Bio

Professional address

Département de géographie and Centre d’études nordiques
Université Laval
Pavillon Abitibi-Price. 2405, rue de la Terrasse
Québec

E-mail : martin.lavoie@cen.ulaval.ca
Phone : 418 656-2131 poste 402230

Academic background

1992 B.Sc. Geology, Université de Montréal
1999 Ph.D – palaeoecology – Geography, Université de Montréal

Professional experience

Postdoctoral researcher – palaeoecology – Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval (1999-2001)
Professor – Institut Méditerranéen d’Écologie et de Paléoécologie, Université Aix-Marseille III, France (2001-2004)
Full professor – Département de géographie, Université Laval (since 2004)
Researcher – Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval (since 2004)

Area of expertise

Current themes: I am a palaeoecologist working on the long-term dynamics of vegetation and disturbances (temperate and boreal forests) using pollen and plant-macrofossil analysis. I also work on the developmental stages of peatlands and their recent vegetation dynamics in response to human disturbances.

Key words: Palaeoecology, Postglacial vegetation history, peatlands, pollen and plant macrofossil analyses, ecological disturbances

Website

Département de géographie, Université Laval : www.ggr.ulaval.ca/martin-lavoie