Guillaume Gauthier

Introduction

Developing a new method to access critical raw materials (CRM) is essential to strengthen Europe’s economic and technological independence in response to the ever-increasing demand for CRM.

I am an MSCA fellow based in Switzerland and a doctoral student at LAMUN. I am also affiliated through my co-supervisor with UniLaSalle, the University of Bern, and the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences. I earned my master’s degree at Université Laval (QC, Canada), where I studied the microbiome ecology of agricultural soils using shotgun metagenomics. During this time, I developed wet- and dry-lab skills to produce, handle, and analyse large ecological datasets. As the DC 10 for the MiningBrines MSCA (https://miningbrines.eu/), I aim to explore integrating the biorecovery of CRMs such as Li and Co with atmospheric carbon sequestration. I am particularly interested in harnessing microbial metabolic activities to address contemporary challenges and reduce the industry’s environmental footprint.

Fun fact: just as our cells transcribe RNA into protein, I transcribe yarn into knitted wear.