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H2O'Lyon Webinar #17 // Maxime Boivin
On The December 4, 2025
5pm (Paris time)
Webinar in French with live translation into English
Dead wood in rivers: from dendrochemistry to the perception of wood in rivers, including river restoration - 15 years of research in Quebec and prospects for collaboration
Lecturer:
Maxime Boivin, Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
This webinar is offered as part of Maxime Boivin's stay in Lyon (September 2025 - June 2026) at the Collegium de Lyon - H2O'Lyon chair and in partnership with Réseaux Rivières TV.
"Dead wood in rivers is an integral part of aquatic ecosystems and affects a multitude of disciplines. It is as important to ecosystems as geomorphology, but can also be a source of natural hazards. The work carried out in various laboratories in Lyon over the past 30 years has positioned Lyon as a hub for research projects related to the dynamics of wood in rivers, from a geomorphological, fisheries, technological, and societal perspective. Professor Boivin has thus developed complementary expertise in Quebec and Canada in relation to river wood dynamics over the past 15 years, following his first visit to Lyon in 2010. He was co-organizer of the latest Wood In World Rivers – 5 conference in June 2024 in Gaspé, Quebec, and several projects related to wood in rivers are currently underway in his research laboratory and within the Research Chair on Exploited Aquatic Species (CREAE), of which he is co-holder. The objective of this webinar is to present the results of 15 years of research in Quebec on the dynamics of wood in rivers, to present the projects currently underway within the research units in Quebec, to present the Quebec guide on the dynamics of wood in rivers, as well as the decision-making tool, and finally, to present the work currently being developed with collaborators here in France."
Professor Maxime Boivin holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Quebec at Rimouski and a PhD in Geography from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Since 2009, Maxime Boivin has been one of the first in Quebec to work on the dynamics of wood in rivers, and his work is recognized both in Quebec and internationally. He is a full professor of physical geography at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), where he specializes in research on hydrogeomorphology, biogeomorphology, and river management. Currently on sabbatical in France until June 2026, he is hosted and supported by H2O'Lyon, the Collegium de Lyon, the EVS laboratory at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, and the LEHNA laboratory at ENTPE.
The presentation lasts 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.
Registration is free and mandatory.
Maxime Boivin, Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
This webinar is offered as part of Maxime Boivin's stay in Lyon (September 2025 - June 2026) at the Collegium de Lyon - H2O'Lyon chair and in partnership with Réseaux Rivières TV.
► Dead wood in rivers: from dendrochemistry to the perception of wood in rivers, including river restoration - 15 years of research in Quebec and prospects for collaboration
"Dead wood in rivers is an integral part of aquatic ecosystems and affects a multitude of disciplines. It is as important to ecosystems as geomorphology, but can also be a source of natural hazards. The work carried out in various laboratories in Lyon over the past 30 years has positioned Lyon as a hub for research projects related to the dynamics of wood in rivers, from a geomorphological, fisheries, technological, and societal perspective. Professor Boivin has thus developed complementary expertise in Quebec and Canada in relation to river wood dynamics over the past 15 years, following his first visit to Lyon in 2010. He was co-organizer of the latest Wood In World Rivers – 5 conference in June 2024 in Gaspé, Quebec, and several projects related to wood in rivers are currently underway in his research laboratory and within the Research Chair on Exploited Aquatic Species (CREAE), of which he is co-holder. The objective of this webinar is to present the results of 15 years of research in Quebec on the dynamics of wood in rivers, to present the projects currently underway within the research units in Quebec, to present the Quebec guide on the dynamics of wood in rivers, as well as the decision-making tool, and finally, to present the work currently being developed with collaborators here in France."
Professor Maxime Boivin holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Quebec at Rimouski and a PhD in Geography from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Since 2009, Maxime Boivin has been one of the first in Quebec to work on the dynamics of wood in rivers, and his work is recognized both in Quebec and internationally. He is a full professor of physical geography at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), where he specializes in research on hydrogeomorphology, biogeomorphology, and river management. Currently on sabbatical in France until June 2026, he is hosted and supported by H2O'Lyon, the Collegium de Lyon, the EVS laboratory at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, and the LEHNA laboratory at ENTPE.
The presentation lasts 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.
Registration is free and mandatory.
