UC Davis - Poulin Research Group

Welcome!

Welcome! The Poulin lab is a young group of multidisciplinary researchers in the Environmental Toxicology Department at UC Davis. Our research focuses on understanding and addressing issues of metal contaminants in man-made and natural environments. The research carried out by our group helps decrease the amount of metals humans and wildlife are exposed to and improves the understanding of the toxicologic pathways of metals.

Recent Lab News

New research fellowship - Bryce Cook!

New research award - Virginia Krause

Welcome Jeff and Nadya to the lab!

Video Highlight of X-ray Research at ESRF

New Postdoctoral Scholar!

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New Conceptual Model of Mercury Toxicology in Birds

Our new studies define a new conceptual model to understand mercury detoxification in birds.

Hells Canyon Dam, Snake River (Idaho) (credit: Brett Poulin)

Cape Krusenstern Nat. Monument, Alaska (credit: Brett Poulin)

"Sea of Grass", Florida Everglades (credit: Brett Poulin)

Peat core from Frozen Pond Fen, Alaska (credit: Brett Poulin)

Pore water, Florida Everglades (credit: Brett Poulin)

Flasks for dissolved gaseous mercury measurements, Eight Mile Lake, Denali State Park Alaska (credit: Brett Poulin)

Snake River Dam Graffiti (credit: Brett Poulin)

X-ray Emission Spectrometer for tender X-ray range, ESRF ID26 (credit: Brett Poulin)

Dissolved Organic Matter Across A Wetland Gradient, Frozen Pond Fen Alaska (Credit: Brett Poulin)

Beaver Pond in Noatak Nat. Preserve, Alaska (credit: Jon O'Donnell)

Sampling Everglades wetlands by airboat (credit: Brett Poulin)

Tissue samples for Hg speciation by HERFD-XANES, ESRF ID26 (credit: Brett Poulin)

Postdoc researcher Ben Peterson sampling a sediment core from Rabbit Creek beaver pond for field experimentation (Cape Krusenstern NP, Alaska) (credit: Brett Poulin)

PhD student Virginia Krause collecting pore water along the Snake River (credit: Brett Poulin)

Lab group outing at the Sacramento Kings basketball game (Feb., 2023)