Dr. Louis-Pierre Comeau
- Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
- Soil organic matter conservation and management
- Soil classification and pedogenesis
- Tropical and subtropical soils
Current research and/or projects
Use of legume crops to enhance N use efficiency, carbon sequestration, soil health and soil biodiversity in three ecoregions chosen to represent the different climatic conditions of Canada. 2018. Government of Canada Abase Proposal ID 2531.
Evaluation of the potential to overcome limitations to potato yield in New Brunswick potato fields by improving soil health through the use of mustard as bio-fumigant and rich organic residues amendment. 2018. Canadian Agricultural Partenership, Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation.
Potential soil carbon sequestration assessment with 13C-labeled techniques in subtropical forest of Hong Kong. 2017. Direct Grant for Research Hong Kong (CUHK).
Research and/or project statements
Understanding processes of carbon sequestration and CO2 emissions from soil
Professional activities / interests
- Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
- Soil organic matter conservation and management
- Soil classification and pedogenesis
- Tropical and subtropical soils
Education and awards
EDUCATION
University of Aberdeen UK 2012 - 2016
Ph.D. in Soil Science
Thesis: Soil CO2 emission and soil organic matter characteristics associated with land-use change in tropical peatlands of Sumatra, Indonesia.
University of Saskatchewan (UofS) 2009 - 2012
M.Sc. in Soil Science
Thesis: The influence of lentil, canola, pea and wheat on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in two Chernozemic soils.
University National Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM) 2003-2007
Bachelor in Biology
Thesis: The effect of pedo-diversity on coffee quality and productivity in Southern Mexico (in Spanish).
AWARDS AND STUDY GRANTS
Canadian Soil Science Society CSSS Pedology Award May 2018
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Ph.D. Grant 2012 – 2015
Chaoyang University of Technology (Taiwan)
Taiwan National Science Council Summer 2011
Canada Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship 2010 – 2011
University of Saskatchewan
Syngenta Scholarship Fall 2009
Education Enhancement Grant Fall 2010
Dean's Scholarship 2009
National University of Mexico (UNAM)
PAPIIT and CONACyT Scholarships 2006-2007
International experience and/or work
Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016 – summer 2017
Advisor: Derrick Y.F. Lai
Soil handling and analyses, IRGA handling for CO2
Ecosystem studied: Subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Winter-Spring 2016
Advisor: Bobbi Helgason
Microbiology analyses
Ecosystem studied: Canadian Prairies
CGIAR Center for International Forestry Research (Indonesia & Peru) 2012 -2016
Advisor: Jo Smith, Louis Verchot and Kristell Hergoualc’h
Peat soil handling and analyses, IRGA handling for CO2
Ecosystem studied: Indonesian and Amazonian tropical forests
Plant studied: Oil palm
Chaoyang University of Technology (Taiwan) Summer 2011
Advisor: Min-Chao Wang
Particle size distribution of humic substances derived compost
University of Saskatchewan 2009 - 2012
Advisor: Angela Bedard-Haughn
Soil fractionation, 13C pulse labeling, 15N mineralization
Ecosystem studied: Canadian Prairies
Crop studied: Wheat, canola, pea and lentil
National University of Mexico 2003-2009
Advisor: Pavel Krasilnikov
Soil profiles description, soil transect interpretation, soil analyses in lab, soil classification, pedogenesis.
Ecosystem studied: Mexican temperate forests
Crop studied: Coffee
Key publications
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Bumblebee assemblages across habitat types in New Brunswick, Canada
2021 - View publication details
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Comeau, L.P., Lemke, R.L., Knight, J.D., Bedard-Haughn, A. (2013). Carbon input from 13C-labeled crops in four soil organic matter fractions. Biology and Fertility of Soils, [online] 49(8), 1179-1188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00374-013-0816-4
2013 - View publication details
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Research facility
Expertise
Affiliations
Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS); International Peat Society (IPS); International Union Soil Science (IUSS); Soil Conservation Council of Canada (SCCC).