Etienne Boucher

Étienne Boucher is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), specializing in paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and paleohydrology in boreal environments. He has been an Associate Member of the Centre for Forest Research since 2022.

His educational background includes:

• Postdoctorate in Paleoclimatology from Paul Cézanne University (2011)
• Postdoctorate in Statistical paleohydrology from INRS-Water, Earth and Environment (2010)
• Doctorate in Geographical Sciences from Université Laval (2008) supervised by Yves Bégin and Dominique Arseneault
• Master's degree in Hydroecology from University of Quebec in Rimouski (2004) supervised by Bernard Hétu and Dominique Arseneault
• Bachelor's degree in Geography-Biology from University of Quebec in Rimouski (2001)

Professor Boucher's research focuses on paleohydrology - the study of long-term fluctuations in hydrological systems across centuries to millennia. His work addresses the exceptional nature of recent hydrological changes, past and present hydrological regimes, and long-term variations in hydrological extremes such as floods and droughts. He primarily uses the dendrohydrological approach, extracting hydrological information from tree rings, to study phenomena like spring flood volumes in northern environments, ice jams on rivers, and droughts in southern Latin America. His research contributes to sustainable water resources management by highlighting the natural variability inherent in hydrosystems.

Professor Boucher actively supervises graduate students, serving as primary advisor for doctoral candidates Natan Huberson and Sepideh Namvar, and as co-advisor for Lucie Barbier, Baptiste Lasbats, Oloruntobi Gideon Olugbadieye, and Master's student David Query. He has previously directed Pénélope Leclerc (M.Sc. 2016) and co-directed Feng Wang (Ph.D. 2021) and Claudie Giguère-Croteau (M.Sc. 2017).