Lucie Coudert

Lucie Coudert has been a professor at the Research Institute on Mines and the Environment (RIME) at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) since 2018. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in analytical chemistry from Université de Poitiers, France, as well as a PhD in water sciences from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). She holds the Canada Research Chair in mine waste reprocessing, which aims to foster the integration of waste reprocessing processes into mining operations. 

Her expertise covers the hydrometallurgy of precious, critical and strategic elements, the management and valorization of tailings and industrial waste, the recovery and valorization of metals of interest, and the treatment of contaminated water. Over the course of her career, Professor Coudert has contributed to numerous scientific publications and participated in several conferences in the field of mining in Québec, across Canada and internationally.