Contact Information
Office: SL 016
Phone: 317-278-6951
Email: nclercin@iupui.edu
Center for Earth and Environmental Science
Indiana University~Purdue University, Indianapolis
723 West Michigan Street, SL016
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Background

• M.S University of Rennes, France, 2005
• B.S University of Rennes, France, 2002 

Specialties
Limnology, Phytoplankton ecology, Cyanobacteria, Toxicology, Nutrients cycling, Algae taxonomy

Research Program:

My current research interests focuse on the ecology of freshwater phytoplankton. Understanding the environmental factors triggering the growth of the microalgae which can form huge biomasses in water, is an important concern.

Algae blooms in freshwater are predominantly cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), some of which produce potent cyanotoxins and pose a potential risk to human health, through exposure from recreational waters, drinking water, fish consumption and other vectors.

Abstracts

Tedesco, L.P., and Clercin, N., Cyanobacterial Ecology and Toxicity in three Eutrophic Public Drinking Water Supply Reservoirs, Central Indiana, USA. North American Lakes Managers Society, Annual Meeting, Alberta, Canada, November 2008

Tedesco, L.P., and Clercin, N., Blue-green Algae and Algal Toxicity: An Emerging Issue for Indiana Water Resources, Indiana Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers, Nashville, IN, September 2008

Presentations and Poster Sessions

Brient, L., Lengronne, M., Clercin, N., Cypel, A., Le Rouzic, B., Detection and quantification of cyanobacteria in freshwater by a phycocyanin probe. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 2005