Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon, Postdoctor
Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon is a Post Doctoral fellow in “ice sheet methane cycling and release” within the Role of Ice Ages project group under the supervisions of Professor Jemma Wadham.
During my stay at CAGE and UiT, I look forward to dive deeper into everything methane and ice; to investigate whether or not glacial systems are important methane sources to the atmosphere and what conditions regulate or dictate such (lack of) emissions. I will do so using a combination of biogeochemical, microbiological, and hydrological techniques, both via in situ measurements (e.g. of glacial runoff) and laboratory analyses.
I consider myself a mixed bag of environmental microbiologist by training (BSc, MSc; McGill University, Canada) that have slowly diverted its (lack of) focus to glacial biogeochemistry (PhD, Postdoc; University of Bristol, UK). My previous work aimed to better understand the recently characterised ecosystems found beneath Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets and what impact might a biologically active cryosphere have on global biogeochemical cycles (e.g. via the production and release of subglacially derived greenhouse gases and/or nutrients).