INRS
Postdoctoral fellow candidate
Supervisor: Etienne Yergeau
Start: 2023-09-18
End: 2025-08-31
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Project

Genomics Research for Optimization of constructed treatment Wetlands for water remediation (GROW)
The surface mining of oil sands, while contributing significantly to Canada’s gross domestic product and economic development, produces large volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). A broad family of constituent organic compounds called naphthenic acids (NAs) are a major contributor to the toxicity of OSPW. This project will apply genomics-based methods toward enhancing the efficacy of constructed wetland treatment systems (CWTS) for the treatment of OSPW. This research will provide insight on the mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions to facilitate the development of a robust, ‘green’ and cost-effective CWTS approach for the remediation of OSPW. (https://wpsites.ucalgary.ca/grow/)

Keywords

microbial ecology, bio-informatics, data analysis, Metabarcoding, metagenomics

Publications

1- How does fertilization impact the wild blueberry microbiome?
Morvan, Simon, Maxime C. Paré, Jean Lafond, Mohamed Hijri
2025 Rhizosphere

2- How do high phosphate concentrations affect soil microbial communities after a century of ecosystem self‐reclamation?
Ducousso‐Détrez, Amandine, Simon Morvan, Joël Fontaine, Mohamed Hijri, Anissa Lounès‐Hadj Sahraoui
2024 Environmental Microbiology Reports

3- Site properties, environmental factors, and crop identify influence soil bacterial communities more than municipal biosolid application
Blakney, Andrew J.C., Simon Morvan, Marc Lucotte, Matthieu Moingt, Ariane Charbonneau, Marie Bipfubusa, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Frédéric E. Pitre
2024 Science of The Total Environment

4- Fertilisation of agricultural soils with municipal biosolids: Glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid inputs to Québec field crop soils
Charbonneau, Ariane, Marc Lucotte, Matthieu Moingt, Andrew J.C. Blakney, Simon Morvan, Marie Bipfubusa, Frédéric E. Pitre
2024 Science of The Total Environment

5- Into the wild blueberry ( Vaccinium angustifolium ) rhizosphere microbiota
Morvan, Simon, Hacène Meglouli, Anissa Lounès‐Hadj Sahraoui, Mohamed Hijri
2020 Environmental Microbiology

6- Limited effect of thermal pruning on wild blueberry crop and its root-associated microbiota
Morvan, Simon, Maxime C. Paré, Anne Schmitt, Jean Lafond, Mohamed Hijri
2022 Frontiers in Plant Science