supervisor P. Archambault & G. Chaillou)

Marie-Amélie Blais

PhD Student
Limnology & microbial ecology (supervisor W.F. Vincent & D. Boudreau)

Léna Bodiguel

PhD Student
Arctic phytoplankton ecophysiology (supervisor M. Ardyna & M. Babin)

Thomas Bossé-Demers

PhD Student
Sediment geochemistry (supervisor R.-M. Couture)

Benjamin Bouchard

PhD Student
Modeling impact of vegetation on snow (supervisor F. Domine & D. Nadeau)

Bérénice Boulant

PhD Student
Marine chemistry (supervisor J. Gigault & R. Amiraux)

Andéol Bourgouin

PhD Student
Marine ecology (supervisor F. Maps)

Lucie Bourreau

PhD Student
Ecological modeling (supervisor F. Maps)

Indiana Bruzac

PhD Student
Marine chemistry (supervisor J. Gigault)

Thibaud Combaz

PhD Student
Functioning of the benthic ecosystem (supervisor P. Archambault)

Antoine Fraisse

PhD Student
Nanoparticules in Arctic (supervisor J. Gigault)

Elliott Holland-Chartrand

PhD Student
Ice algae and phytoplankton contributions to arctic CO₂ burial (supervisor R. Amiraux & É. Saulnier-Talbot)

Rebecca Howman

PhD Student
Benthic ecology (supervisor P. Archambault & M. Solan)

Simon Jaffrès

PhD Student
Marine chemistry & biology (supervisor J.-E. Tremblay & R. Amiraux)

Marie Le Bagousse

PhD Student
Nanoparticules in Arctic (supervisor J. Gigault & P. Legagneux)

Janghan Lee

PhD Student
Biogeochemical cycles of essential elements in the ocean (supervisor J.-E. Tremblay)

Juliette Le Hec

PhD Student
Nanoparticules in Arctic (supervisor J. Gigault)

Adèle Luthi-Maire

PhD Student
Nanoparticules in Arctic (supervisor J. Gigault & J. Greener)

Khashiff Miranda

PhD Student
Sea Ice interactions with marine life (supervisor L. Jonhson & P. Archambault)

Kimia Motevalli

PhD Student
Modeling environmental changes in arctic lakes (supervisor R.-M. Couture & I. Laurion)

Christophe Perron

PhD Student
Sea ice optics (supervisor M. Babin)

Arthur Plassart

PhD Student
Phytoplankton ecophysiology (supervisor M. Babin & C. Bowler)

Mathilde Poirier

PhD Student
Snow properties on lemmings populations (supervisor F. Domine & G. Gauthier)

Bastian Raulier

PhD Student
Oceanographie (supervisor M. Babin & D. Côté)

Foucaut Tachon

PhD Student
Primary production modelling (supervisor M. Ardyna & P. Archambault)

Fanny Thiery

PhD Student
Species distribution modelling (SDM) of Atlantic Right Whales (supervisor F. Maps)

Sonagnon Olivier Tokpanou

PhD Student
Food web modelling of Arctic coastal ecosystems (EwE) (supervisor F. Maps)

Lucie Toussaint

PhD Student
Oceanography (supervisor P. Archambault & J. Gigault)

Marcel Velasquez

PhD Student
Biodiversity & ecology (supervisor P. Archambault)

Audrey-Anne Amyot

MSc Student
Bentique ecology (supervisor P. Archambault)

Laurence Bisson

MSc Student
Ecological interaction & phytoplankton (supervisor J.-E. Tremblay)

Leïla Brunner

MSc Student
Zooplankton biodiversity (supervisor F. Maps & M. Geoffroy)

Donovan Cantin

MSc Student
Benthic ecology (supervisor P. Archambault)

Anne-Sophie Cloutier

MSc Student
Benthic ecology (supervisor P. Archambault & J. Gigault)

Félix Cloutier-Artiwat

MSc Student
Biogeochemistry of lakes (supervisor R-M. Couture)

Patricia Cloutier-Maden

MSc Student
Paleotempestology (supervisor E. Saulnier-Talbot)

Rosalie Fournier

MSc Student
Bentique ecology (supervisor P. Archambault)

Catherine Gagnon

MSc Student
Geochemistry in Arctic (supervisor R.-M. Couture & J. Gigault)

Judith Gagnon

MSc Student
Benthic ecology (supervisor P. Archambault)

Camille Guité

MSc Student
Benthic and invertebrate ecology (supervisor R. Amiraux & P. Archambault)

Anne-Marie Lapointe

MSc Student
Microbial virology / Limnology (supervisor A. Culley & D. Antoniades)

Chloé LeBlanc-Grant

MSc Student
Marine ecology & micro- /nano plastic (supervisor P. Archambault & J. Gigault)

Xavier Pratte

MSc Student
Benthic ecology (supervisor P. Archambault & J. Godbold)

Chloé Rivest

MSc Student
Aquatic geochemistry and soil ecotoxicology (supervisor R.-M. Couture & D. Larivière)

Mathieu Roy

MSc Student
Benthic ecology (supervisor P. Archambault)

Gabriel St-Pierre

MSc Student
Aquatic geochemistry and benthic ecology (supervisor R.-M. Couture & P. Archambault)

Étienne Tremblay

MSc Student
Evolution of permafrost (supervisor F. Domine)

Sophie-Ann Tremblay

MSc Student
Benthic communities and link with human activities (supervisor P. Archambault & E. Dreujou)

Myriam Trottier-Paquet

MSc Student
Animal migration and stress (supervisor P. Legagneux & F. Angelier)

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