PEOPLE
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Current lab members
ANNE CREMAZY
Associate Professor & Principal Investigator
Dipl. Ing. (ENSCBP), M.Sc. (University of Bordeaux), Ph.D.(Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), PDF (University of British Columbia)
E-mail: anne.cremazy@inrs.ca
Anne Crémazy is an Aquatic Biogeochemist and Toxicologist, whose research focuses on the fate and effects of trace metals in the aquatic environment. She joined the Departement of Biological Sciences at UNBSJ in 2019, then the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in 2022.
OCÉANE HOURTANÉ
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.Sc. in Chemistry (University of Bordeaux), M.Sc. in Aquatic Ecotoxicology (joint program, University of Bordeaux and INRS), Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry (INRS)
E-mail: oceane.hourtane@inrs.ca
Océane is an ecotoxicologist and environmental chemist. Her current research aims to assess the sensitivity of Canadian freshwater species to different metals: Pd, Pt and 226Ra, for regulatory purposes. She joined the Crémazy lab at INRS in 2025.
CAMILLE BRICE
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.Sc in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (Université du Québec à Montréal), M.Sc. in Earth Sciences (Université du Québec à Montréal / Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Ph.D. in Oceanography (Université du Québec à Rimouski).
Camille is a marine geoscientist and geochemist. Her research focuses on the geochemistry of the arctic seafloor and the assessment of the metal contamination and associated ecotoxicological risks in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic.
PIERRE BORIES
Ph.D. Student
M.Sc. in Marine Sciences (Sorbonne University)
E-mail: pierre.bories@inrs.ca
Pierre is a Marine Ecologist and Toxicologist, whose research focuses on the impact of aluminium on salmon smolts during rivers episodic acidifications. He joined the Crémazy Lab in September 2021.
LÉNA GUIMARD
Ph.D. Student
M.Sc. (University of Orleans)
E-mail: lena.guimard@inrs.ca
Léna is a Toxicologist, whose research focuses on Lymnaea stagnalis to characterize the chronic bioaccumulation and toxicity of 226Ra on this species. She joined the Crémazy lab at INRS in 2022.
FLAVIE DESREAC (Co-directed)
Ph.D. Student
M.Sc. in Marine Sciences (Bordeaux University)
E-mail: flavie.desreac@inrs.ca
Flavie is an Aquatic Toxicologist, whose research focuses on the bioaccumulation of Radium-226 in five species of green microalgae and the effects on growth and underlying toxicity. She joined the Crémazy Lab at INRS in January 2023.
ANTOINE FAURE
Ph.D. Student
M.Sc. in Integrative Physiology (Sorbonne University), M.Sc. in Marine Sciences (Sorbonne University)
E-mail: antoine.faure@inrs.ca
Antoine is a Biologist, whose research focuses on pesticide mixtures impact on aquatic organisms, notably the gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis. He joined the Crémazy Lab at INRS in 2022.
KARIMA HADRIA
M.Sc. Student
University degree in Chemistry (IUT of Orléans), B.Sc. Analytical chemistry (University of Orléans), M.Sc. (pro.) Water sciences (INRS Québec)
E-mail: karima.hadria@inrs.ca
Karima is a chemist whose interests focus on environmental chemistry, monitoring, fate, and effects of contaminants in the environmental matrixes, especially aquatic ecosystems. She joined INRS-ETE center in 2022 and the Crémazy Lab in 2023. Her research project focuses on the effects of nickel on phytoplankton of the Arctic Ocean.
AMANDINE GREIL
Ph.D. Student
B.Sc. in Chemistry (University of Bordeaux), M.Sc. Water sciences (INRS), M.Sc. in Ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry (University of Bordeaux)
E-mail: amandine.greil@inrs.ca
Amandine is an ecotoxicologist and environmental chemist whose research focuses on testing the toxicity of metals (Co, Cu, Ni, Zn) on sea ice algae and invertebrates collected in Arctic. She joined the Crémazy lab at INRS in 2025.
HEIDI FORTIN (Co-directed)
M.Sc. Student
B.Sc. in Environmental and Bioresource Chemistry (University of Quebec at Rimouski)
E-mail: heidi.fortin@inrs.ca
Heidi is a graduate student in chemistry, focusing her research on the subcellular distribution of nine metals in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. She joined the Crémazy lab in January 2024.
TIZIANO LOLLI
Ph.D. student
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences (Roma Tre University), M.Sc. in Geology of the Territory and Resources - curriculum in Paleontology (Roma Tre University)
E-mail: tiziano.lolli@inrs.ca
Tiziano is a Micropaleontologist specialised in ostracods. His research focuses on the impact of metal(loids) in freshwater settings using the clumped isotope technique on ostracod shells. He joined the Cremazy Lab at INRS in Fall 2025.
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows :
Patrick Gauthier (2020 – 2021, UAlberta)
MSc Thesis Students:
Julia Macpherson (2021 – 2023)
Megan Mattson (2020 – 2023)
Emily Suominen (2019 – 2022)
BSc Honours Students:
Morgan MacDonald (2021 – 2022)
BSc students:
Emilie Diesbourg (2022, NSERC USRA)
Catherine Dubuc (2023 NSERC USRA, 2024 lab assistant)