Who are we?

PEAT is an informal group from CNRS researchers working in Toulouse and using peat and other environmental archives to assess past environmental changes.

PEAT members are:

Sandrine Baron (geochemistry and archeology) // TRACES Laboratory

Didier Galop (paleo-environment and palynology) // GEODE Laboratory

Gaël Le Roux (trace element and isotope biogeochemistry) // Ecologie et Environnement Laboratory

Florence Mazier (Paleo-environment, paleo-ecology and palynology) // GEODE Laboratory

Jeroen Sonke (environmental and isotope geochemistry) // GET Laboratory

Laure Gandois (global carbon cycle, dissolved organic carbon from peatlands, peat accumulation) // Ecologie et Environnement Laboratory

Vincent Jassey (peatland ecosystem functioning, carbon cycle)// Ecologie et Environnement Laboratory

Sophia V. Hansson (peat and lake records, integrative studies of mountain watersheds) // Ecologie et Environnement Laboratory

François De Vleeschouwer (peat records of atmospheric deposition: dust, trace metals, carbon cycle)// now at a international CNRS - Univ. Buenos Aires laboratory

Clara Plancher (PhD sup. D. Galop & F. Mazier): Biodiversity & landscape evolution of Bassies pyrenean valley

Rongqin Li (PhD sup. G. Le Roux & L. Gandois): recent carbon and peat accumulation in high altitudes and/or latitudes

Oskar Hagelskaer (PhD sup. G. Le Roux & J. Sonke): atmospheric microplastic cycles

Raphael Garisoain (PhD sup. L. Gandois, C. Delire): modelling carbon cycle and climate interaction with peat and carbon accumulation

Samuel Hamard (PhD sup. V. Jassey & R. Céréghino): role of phototrophic microorganisms for peatland C cycle.

Alumni:

  • Lars-Eric Heimbürger (trace element and isotope geochemistry) // GET Laboratory -now at University of Marseille

  • Anaëlle Simonneau (lake sediments, paleolimnology, paleohydrology) // GEODE Laboratory -now at University of Orléans

  • former PhD student: Maxime Enrico (sup.: Le Roux & Sonke) - Post-glacial Atmospheric Hg dynamics at Arctic and Temperate Latitudes now at Univ of Harvard (USA)

  • former PhD student: Adrien Claustres (sup.: Probst A. & Le Roux) - Trace metal distribution in mountainous environment : main natural and anthropic forcing factors during the Holocene now at l'Oustal (France)

  • former PhD student: Alicia Cuvier (sup. Pourcelot & Le Roux) - Accumulation of uranium, U-Th daughters and heavy metals around old mining sites now at IRSN (France)

  • former PhD student: Steve Pratte (sup. M. Garneau & F. De Vleeschouwer) - Peat bogs as records of atmospheric dust accumulation during the Holocene in Northern Quebec now at NIGLAS (China)

  • Former PhD student :Chuxian Li (PhD sup. F. De Vleeschouwer & J. Sonke): dust and Hg mercury peat records in the southern hemisphere now at University of Umea (Sweden)

  • Former PhD student: Clemens Von Scheffer (PhD sup. F De Vleeschouwer and I. Unkel): alpine peat records of human activities