Team
Hugo Counoy
lichenologist
lichenologist
Currently PhD student, I am evaluating the air quality in urban environment using lichen biomonitoring. I combine ecological and geochemical approaches and use citizen science to improve both spatial and temporal resolutions.
Qualification
2020 | MSc Bioengineering in environmental sciences
Master thesis: Lichen bioindication of air quality in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: biodiversity and citizen science approaches
UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2018 | BSc Bioengineering
UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Master thesis: Lichen bioindication of air quality in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: biodiversity and citizen science approaches
UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2018 | BSc Bioengineering
UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Publications
Conferences
(4) Agnan Y.*, Counoy H., Peyrissat F., Lambert C., Turcati L. (2024). Engaging citizens in an air quality assessment using lichen biomonitoring: a case study of the Lichens GO project. IABEP, Lisbon, 4–6 Nov. 2024 [oral]
(3) Counoy H.*, Turcati L., Bogaert P., Agnan Y., and European lichen biomonitoring research groups (2024). Towards an interpretative framework for urban air quality biomonitoring using lichens: a meta-analysis of lichen surveys following the European protocol. IABEP, Lisbon, 4–6 Nov. 2024 [oral]
(2) Counoy H.*, Cors M., Hutsemekers V., Delahaye L., Turcati L., Agnan Y. (2023). Evaluating lichen diversity along an urban pollution gradient for environmental quality assessment in Wallonia. AMPEE, Liège, 14 Nov. 2023 [oral]
(1) Counoy H.*, Turcati L., Agnan Y. (2023). Updating European lichen bioindication scales to improve urban air quality assessment: a meta-analysis. Goldschmidt, Lyon, 9–14 Jul. 2023 [poster]
(3) Counoy H.*, Turcati L., Bogaert P., Agnan Y., and European lichen biomonitoring research groups (2024). Towards an interpretative framework for urban air quality biomonitoring using lichens: a meta-analysis of lichen surveys following the European protocol. IABEP, Lisbon, 4–6 Nov. 2024 [oral]
(2) Counoy H.*, Cors M., Hutsemekers V., Delahaye L., Turcati L., Agnan Y. (2023). Evaluating lichen diversity along an urban pollution gradient for environmental quality assessment in Wallonia. AMPEE, Liège, 14 Nov. 2023 [oral]
(1) Counoy H.*, Turcati L., Agnan Y. (2023). Updating European lichen bioindication scales to improve urban air quality assessment: a meta-analysis. Goldschmidt, Lyon, 9–14 Jul. 2023 [poster]
Supervision
MSc STUDENTS
Robin Henry (2026)
Using stable isotopes to trace atmospheric nitrogen deposition via bioaccumulation by lichens [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Bastien Caucheteux (2025)
Tracing atmospheric deposition by rare earth elements through lichen biomonitoring [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Gustavo Ferreira Lerche (2025)
Coupling lichen biomonitoring methods to assess air pollution: a focus on trace elements [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Shannon Coets (2024)
Lichen bioindication of air quality in Charleroi, Belgium: influence of transport and industry on lichen flora [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Zoé Matthée (2024)
Distribution and evolution of trace metal pollution in Wallonia: a lichen bioaccumulation approach [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Robin Henry (2026)
Using stable isotopes to trace atmospheric nitrogen deposition via bioaccumulation by lichens [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Bastien Caucheteux (2025)
Tracing atmospheric deposition by rare earth elements through lichen biomonitoring [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Gustavo Ferreira Lerche (2025)
Coupling lichen biomonitoring methods to assess air pollution: a focus on trace elements [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Shannon Coets (2024)
Lichen bioindication of air quality in Charleroi, Belgium: influence of transport and industry on lichen flora [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
Zoé Matthée (2024)
Distribution and evolution of trace metal pollution in Wallonia: a lichen bioaccumulation approach [co-sup. Y. Agnan]
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