Biography


Dr. Nelson Belzile

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Laurentian University, Canada

Full Professor


Email: nbelzile@laurentian.ca


Qualifications

1986 Ph.D., University of Quebec, Oceanography

1981 M.Sc., University of Quebec, Oceanography

1979 B.Sc., University of Quebec, Chemistry


Publications(selected)

  1. Pizarro, J., Castillo, X., Jara, S., Ortiz, C., Navarro, P., Cid, H., Rioseco, H., Barros, D. & Belzile, N. (2015) Adsorption of Cu2+ on coal fly ash modified with functionalized mesoporous silica. Fuel, 156, 96-102.
  2. Belzile, N. (2014) Minerals, metals, toxicity and substitutes. In: Resources, Empire and Labour: Globalization Crises and Alternatives, D. Leadbeater (Ed.), Fernwood Publ. 124-134.
  3. Deng, T.-L., Wu, Y., Yu, X., Guo, Y., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile, N. (2014) Seasonal variations of arsenic at the sediment-water interface of Poyang Lake, China. Applied Geochemistry,47, 170-176.
  4. Truong, H.Y.T., Chen, Y.-W., Saleh, M., Nezhati, S., George, G.N., Pickering, I.J. & Belzile, N. (2014) Proteomics of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to investigate  mercury methylation in presence of selenium. Metallomics, 6, 465-475.
  5. Filella, M., Belzile, N. & Chen, Y.-W. (2011-2013) Human exposure to antimony. I-IV. Contents in human blood.  Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology,43, 2071-2105.
  6. Brady, C., Petrie, S.A., Schummer, M.L., Badzinski, S.S.,  Belzile. N. & Chen, Y.-W. (2013) Effects of dietary selenium on the health and survival of captive wintering lesser scaup. Environmental Pollution, 175, 8-15.
  7. Martin, A.J., Simpson, S., Fawcett, S.,  Wiramanaden, C.I.E., Pickering, I.J., Belzile, N. & Chen, Y.-W., London, J., Wallschläger, D. (2011) Biochemical mechanisms of selenium exchange between water and sediments in two contrasting lentic environments. Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 2605-2612.
  8. Yang, D.Y., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile, N. (2011) Evidences of non-reactive mercury selenium compounds generated from cultures of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Science of the Total Environment, 409, 1697-1703.
  9. Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile, N. (2010) High performance liquid chromatography coupled to atomic fluorescence spectrometry for the speciation of the hydride and chemical vapour-forming elements As, Se, Sb and Hg: A critical review. Analytica Chimica Acta, 671, 9-26.
  10. Zhao, Q.X., Chen, Y.-W., Belzile, N. & Wang, M. (2010) Low volume microwave digestion and direct determination of selenium in biological samples by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta, 665-123-128.
  11. Yang, D.Y., Ye, X., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile, N. (2010) Inverse relationships between selenium and mercury in tissues of young walleye (Stizosedion vitreum) from Canadian boreal lakes. Science of the Total Environment, 408, 1676-1683.
  12. Schummer, M.L., Badzinski, S.S., Petrie, S.A., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile. N. (2010) Selenium accumulation in sea ducks wintering at Lake Ontario. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 58, 854-862.
  13. Filella, M., Philippo, S., Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W. & Quentel, F. (2009) Natural attenuation processes applying to antimony: A study on the abandoned antimony mine in Goesdorf, Luxembourg.  Science of the Total Environment, 407, 6205-6216.
  14. Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W., Yang, D.Y., Truong, Y.T.H. & Zhao, Q.X. (2009) Selenium bioaccumulation in freshwater organisms and antagonistic effect against mercury assimilation. Environmental Bioindicators, 4, 203-221.
  15. Yang, D.Y., Chen, Y.-W. , Gunn, J.M. & Belzile, N.  (2008) Selenium and mercury in organisms: interactions and mechanisms. Environmental Reviews, 16, 71-92.
  16. Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W., Wu, G.J. & Appanna, V. (2006) Detoxification of selenite and mercury by reduction and mutual protection in the assimilation of both elements by Pseudomonas fluorescens. Science of the Total Environment, 367, 704-714.
  17. Chen, Y.-W., Li, Y., Cai, M.-F. & Belzile, N. (2006) Preventing oxidation of iron sulphide minerals by polyethylene polyamines. Minerals Engineering, 19, 19-27.
  18. Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W., Li, Y. & Cai, M.F. (2004) A review on pyrrhotite oxidation. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 84, 65-76.
  19. Chen, Y.-W., Belzile, N. & Gunn, J.M. (2001) Antagonistic effect of selenium on mercury assimilation by fish populations near Sudbury metal smelters? Limnology and Oceanography, 46, 1814-1818.
  20. Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, J., Ma, M. & Belzile, N. (1999) Monitoring priority pollutants in the Yanghe river by dichlomethane extraction and  semipermeable membrane device (SPMD). Chemosphere, 39, 113-131.
  21. Belzile, N., Joly, H.A. & Li, H. (1997) Characterization of humic substances extracted from Canadian lake sediments. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 75, 14-27.
  22. Tessier, A., Fortin, D., Belzile, N., De Vitre, R.R. & Leppard, G.G. (1996) Metal sorption to diagenetic Fe and Mn oxyhydroxides and associated organic matter: narrowing the gap between field and laboratory measurements. Geochimimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60, 387-404.
  23. Belzile, N.,  De Vitre, R.R. & Tessier, A. (1989)  In situ collection of diagenetic iron and manganese oxyhydroxides from natural sediments. Nature, 340, 376‑377.
  24. Belzile, N. (1988) The fate of arsenic in sediments of the Laurentian Trough. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52, 2293‑2304.


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