Aurelien Dommergue

Professor at Univ Grenoble Alpes

aurelien.dommergue_at_univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

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Short CV

2003 PhD in climate, atmospheric physics and chemistry at UJF - Grenoble
2006 Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences), Glaciology Lab (LGGE), Université de Grenoble, France
2011 - 2015 - Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France
2012 Associate Professor (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches)
2013 Invited Scientist (1 yr), Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Canada
2014 - 2018 Head of Atmospheric Chemistry Team - IGE
2020 Full Professor at Univ Grenoble Alpes
2020 - 2025 Director of the Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement

Research Interests

My research investigates the cycling of mercury and other contaminants, with a focus on polar and tropical environments. I seek to understand how exchanges between the atmosphere and ecosystems control the transport, transformation and fate of mercury, and how these processes respond to climate change and human pressures.

At the Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement, I combine long-term atmospheric observations, field campaigns and process studies with modelling. My work in polar and subantarctic regions examines mercury cycling across the atmosphere, snow, ice and ocean interfaces. In tropical regions, I investigate how vegetation uptake, atmospheric dynamics and re-emission determine whether ecosystems act as lasting mercury sinks. These observations help evaluate and improve models used to assess the effects of climate, land-use change and anthropogenic emissions on atmospheric mercury.

Through international collaborations and observation networks including the Global Observation System for Mercury (GOS4M), my research also contributes to monitoring mercury on a global scale and evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention. Beyond mercury, I contribute to research on atmospheric microplastics and the interactions between microorganisms and atmospheric chemistry.