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Sébastien Sauvé

Sébastien Sauvé

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
22947
World Ranking
3418
National Ranking
80

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Sébastien Sauvé is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and is active in environmental science research. Their work primarily focuses on environmental chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, atmospheric science, and oceanography.

The main topics encompassed in their research include:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment

Sébastien Sauvé has published extensively in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Talanta
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Recent notable publications include:

  • "An introduction to the sources, fate, occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals released into the environment," 2022, Environmental Research
  • "Target and Nontarget Screening of PFAS in Biosolids, Composts, and Other Organic Waste Products for Land Application in France," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Occurrence and Distribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Tianjin, China: The Contribution of Emerging and Unknown Analogues," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contaminated Soil and Groundwater at Airports: A Canadian Case Study," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Bioaccumulation and trophic magnification of emerging and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a St. Lawrence River food web," 2022, Environmental Pollution

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Gabriel Munoz
  • Sung Vo Duy
  • Jinxia Liu
  • Min Liu
  • Michèle Prévost

Best Publications

  • Solid-Solution Partitioning of Metals in Contaminated Soils: Dependence on pH, Total Metal Burden, and Organic Matter

    Sébastien Sauvé;William Hendershot;Herbert E. Allen

  • Environmental sciences, sustainable development and circular economy: Alternative concepts for trans-disciplinary research

    Sébastien Sauvé;Sophie Bernard;Sophie Bernard;Pamela Sloan;Pamela Sloan

  • Solubility control of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in contaminated soils

    M. McBRIDE;S. Sauve;W. Hendershot

  • A review of what is an emerging contaminant

    Sébastien Sauvé;Mélanie Desrosiers

  • Intellectual Impairment in School-Age Children Exposed to Manganese from Drinking Water

    Maryse F. Bouchard;Sébastien Sauvé;Benoit Barbeau;Melissa Legrand

  • Ozone oxidation of pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors and pesticides during drinking water treatment.

    R. Broséus;S. Vincent;K. Aboulfadl;A. Daneshvar

  • MOBILITY AND SOLUBILITY OF TOXIC METALS AND NUTRIENTS IN SOIL FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER SLUDGE APPLICATION

    Murray B. McBride;Brian K. Richards;Tammo Steenhuis;John J. Russo

  • Copper solubility and speciation of in situ contaminated soils : Effects of copper level, pH and organic matter

    Sébastien Sauvé;Murray B. McBride;Wendell A. Norvell;William H. Hendershot

  • Speciation and Complexation of Cadmium in Extracted Soil Solutions

    Sébastien Sauvé;Wendell A. Norvell;Murray McBride;William Hendershot

  • Review of the Occurrence of Anti-infectives in Contaminated Wastewaters and Natural and Drinking Waters

    Pedro A. Segura;Matthieu François;Christian Gagnon;Sébastien Sauvé

  • Soil solution speciation of lead(II): effects of organic matter and pH

    Sébastien Sauvé;Murray McBride;William Hendershot

  • Distribution of antidepressant residues in wastewater and biosolids following different treatment processes by municipal wastewater treatment plants in Canada.

    A. Lajeunesse;S.A. Smyth;K. Barclay;S. Sauvé

  • Determination of Basic Antidepressants and Their N-Desmethyl Metabolites in Raw Sewage and Wastewater Using Solid-Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography−Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    A Lajeunesse;C Gagnon;S Sauvé

  • Ecotoxicity of CdTe quantum dots to freshwater mussels: Impacts on immune system, oxidative stress and genotoxicity

    F Gagné;J Auclair;P Turcotte;M Fournier

  • Worldwide drinking water occurrence and levels of newly-identified perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    Hermann A. Kaboré;Sung Vo Duy;Gabriel Munoz;Ladji Méité

  • Bioavailability of metals in terrestrial ecosystems : importance of partitioning for bioavailability to invertebrates, microbes, and plants

    H. E. Allen;S. P. McGrath;M. J. McLaughlin;W. J. G. M. Peijnenburg

  • Cadmium and zinc in soil solution extracts following the application of phosphate fertilizers.

    Raphaël Lambert;Cynthia Grant;Sébastien Sauvé

  • Toxic cyanobacterial breakthrough and accumulation in a drinking water plant: a monitoring and treatment challenge.

    Arash Zamyadi;Sherri L MacLeod;Yan Fan;Natasha McQuaid

  • An introduction to the sources, fate, occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals released into the environment.

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  • Neurobehavioral function in school-age children exposed to manganese in drinking water.

    Youssef Oulhote;Donna Mergler;Benoit Barbeau;David C. Bellinger

  • Mechanisms and Pathways of Trace Element Mobility in Soils

    R. Carrillo‐González;Jirka Šimůnek;Sébastien Sauvé;Domy Adriano

  • Derivation of soil quality criteria using predicted chemical speciation of Pb2+ and Cu2+

    Sébastien Sauvé;Alain Dumestre;Murray McBride;William Hendershot

  • Solid-solution partitioning of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in the organic horizons of a forest soil.

    Sébastien Sauvé;Sylvie Manna;‡ Marie-Claude Turmel;and André G. Roy

Frequent Co-Authors

Michèle Prévost
Michèle Prévost Polytechnique Montréal
William H. Hendershot
William H. Hendershot McGill University
Benoit Barbeau
Benoit Barbeau Polytechnique Montréal
Christian Gagnon
Christian Gagnon Environment and Climate Change Canada
Murray B. McBride
Murray B. McBride Cornell University
Michel Fournier
Michel Fournier Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Pierre Servais
Pierre Servais Université Libre de Bruxelles
Satinder Kaur Brar
Satinder Kaur Brar York University
Marc Amyot
Marc Amyot University of Montreal
Louise Deschênes
Louise Deschênes Polytechnique Montréal

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