Guillaume Marcotte, Ph.D.

Current research and/or projects
I am developing sofware solutions for the estimation of source terms in atmospheric modelling and fate and behaviour modules in oil spill dispersion.
- Atmospheric dispersion
- Fire modelling - smoke, heat, plume and gases
- Aquatic dispersion of oil products
- Fate, behaviour and weathering of oil products
- Ice - oil interaction
Professional activities / interests
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Water chemistry
- Pollution
- Environmental emergencies
Education and awards
B. Sc. Chemistry, Sherbrooke University (Canada), 2008
Ph.D. Chemistry, Sherbrooke University (Canada), 2013
Doctorat, Chimie Physique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI, France), 2013
EIFFEL excellence award for foreign students, France, 2011-2012
Key publications
Marcotte G., Marchand, P., Pronovost, S., Ayotte, P., Laffon, C. and Parent, P. 2015. Surface-Enhanced Nitrate Photolysis on Ice. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(10): 1996-2005.
Marcotte, G., Ayotte, P., Bendounan, A., Sirotti, F., Laffon, C., Parent, P. 2013. Dissociative adsoprtion of nitric acid at the surface o amorphous solid water revealed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 4(16): 2643-2648.
Marchand, P., Marcotte, G., Ayotte P. 2012. Spectroscopic study of HNO3 dissociation on ice. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 11(49): 12112-12122.
Parent, P., Lasne, J., Marcotte, G., Laffon C. 2011. HCl adsorption on ice at low temperature: A combined X-ray absorption, photoemission and infrared strudy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(15): 7142-7148.
Marcotte, G. Ayotte, P. 2011. Strong intermolecular coupling between the HF stretching and H2O bending vibrations in HF:H2O binary amorphous solids: Breakdown of the electrostatic description of the hydrogen bond. Journal of Chemical Physics. 11(13): 114522.
Research facility
Expertise
Affiliations
Environment and Climate Change Canada