The lab
We study the biogeochemical functioning of aquatic systems (inland, coastal, oceanic waters and sea ice) with a strong focus on the exchange with atmosphere of green-house gases such as CO2, CH4, and N2O.
Our approach is strongly oriented to field measurements, although within the broadest possible and multidisciplinary frame in collaboration with other teams. The concentration of gases are measured in water and the atmosphere with infra-red analyzers (CO2), laser analyzers (CO2, CH4), and gas chromatography (CO2, CH4, N2O).
Current research focuses on CO2, CH4 and N2O dynamics in rivers and lakes in Africa and ponds in Belgium, and on sea ice and ocean interface in the Arctic and Southern oceans.
Ppast research focused on CO2 dynamics in NW European continental shelves (North Sea, English Channel, Celtic Sea, Iberian coast), Mediterranean and Black seas, European estuaries (Elbe, Ems, Rhine, Scheldt, Thames, Loire, Gironde, Douro, Sado), tropical estuaries (Mekong delta, Godavari delta, Gazi Bay, Ivory Coast Lagoons), Southern Ocean (Indian sector and Atlantic sector of the subantarctic zone, Weddell, Ross, and Amundsen seas, and Kerguelen Archipelago) and Arctic Ocean (Beaufort and Greenland seas), aand DMS(P,O) dynamics in the North Sea and the Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica meadows
Our Lab is part of FOCUS, a research entity that federates 10 laboratories of ULiège working on oceanography and limnology. FOCUS is composed of 6 professors, 7 FNRS permanent researchers, 12 permanent assistants and assistant professors, ±50 PhD students and post-docs, and 10 administrative staff.
The University of Liège is spread out over 4 campuses gathering 10 Faculties and 1 School of Management, hosting ±25,000 students (±40 Bachelor and ±200 Master degrees), ±2,100 PhD-candidates, and ±3,500 professors and researchers grouped in 44 Research Units. We are located on the main campus (Sart Tilman), in building B5A (Quartier Agora).
