Raoul-Marie Couture

Research Associate Professor, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry

Raoul-Marie Couture. Raoul-Marie Couture's research combines in-situ field measurements with environmental modelling to investigate the speciation and fate of nutrients, major and trace elements in freshwater environments.

Since 2013, he is a Senior Researcher Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Oslo, Norway while he continues to teach short courses and do research at the University of Waterloo.

Contact information
Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway

Website: Ecohydrology Research Group, personal website

Expertise

Biogeochemical and water quality modelling: biogeochemical cycles in lakes and reservoirs; sediment biogeochemistry and diagenetic modelling; reactive-transport modelling
Anthropogenic pressures on water quality: atmospheric deposition of contaminents; eutrophiciation; hypoxia; source apportionment using stable isotopes (eg. Pb)
Oxyanions biogeochemistry and speciation: Arsenic (As), Selenium (Se), Phosphorus (P), Sulfur (S); synchrotron and X-ray based techniques

Research

Dr. Couture's research combines in-situ field measurements with environmental modelling to investigate the speciation and fate of nutrients, major and trace elements in freshwater environments.

He has a particular interest in using mechanistic models to understand the coupled biogeochemical cycles of environmentally important elements in lakes and reservoirs.

For more information on his current research projects, please visit his personal website.

Highlighted Publications

Please see Raoul-Marie Couture's research website for a current list of his peer-reviewed articles.

Awards and Distinctions

2015 EUCOST Short term scientific mission fellowship
2014 NIVA Best Publication Prize
2010 Visiting Fellow, Manchester University
2010 INRS Best PhD thesis award
2008 SETAC Chapitre St. Laurent Prize of Excellence for Ph.D.
2005-2006 French consulate travel award
2006 SETAC/Chapitre StLaurent Best student paper
2004 Sherbrooke University Chemistry Conference Best student paper
2003 & 2004 NSERC Undergraduate research award

University of Waterloo Affiliations

Member, Ecohydrology Research Group

Professional Associations and Service

Synergistic activities: Participant in Nordic Research Council Nordforsk Research Infrastructure Network for Nordic Earth System Science ( 20142017); Management committee member of EU COST Action NETLAKE Networking Lake Observatories in Europe (2013-now); Organizer of Workshop on lake modelling ( 2013 ), Canadian Chemical Society symposium ( 2013 ) , Goldschmidt conference session ( 2012 ) and International Association of Hydrogeology session ( 2012 ).
Refereeing (journals): AMBIO; Applied Geochemistry, Aquatic Geochemistry, Chemical Geology, Chemosphere, Environmental chemistry, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impact, Environmental Engineering Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Journal of Hydrology, Marine Chemistry, Science of the Total Environment.
Refereeing (funding agencies): NSERC Discovery, Canada; FONDECYT, Chile; Science Foundation, Czech Republic; National Science Foundation, Switzerland;
Affiliations: Geochemical Society, Association for Limnology and Oceanography, Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network.