Daniel Bourgault, Université du Québec à Rimouski

Latest papers

The impact of underwater waves on ship manoeuvrability: a case study in a fjord.
Scientific reports · 2025
Generation of internal solitary waves by frontally forced intrusions in geophysical flows.
Nature communications · 2016 · first author
Hypoxia in the St. Lawrence Estuary: How a Coding Error Led to the Belief that "Physics Controls Spatial Patterns".
PloS one · 2015 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Ocean turbulence and nonlinear internal waves
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$22,000
SILLEX - Part II: A Canada-France-Netherlands collaborative oceanographic experiment to study geophysical*stratified flows over sills
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$77,802
SILLEX: A Canada-France-Netherlands collaborative oceanographic experiment to study geophysical stratified flows over sills
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$161,927

All 12 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

The impact of underwater waves on ship manoeuvrability: a case study in a fjord.

Grégorio S, Bourgault D, Galbraith PS, Chavanne C, Hupé L, Richard A, Landry É

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90132-x PMID: 39955371

02

Generation of internal solitary waves by frontally forced intrusions in geophysical flows.

Bourgault D, Galbraith PS, Chavanne C

Nature communications2016First author

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13606 PMID: 27922007

03

Hypoxia in the St. Lawrence Estuary: How a Coding Error Led to the Belief that "Physics Controls Spatial Patterns".

Bourgault D, Cyr F

PloS one2015First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138858 PMID: 26397371

Ocean turbulence and nonlinear internal waves

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Daniel

$22,000

SILLEX - Part II: A Canada-France-Netherlands collaborative oceanographic experiment to study geophysical*stratified flows over sills

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Daniel

$77,802

SILLEX: A Canada-France-Netherlands collaborative oceanographic experiment to study geophysical stratified flows over sills

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Daniel

$161,927

Physics of estuaries and coastal seas

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Daniel

$162,000

A portable and towable current profiler

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Daniel

$32,815

Appui au fonctionnement et à l'entretien des instruments scientifiques du navire de recherche Coriolis II

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: StOnge, Guillaume

$150,000

Environmental conditions and dispersion processes within the Old Harry Influence Area

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Daniel

$349,524

Role des ondes internes sur la sedimentation des canyons de Pointe-des-Monts, estuaire du Saint-Laurent

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: StOnge, Guillaume

$157,229

NSERC CHONe 2 - Conservation Strategies in Canada's Changing Oceans

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Snelgrove, Paul

$5,128,480

Bio-geophysical coupling at upper-ocean submesoscale fronts in the Lower St-Lawrence Estuary

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Chavanne, Cédric

$110,376

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bourgault, 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 "The impact of underwater waves on ship manoeuvrability: a case study in a fjord." (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.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Ocean turbulence and nonlinear internal waves" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]