Education

Positions

• 2021-present Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2015-2021 Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
• 2013-2015 Researcher, Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature, Mainz, Germany c/o Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany
• 2010-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests

• Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics
• Stable Isotope Geochemistry
• Anthropogenic impacts
• Paleoceanography & paleoclimate

Representative Publications

1. Thibodeau, B., Allais, L*., Agusto, L. E*., So, M. W. K*., & Cannicci, S. (2023). Isotopes of amino acids give novel insights on nitrogen sources partitioning and trophic position of invertebrates in a subtropical mangrove. Ecological Indicators, 150, 110261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110261
2. Yau, Y. Y*., Geeraert, N., Baker, D. M., & Thibodeau, B. (2022). Elucidating seasonal changes in the source of atmospheric nitrogen pollution in a heavily urbanised environment using multiple stable isotopes. Science of the total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154781
3. Doherty, J.M.*, Ling, Y.F.#, Not, C., Erler, D., Bauch, H.A., Paytan, A., & Thibodeau, B. (2021). Freshening, stratification and deep-water formation in the Nordic Seas during marine isotope stage 11. Quaternary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107231
4. Doherty, J.M*., Williams, B., Kline, E., Adey, W., & Thibodeau, B. (2021). Climate-modulated nutrient conditions along the Labrador Shelf: Evidence from nitrogen isotopes in a six-hundred-year-old crustose coralline alga. Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004149
5. Geeraert, N., Archana, A., Xu, M. N., Kao, S. J., Baker, D. M & Thibodeau, B. (2021) Investigating the link between Pearl River-induced eutrophication and hypoxia in Hong Kong shallow coastal waters. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145007
6. Yau, Y. Y., Baker, D. M., & Thibodeau, B (2020). Quantifying the impact of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the generation of hypoxia under future emission scenarios in Chinese coastal waters. Environmental Science & Technology, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.0c00706
7. Thibodeau, B Not, C., Zhu, J., Schmittner, A., Noone, D., Tabor, C., et al. (2018). Last Century Warming Over the Canadian Atlantic Shelves Linked to Weak Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(22), 12,376-12,385. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080083
8. Yau, Y. Y., Thibodeau, B., & Not, C. (2018). Impact of cutting meat intake on hidden greenhouse gas emissions in an import-reliant city. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabd45
9. Thibodeau, B., Bauch, D., & Voss, M. (2017). Nitrogen dynamic in Eurasian coastal Arctic ecosystem: Insight from nitrogen isotope. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(5), 836–849. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005593
10. Thibodeau, B., Bauch, H. A., & Pedersen, T. F. (2017). Stratification-induced variations in nutrient utilization in the Polar North Atlantic during past interglacials. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.060

Research Grants

• 2024-2029, RGC AoE, Study of the Regional Earth System for Sustainable Development under Climate Change in the Greater Bay Area, 87,147,000 HKD
• 2022-2024, ECF, Establishing ecological redundancy baseline for Hong Kong mangroves, 1,302,050 HKD
• 2021-2024, RGC GRF, Reconstruction of the western North Atlantic intermediate water temperature over the last 7,000 years, 666,512 HKD
• 2019-2022, RGC CRF, SIRMS 2.0: Establishing Asia’s premier stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry laboratory in Hong Kong, 7,604,007 HKD
• 2019-2022, RGC GRF, Developing a high-resolution record of nitrogen isotopes in the sub-polar and polar North Atlantic during two key interglacial periods, 505,298 HKD
• 2018-2019, Airport Authority Marine Ecology & Fisheries Enhancement Fund, Unravelling the strength behind the ecosystem resilience of Tung Chung mangrove: A high-resolution mapping of its food web, 615,620 HKD
• 2014-2016, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Individual Research Grant, Unravelling the importance of the Laptev Sea system in the Arctic biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, 45,600 €

Professional Activities

• Scientific advisor, Seneca Impact Advisors
• Advisory Board, Meo Air Analytic Ltd
• Associate Editor | Frontiers in Marine Sciences | Marine Biogeochemistry | FEB 2018 – APR 2020
• Review Editor | Frontiers in Marine Sciences | Marine Biogeochemistry | JUN 2015 – FEB 2018