Richard LaBrie

Researcher in oceanography and limnology

I am a post-doctoral researcher and my research interests are diverses. I worked on several projects focusing on:

• Characterizing dissolved organic matter (DOM);
• Having a better understanding of the relationship between DOM and microorganisms;
• Integrating knowledge to understand the carbon cycle in lake and ocean systems and more particularly the oxic-anoxic cycles and its prediction;
• Exploring Dissolved Organic Nitrogen (DON) biogeochemistry.

My areas of expertise include:

• Aquatic biogeochemistry;
• Microbial metabolism tools;
• Diversity of prokaryotes via molecular tools;
• Programming and statistics in R;
• Scientific cooperation.

Development of a new indicator,  the anaerobic duration, to study the impacts of anaerobic metabolism and help assess the health of aquatic ecosystems under climate change

Exploring the efficiency of the carbon pump and carbon sequestration in the Labrador Sea

Having a better understanding of the interactions between bacterial communities and the composition of dissolved organic matter to predict ocean carbon fluxes

I am a researcher in limnology and carbon biogeochemistry. My research focuses on the interactions between communities of microorganisms and dissolved organic matter. It helped me in developping a better understanding of the carbon cycle and assessing the potential for predicting climate change on lake and ocean systems. My research covers different fields of skills and knowledge, ranging from biogeochemistry, genomics or even programming and biostatistical tools. I rely on experiments in microcosms and using empirical data. Those data subsequently allows me to feed into my numerical models and conceptual frameworks.

Post-doctoral researcher