Dr. Aurélie Volant

Postdoctoral Researcher

2024-present: Postdoctoral researcher in ecology and data processing. Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Chemistry and Ecological Innovations, UMR5021, Grabels, France
2017-2024: Scientific Director and co-founder of Water Robotics SAS – Montpellier, France
2014-2016: Postdoctoral researcher – European Membrane Institute (40%) and Hydrosciences Laboratory (60%), Montpellier, France
2013: Postdoctoral researcher in bioinformatics and data analysis – Hydrosciences Laboratory, Montpellier, France
2019-2012: PhD the supervision of Philippe Bertin and Odile Bruneel –University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

2012: PhD Microbial Ecology – University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
2008: Master's Degree in Biodiversity, Microbial and Parasitic Interactions – Microbial Systems Option – University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Sid, S., A. Volant, G. Lesage, and M. Héran (2017). “Cost minimization in a full-scale conventional wastewater treatment plant: associated costs of biological energy consumption versus sludge production.” Water Science and Technology, 2017, 79(9-10): 2473-2481.

Volant, A., M. Héry, A. Desoeuvre, C. Casiot, G. Morin, S. Delpoux, P. N. Bertin, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, and O. Bruneel (2016). “Spatial distribution of eukaryotic communities using high throughput sequencing along a pollution gradient in the arsenic-rich creek sediments of Carnoulès Mine, France”. Microbial Ecology, 2016, 72(3): 608-20

Héry, M., A. Volant, C. Garing, L. Luquot, F. Elbaz Poulichet, and P. Gouze (2014). “Diversity and geochemical structuring of bacterial communities along a salinity gradient in a carbonate aquifer subject to seawater intrusion.” FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2014, 90(3)922-934.

Volant, A., O. Bruneel, A. Desoeuvre, M. Héry, C. Casiot, N. Bru, S. Delpoux, A. Fahy, F. Javerliat, R. Duran, P. N.Bertin, F. Elbaz-Poulichet and B. Lauga (2014). “Diversity and spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial communities: physicochemical and other drivers along an acid mine drainage.” FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2014, 90(1):247-263.

Resongles, E., C. Casiot, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, R. Freydier, O. Bruneel, C. Piot, S. Delpoux, A. Volant, and A. Desoeuvre (2013). “Fate of Sb(V) and Sb(III) species along a gradient of pH and oxygen concentration in the Carnoulès mine waters (Southern France).” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2013, 15(8): 1536-1544

Volant, A., A. Desoeuvre, C. Casiot, B. Lauga, S. Delpoux, G. Morin, J.C. Personné, M. Héry, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, P. Bertin, and O. Bruneel (2012). “Archaeal Diversity: Temporal Variation in the Arsenic-Rich Creek Sediments of Carnoulès Mine, France.” Extremophiles, 2012, 16 (4): 645-57

Bruneel, O., A. Volant, S. Gallien, B. Chaumande, C. Casiot, C. Carapito, A. Bardil, G. Morin, G. Brown, C. Personné, D. Le Paslier, C. Schaeffer, A. Van Dorsselaer, P. Bertin, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, and F. Arsène-Ploetze (2011). “Characterization of the Active Bacterial Community Involved in Natural Attenuation Processes in Arsenic-Rich Creek Sediments.” Microbial Ecology, 2011, 61(4): 793-810

Barthès, B. G., D. Brunet, A. Brauman, N. Fromin, R. Lensi, A. Volant, J.-P. Laclau, D. Blavet, and L. Chapuis-Lardy (2010). “Determination of Potential Denitrification in a Range of Tropical Topsoils Using near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS).” Applied Soil Ecology, 2010, 46(1): 81-89.