Viviane Yargeau

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering McGill University

  • Montreal QC

Yargeau's research focuses on the protection of water resources, wastewater treatment and monitoring of wastewater quality and contaminants.

Contact

Social

Biography

Viviane Yargeau serves as Professor at McGill University. Yargeau also serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Director at Earth Alive Clean Technologies inc. She is a chemical engineer, she serves on various committees including the international management committees of the Advanced Oxidation Processes specialist group of the International Water Association (IWA) and on several journal editorial boards. Her expertise is in chemical and environmental engineering. She is a leader in the control and assessment of environmental pollutants and her research focuses on both fundamental and technological aspects leading to improvement of technologies to mitigate the release of pollutants in the environment. Dr. Yargeau has established strong research collaborations in Canada and internationally as well as industrial collaboration. Her multidisciplinary research program also includes working closely with toxicologists in order to assess the impact of pollutants and their transformation products on the environment and public health.

Industry Expertise

Education/Learning
Research
Renewables and Environmental
Chemicals

Areas of Expertise

Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Bioassay Tools
Wastewater Treatment
Environmental Engineering
Ecotoxicology
Chemical Pollutants
Chemical Engineering
Environment

Accomplishments

Award, Gerald W. Farnell Teaching Scholar

2016-09-01

Award to recognize teaching excellence and novel initiatives, $13,500

Distinction, Ministère de l'éducation, des loisirs et du sport, Quebec

2009-10-01

Five year of funding to acknowledge quality of teaching, $105,000

Education

Université de Sherbrooke

PhD

Chemical Engineering

2002

Université de Sherbrooke

Master's

Chemical Engineering

1997

Université de Sherbrooke

Bachelor's

Chemical Engineering

1995

Affiliations

  • Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Languages

  • French
  • English

Media Appearances

Illicit Drugs in Wastewater

Télé-Québec  tv

2016-03-01

6-minute documentary on our research on sewage epidemiology

Pharmaceuticals in the environment

Télé-Québec  tv

2012-11-01

6-minute documentary on our research on the presence of pharmaceuticals water

Drogues illégales dans les eaux usées

Radio Web UQAM  radio

2016-02-15

Interviewed by Carine Monat-Reliat of L'oeuf ou la poule?

Event Appearances

#FlushGate 100 days later

Canadian Water Network public event  Montreal

2016-11-02

Patents

Dust suppressant

PCT/EP2014/062265

2014-01-02

Inventor

New soil activator containing ammonium lignosulfonate and uses thereof

PCT/CA2015/050313

2014-01-01

Inventor

Research Grants

Evidencing that improvements to wastewater treatment and use of fate models protect sources of drinking water

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

2015-04-01

Principal Applicant, Operating grant

Development of a novel ozonation system at pilot scale for wastewater disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

2014-06-24

Principal Investigator, Operating grant

Conventional and advanced wastewater treatment: Providing secure sources of drinking water by removing contaminants of emerging concern

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

2012-10-01

Principal Investigator, Operating grant

Show All +

Articles

Linking drugs of abuse in wastewater to contamination of surface and drinking water

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

2016-04-01

The study demonstrate the importance of improving wastewater treatment in order to protect our drinking water sources.

View more

Development of a facile and high-throughput bioluminescence assay using Vibrio fischeri to determine the chronic toxicity of contaminated samples

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

2016-12-01

This study emphasizes the need for additional chronic toxicity testing to further evaluate the toxicity of compounds or unknown samples.

View more

Comparative measurement and quantitative risk assessment of alcohol consumption through wastewater-based epidemiology: An international study in 20 cities

Science of the Total Environment

2016-09-15

This study shows that wastewater-bred epidemiology can provide timely and complementary information on alcohol use and alcohol associated risks in terms of exposure at the community level.

View more

Show All +
Powered by