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Dr David Amouroux is a research director at the French CNRS appointed at IPREM, CNRS-UPPA. He is responsible of the Research Unit for Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology. He is an environmental and analytical chemist, specifically interested in the cycling and reactivity of contaminants in the environment. Some of his research lines include: (i) transformations and transfer of mercury, selenium and other metal(loid)s at aquatic environment interfaces and (ii) development of analytical and experimental methods using stable isotopes of trace elements to investigate biogeochemical mechanisms in the environment.

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