Professor Benoit Thibodeau
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(Office): Rm 507B, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK
(Lab): Rm 507E and 508, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

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(Office): (852) 3943 6390
(Lab): (852) 3943 0316

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Education2011 Ph.D Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada (GEOTOP)

2006 M.Sc Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada (GEOTOP)
2003 B.Sc. Geology (spec. environment), University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Positions2021-present Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015-2021 Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
2013-2015 Researcher, Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature, Mainz, Germany c/o Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany
2010-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Research InterestsOcean Biogeochemical Dynamics
Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Anthropogenic impacts
Paleoceanography & paleoclimate
Representative PublicationsGeeraert, N., Archana, A., Xu, M. N., Kao, S. J., Baker, D. M & Thibodeau, B. (2021) Investigating the link between Pearl River-induced eutrophication and hypoxia in Hong Kong shallow coastal waters. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145007
Yau, Y. Y., Baker, D. M., & Thibodeau, B. (2020). Quantifying the impact of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the generation of hypoxia under future emission scenarios in Chinese coastal waters. Environmental Science & Technology, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.0c00706
Thibodeau, B., Not, C., Zhu, J., Schmittner, A., Noone, D., Tabor, C., et al. (2018). Last Century Warming Over the Canadian Atlantic Shelves Linked to Weak Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(22), 12,376-12,385. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080083
Yau, Y. Y., Thibodeau, B., & Not, C. (2018). Impact of cutting meat intake on hidden greenhouse gas emissions in an import-reliant city. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabd45
Thibodeau, B., Bauch, D., & Voss, M. (2017). Nitrogen dynamic in Eurasian coastal Arctic ecosystem: Insight from nitrogen isotope. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(5), 836¨C849. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005593
Thibodeau, B., Bauch, H. A., & Pedersen, T. F. (2017). Stratification-induced variations in nutrient utilization in the Polar North Atlantic during past interglacials. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, 127¨C135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.060
Research Grants2021-2024,RGC GRF, Reconstruction of the western North Atlantic intermediate water temperature over the last 7,000 years, 666,512 HKD
2019-2022, RGC CRF, SIRMS 2.0: Establishing Asia's premier stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry laboratory in Hong Kong, 7,604,007 HKD
2019-2022, RGC GRF, Developing a high-resolution record of nitrogen isotopes in the sub-polar and polar North Atlantic during two key interglacial periods, 505,298 HKD
2018-2019, Airport Authority Marine Ecology & Fisheries Enhancement Fund, Unravelling the strength behind the ecosystem resilience of Tung Chung mangrove: A high-resolution mapping of its food web, 615,620 HKD
2014-2016, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Individual Research Grant, Unravelling the importance of the Laptev Sea system in the Arctic biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, 45,600 €
Professional ActivitiesAdvisory Board, Meo Air Analytic Ltd
Associate Editor | Frontiers in Marine Sciences | Marine Biogeochemistry | FEB 2018 ¨C APR 2020
Review Editor | Frontiers in Marine Sciences | Marine Biogeochemistry | JUN 2015 - FEB 2018