Maurice Levasseur, Université Laval

Research

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Latest papers

Intracellular nutrient storage during ice algal spring blooms in the Canadian high Arctic.
iScience · 2025
Decadal increase in Arctic dimethylsulfide emission.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019 · senior author
Modelling dimethylsulfide diffusion in the algal external boundary layer: implications for mutualistic and signalling roles.
Environmental microbiology · 2018 · senior author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize / Nominé pour le Prix Brockhouse du Canada
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$250,000
Production biologique du diméthylsulfure dans un Arctique en transformation
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$245,000
Nouvelles sources arctiques de diméthylsulfure
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$69,000

All 18 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Intracellular nutrient storage during ice algal spring blooms in the Canadian high Arctic.

Mundy CJ, Leu E, Campbell K, Galindo V, Levasseur M, Poulin M, Tremblay JÉ, Gosselin M

iScience2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113148 PMID: 40792039

02

Decadal increase in Arctic dimethylsulfide emission.

Galí M, Devred E, Babin M, Levasseur M

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904378116 PMID: 31501321

03

Modelling dimethylsulfide diffusion in the algal external boundary layer: implications for mutualistic and signalling roles.

Lavoie M, Galí M, Sévigny C, Kieber DJ, Sunda WG, Spiese CE, Maps F, Levasseur M

Environmental microbiology2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14417 PMID: 30246477

04

CDOM Sources and Photobleaching Control Quantum Yields for Oceanic DMS Photolysis.

Galí M, Kieber DJ, Romera-Castillo C, Kinsey JD, Devred E, Pérez GL, Westby GR, Marrasé C, Babin M, Levasseur M, Duarte CM, Agustí S, Simó R

Environmental science & technology2016

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04278 PMID: 27993080

05

Energy cost and putative benefits of cellular mechanisms modulating buoyancy in aflagellate marine phytoplankton.

Lavoie M, Raven JA, Levasseur M

Journal of phycology2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12390 PMID: 27037589

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize / Nominé pour le Prix Brockhouse du Canada

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Principal investigators: Abbatt, Jonathan JPD

$250,000

Production biologique du diméthylsulfure dans un Arctique en transformation

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$245,000

Nouvelles sources arctiques de diméthylsulfure

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$69,000

Biogéochimie Océanique et Climat

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$806,378

Biogéochimie Océanique et Climat

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

Keywords: CRC

$200,000

Impacts of acidification on planktonic ecosystem biogeochemistry and climate-active trace gases in the St. Lawrence Estuary

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$122,767

NETCARE - Network on climate and aerosols: Addressing key uncertainties in remote Canadian environments

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Climate Change and Atmospheric Research

Principal investigators: Abbatt, Jonathan

$4,895,260

Interactions plancton-climat

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$200,000

Contrôle de la production de diméthylsulfure dans l'Arctique canadien

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$64,600

A Canadian Arctic SOLAS Network

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Government of Canada's Program for International Polar Year

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Maurice

$366,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Prix Et Distinctions
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski

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Marcel Babin

Prix Et Distinctions

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Michel Gosselin

Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Levasseur, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Intracellular nutrient storage during ice algal spring blooms in the Canadian high Arctic." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]