Co-directors

Nicolas Bélanger
Professor, Université TÉLUQ
Nicolas.Belanger@teluq.ca
Dr Bélanger is the scientific co-director of QNRIS. He is interested in nutrient cycles, foliar nutrition and the productivity of forests and fast-growing tree plantations. He was the principal investigator of a project on the valorization of fertilizing residual materials in poplar plantations and another on CO2 sequestration and carbon accounting in intensive cropping willow on short rotations. Nicolas Bélanger is currently working on a project on soil reconstruction and reforestation in a former asbestos mine in Chaudière-Appalaches.

Nelson Thiffault
Research scientist- Natural Resources Canada
nelson.thiffault@canada.ca
Dr Thiffault is the scientific co-director of QNRIS and is interested in regeneration silviculture and management of forest vegetation. His research work particularly concerns reforestation, competition, ecophysiology, nutrition and the ecology of regenerating ecosystems. Within the Canadian Wood Fiber Center of the Canadian Forest Service, Nelson Thiffault leads a national research portfolio on the development of silviculture that restores, maintains and increases health, value and productivity. of forests under climate change.
Leaders

David Pothier
Professor, Université Laval
David.Pothier@sbf.ulaval.ca
Leader – Growth and yield of plantations

Marie Guittonny
Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
marie.guittonny@uqat.ca
Leader – Ecological Restoration of disturbed and anthropized sites

Alain Paquette
Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
paquette.alain@uqam.ca
Leader – Resilience plantations

Michel Labrecque
Professor, Université de Montréal
michel.labrecque@umontreal.ca
Leader – Phytoremediation and production of bio-sourced products

Martin Perron
Researcher, Ministry of Forests, Fauna and Parcs of Quebec
martin.perron@mffp.gouv.qc.ca
Leader – genetic improvement and adaptation

Rock Ouimet
Researcher , Ministry of Forests, Fauna and Parcs of Quebec
rock.ouimet@mffp.gouv.qc.ca
Leader – Valorization of fertilizing residual materials and carbon sequestration

Alexis Achim
Professorr, Université Laval
alexis.achim@sbf.ulaval.ca
Leader – Wood processing and value chain
Co-researchers

Christian Messier
Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
messier.christian@uqam.ca
Leader – Resilience plantations

Jean-François Boucher
Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
jean-francois_boucher@uqac.ca

Sylvain Delagrange
Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
sylvain.delagrange@uqo.ca

Annie DesRochers
Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
annie.desrochers@uqat.ca



Benoit Lafleur
Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
benoit.lafleur@uqat.ca




Coordinator

Raed Elferjani
Coordinator
raed.elferjani@teluq.ca
Collaborators
Simon Barnabé
Professor- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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Jean Beaulieu
Invited Professor- Université Laval
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Pierre Beaupré
Researcher- Ministère des Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
Profil complet
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Louis Bernier
Professor- Université Laval
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Simon Bilodeau-Gauthier
Researcher- Ministère des Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
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Jean Bousquet
Professor- Université Laval
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Daniel Boyer
City of Laval, QC
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Jacques Brisson
Professor- Université de Montréal
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Sylvie Carles
Researcher- Ministère des Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
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Alain Cogliastro
Invited Professor- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale
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Yan Boucher
Researcher- Ministère des Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
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Denis Cormier
Researcher- FPInnovations
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Clarence Dubé
Cascades Inc
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Martin Duclos
Directeur au Dévelopement durable
et de l’environnement- Mine Canadian Malartic
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Jérôme Dupras
Professor- Université du Québec en Outaouais
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Élise Filotas
Professor- Université TÉLUQ
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Nancy Gélinas
Professor- Université Laval
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Charles Gratton
City of Joliette, QC
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Frank Grenon
Researcher- Natural Resources Canada
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Jean-Philippe Jacques
Director- Innofibre
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Daniel Kneeshaw
Professor- Université du Québec à Montréal
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Ahmed Koubaa
Professor- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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Jérôme Laganière
Researcher- Ressources Naturelles Canada
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Mebarek Lamara
Professor- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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Éric Lapointe
Domtar
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Guy Larocque
Researcher- Natural Resources Canada
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Patrick Lenz
Researcher- Natural Resources Canada
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Guy Lessard
Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en foresterie (CERFO)
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Marie-Josée Mottet
Researcher- Ministère des Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
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Alison Munson
Professor- Université Laval
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Josée Noel
Surintendante environnement- Mines Agnico Eagle Ltée
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Amèlie Normand
Director- Association Forestière du Sud du Québec
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David Paré
Researcher- Natural Resources Canada
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Frédéric Pitre
Professor- Université de Montréal
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Gilles Renaud
Director- École forestière de La Tuque
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Vincent Roy
Research Director- Natural Resources Canada
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Evelyne Thiffault
Professor- Université Laval
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Francine Tremblay
Professor- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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Geneviève Pepin
Director. Sustainability and External relations- Newmount Corporation
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Charles Ward
Researcher- Ministère des Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec