Dr Marc-Andre Cormier

  • Lecturer in Biogeomorphic Systems (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

email: Marc-Andre.Cormier@glasgow.ac.uk

Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Room 307, East Quadrangle, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7645-1375

Biography

Using isotopic tools, I study key physiological behaviours of plankton and plants that are significant for the Earth System. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow, I was a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (Christ Church) and a postdoctoral researcher at the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ-Potsdam). I studied Marine Biology & Biochemistry (BSc) at Laval University, Oceanography at the Geotop Research Center (MSc), and completed a doctoral thesis at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich (Dr. sc.) as well as a PhD program bridging Sciences and Policy at the University of Zürich. My doctoral thesis studied the biochemical and metabolic effects on hydrogen isotope composition of organic compounds in plants. Besides these extraordinary experiences, I visited several academic institutions, including the French National Institute for Ocean Science (Ifremer).

Research interests

As a biogeochemist, I am fascinated by the interactions and feedbacks between the biosphere (including humankind and the issues of plastic & fossil fuel pollution) and the geosphere at different spatial and temporal scales in marine and terrestrial environments. The development of new tools such as those involving stable and radiogenic isotope measurements to investigate biogeochemical processes is fundamental to my research. I am also fascinated by how political regimes module the influence of environmental scientists and of scientific data on the management of environmental issues. My main program of research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and I am significantly involved in diverse projects investigating Contaminants of Emerging Concerns in the biosphere at the new Applied-RadioIsotope & Environmental Laboratory (ARIEL, University of Edinburgh).

Publications

Prior publications

ORCiD

Marco M. Lehmann, Philipp Schuler, Roland A. Werner, Matthias Saurer, Guido L. B. Wiesenberg, Marc-André Cormier, (2024) Biochemical and biophysical drivers of the hydrogen isotopic composition of carbohydrates and acetogenic lipids Science Advances (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adl3591); source: Crossref

Cecile Blanchet, Marc-André Cormier, Zuobing Liang, Xueru Zhao, Tjallingii Rik, Arne Ramisch, Sabine Wulf, Markus Schwab, Achim Brauer, Dirk Sachse, (2024) Large-scale atmospheric circulation changes in the northern Mediterranean realm during the Younger Dryas: new insights from Lago Grande di Monticchio (Italy) (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17746); source: Crossref

Marc-Andre Cormier, Jean-Baptiste Berard, Daniel Nelson, Kevin Flynn, Richard Lampitt, Gael Bougaran, (2024) Toward using δ2H values for investigating marine mixotrophy (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17441); source: Crossref

Marc-Andre Cormier, Jean-Baptiste Berard, Kevin Flynn, Gael Bougaran, Rosalind Rickaby, (2023) Investigating the "mixoplankton" paradigm using hydrogen isotope ratios (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16142); source: Crossref

Marc‐André Cormier, Jean‐Baptiste Berard, Gaël Bougaran, Clive N. Trueman, Daniel J. Mayor, Richard S. Lampitt, Nicholas J. Kruger, Kevin J. Flynn, Rosalind E. M. Rickaby, (2022) Deuterium in marine organic biomarkers: toward a new tool for quantifying aquatic mixotrophy New Phytologist (doi: 10.1111/nph.18023); source: Crossref

Marco M. Lehmann, Philipp Schuler, Marc-André Cormier, Shiva Ghiasi, Roland A. Werner, Matthias Saurer, Guido Wiesenberg, (2022) Hydrogen isotopes in assimilates and cellulose, but not in n-alkanes, integrate signals of the plant primary carbon metabolism (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5442); source: Crossref

Philipp Schuler, Marc‐André Cormier, Roland A. Werner, Nina Buchmann, Arthur Gessler, Valentina Vitali, Matthias Saurer, Marco M. Lehmann, (2022) A high‐temperature water vapor equilibration method to determine non‐exchangeable hydrogen isotope ratios of sugar, starch and cellulose Plant, Cell & Environment (doi: 10.1111/pce.14193); source: Crossref

(2020) Synthesis of 14C-labelled polystyrene nanoplastics for environmental studies Communications Materials (doi: 10.1038/s43246-020-00097-9)(issn: 2662-4443); source: Marc-Andre Cormier

(2019) Influence of starch deficiency on photosynthetic and post-photosynthetic carbon isotope fractionations Journal of Experimental Botany (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz045)(issn: 0022-0957)(issn: 1460-2431); source: Marc-Andre Cormier

M.-A. Cormier, R. A. Werner, M. C. Leuenberger, A. Kahmen, (2019) 2H-enrichment of cellulose and n-alkanes in heterotrophic plants Oecologia (doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04338-8); source: Crossref

Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh, Mathieu Pédrot, Aline Dia, Mélanie Davranche, Laurent Jeanneau, Patrice Petitjean, Martine Bouhnik-Le Coz, Marc-André Cormier, Fabien Grasset, (2019) Trace element and organic matter mobility impacted by Fe3O4-nanoparticle surface coating within wetland soil Environmental Science: Nano (doi: 10.1039/C9EN00565J); source: Crossref

(2018) 2H-fractionations during the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and lipids imprint a metabolic signal on the δ2H values of plant organic compounds New Phytologist (doi: 10.1111/nph.15016); source: Marc-Andre Cormier

Marc-André Cormier, André Rochon, Anne de Vernal, Yves Gélinas, (2016) Multi-proxy study of primary production and paleoceanographical conditions in northern Baffin Bay during the last centuries Marine Micropaleontology (doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.07.001); source: Crossref

Radi, T., Bonnet, S., Cormier, M.-A., de Vernal, A., Durantou, L., Faubert, É., Head, M.J., Henry, M., Pospelova, V., Rochon, A., Van Nieuwenhove, N., (2013) Operational taxonomy and (paleo-)autecology of round, brown, spiny dinoflagellate cysts from the Quaternary of high northern latitudes Marine Micropaleontology (doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.11.001)(eid: 2-s2.0-84872394253); source: Scopus - Elsevier

Supervision

I am available to supervise PhD and MRes research students on a variety of topics using organic biomarkers and isotopic measurements. 

 

PhD Studentship Opportunities

 

MSc by research Studentship Opportunities

 

Current Graduate Students

Teaching

Level-2 Geography

Additional information

I am the deputy leader PI of the Biomarkers for Environmental and Climate Science (BECS) laboratory. I am a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Member of the Royal Society of Biology and of the European Geosciences Union.