Alexandre Poulain
Alexandre Poulain
Full Professor
Vice-Dean, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
Department of Biology


Room
STM 325
Phone
(613) 562-5800 ext. 6728


Biography

We assess and quantify threats to ecosystem health that are associated with toxic metal(loid)s. We determine how microbes interact with contaminants at the cellular level and evaluate the consequences of these interactions at the ecosystem level. We investigate how microbes sense and transform metals, particularly for detoxification, how such processes evolved, and how this information can be applied to the development of novel analytical and bioremediation tools.

Selected publications

Research interests

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Microbes
  • Bioreporters
  • Metals
  • Redox reactions
  • Contaminants
  • Polar ecosystems
  • Boreal forest