Alexandre J Poulain

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Alexandre Poulain received his PhD in Biology from Université de Montréal (Canada), his MSc in aquatic toxicology and biogeochemistry from the INRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement from Quebec City (Canada) and his BSc in Environmental Sciences from Université d’Angers (France). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) where he learned about geobiology. His research investigates with how microbes control the mobility and toxicity of toxic metal(old)s in temperate and arctic environments.

Aquatic & Marine Chemistry Biogeochemistry Biosphere Interactions Ecotoxicology Environmental Contamination & Remediation Microbiology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa

Work details

Full Professor

University of Ottawa

Biology

The overarching goals of our research are to determine how microbes interact with contaminants at the cellular level and to evaluate the consequences of these interactions at the ecosystem level. We are interested in how microbes sense and transform metals, particularly for detoxification, as well as how this information can be applied to the development of novel analytical and bioremediation tools.

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 1

April 7, 2021

Limited influence of marine sediment lyophilization on prokaryotic community structure assessed via amplicon sequencing: an example from environmentally contrasted sediment layers in Toulon harbor (France)

Benjamin Misson, Cédric Garnier, Alexandre J. Poulain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11075 PubMed 33868808