Cécile bulle

Research officer
(École Polytechnique de Montréal - Chemical Engineering Department)
cecile.bulle@polymtl.ca

Expertise :

• Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Complex organic mixture environmental fate modeling : contaminant interactions, influence of local conditions (soil type, etc…).
  
• Ecotoxicological and toxicological impact assessment of metals.
  
• Green buildings

Publications/presentations:

Papers :
Accepted :
Bulle, C., Bertrand, F., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., 2008. Sensitivity study of an OCDD environmental fate screening model in soils in the presence of PCP wood-preserving oil. Chemosphere 73, S149-S157.

Bulle, C., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., 2005. Modelization of the influence of wood-preserving oil and PCP on the fate of PCDD/Fs in soil. Organohalogen Compounds 67, 1875-1878.

Toffoletto, L., Bulle, C., Godin, J., Reid, C. and Deschênes, L. 2007. LUCAS – A New LCIA Method Used for a CAnadian-Specific Context. International Journal of LCA 12 (2), p 93-102.

Submitted :
Bayart, J.-B., Cécile Bulle, Louise Deschênes, Manuele Margni, Stephan Pfister, François Vince, Koehler, A., Soumis en septembre 2008. A Framework for Assessing Off-Stream Freshwater Use in LCA. International journal of LCA.

Bulle, C., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., Soumis en décembre 2008. Importance of PCP pole treating oil influence on PCDD/F fate while evaluating the danger linked to contaminated micro-sites around utility poles. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Bulle., C., Rejean Samson, Deschênes, L., Soumis en décembre 2008. PCDD/F vertical migration in soil: influence of PCP pole treating oil. Model prediction versus column experiments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Conferences:
Done:
Bulle, C., Margni, M., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., 2008. Improvement of metal’s terrestrial ecotoxicological characterization factors to better assess contaminated sites primary impacts. Clearwater/Tampa Workshop on metals & LCIA, Clearwater, Florida.

Bulle, C., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., 2008. Influence of the soil spatial variability on the fate of a complex organic mixture: PCP wood preserving oil. MuSA Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Aoustin, E., Pfister, S., Bayart, J.-B., Arena, P., Vince, F., Koehler, A., Margni, M., Bulle, C., 2008. Assessment of water use and consumption within LCA. 5th SETAC World Congress, Sydney, Autralia.

Koehler, A., Juraske, R., Pfister, S., Bayart, J.B., Bulle, C., Margni, M., Arena, P., Aoustin, E.,Vince, F., 2008. A framework for assessing freshwater use within LCA: Results from the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative Project on Water Use in LCA. SETAC North America, Tampa, FL.

Koehler, A., Arena, P., Aoustin, E., Bayart, J.B., Bulle, C., Juraske, R., Strasse, W.P., Margni, M., Pfister, S., Vince, F. 2008. A framework for assessing freshwater use within LCA: Results from the related project under the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. EcoBalance, Tokyo, Japan.

Koehler, A., Aoustin, E., Bayart, J.B., Bulle, C., Margni, M., Pfister, S., Vince, F., 2008. A framework for assessing (fresh)water use within LCA:First results from the related project under the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative (Phase 2). LCA VIII, Seattle, WA.

Bulle, C., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., 2006. Étude de sensibilité sur un modèle de détermination du sort environnemental de l’Octachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxine (OCDD) dans les sols en présence d’huile de préservation du bois au pentachlorophénol (PCP). 10e colloque du chapitre St-Laurent, Québec, QC.

Bulle, C., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., 2005. Modelization of the influence of wood-preserving oil and PCP on the fate of PCDD/Fs in soil. Dioxin' 2005, 25th symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and Persistant Organic Pollutants (POP's), Toronto, ON.

Bulle, C., Réjean Samson, Deschênes, L., 2005. Modélisation de l’influence de co-contaminants (huile et PCP) sur le sort des PCDD/F dans le sol. 9e Colloque du Chapitre St Laurent, Montréal.

Toffoletto, L., Cadotte, M., Bulle, C., Godin, J., Deschênes, L., 2004. Characterization factors for local and regional impacts adapted to the Canadian context. Fourth SETAC World Portland.

Godin, J., Daoust, C., Bulle, C., Toffoletto, L., Deschênes, L., 2004. Évaluation de l'écotoxicité et de la toxicité humaine dans le contexte canadien : l'approche par écozones terrestres. 72e congrès de l’ACFAS., Montréal, QC.

Submitted :
Koehler, A., Arena, P., Aoustin, E., Bayart, J.B., Bulle, C., Deschênes, L., Margni, M., Pfister, S.Vince, F., Soumis en décembre 2008. Assessing freshwater use within LCA: A framework and assessment approaches developed by the UNEP/SETAC Working Group on Water Resources. SETAC Europe 2009, Goteborg, Sweden.

Bulle, C., Samson, R., Deschênes, L., Soumis en décembre 2008. How to deal with complex organic mixtures: The “Trojan horse” approach. SETAC Europe 2009, Goteborg. Sweden.

Deschênes, L., Margni, M., Bulle, C., Soumis en décembre 2008. Organic compounds toxicity in LCIA: does the soil type matter? SETAC Europe 2009 Goteborg.

Career path:

09/1991-06/1997 : Chemical engineering diploma obtained from CPE Lyon (école supérieure de Chimie, Physique et Électronique de Lyon - France) completed by a last year in exchange at École Polytechnique de Montréal (1996-1997).

12/1997-07/1998 : Product Manager for Kemira Process Chemicals à Wavre (Belgium), responsible for the development and sales on European market of a new category of environmental products (nutrients for the biological treatment of contaminated soil and water)

09/1998-06/2000 : Commercial engineer for Olsten travail temporaire (Temporary workers recruitment and contact with industrial customers in particular in chemistry and environmental fields).

09/2000-06/2001 : Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (DEA, equivalent to a Master) in environmental earth science at CEREGE (Centre Européen de Recherche et d’Études en Géosciences de l’Environnement), Université d’Aix-Marseille III. Research project: « Speciation and mobility of chromium in a 500 000 years old natural analogous to altered Portland cement».

08/2001-11/2007: Ph.D. in chemical engineering from école polytechnique de Montréal. Research project: “Complex organic mixture environmental fate modeling : pentachlorophenol wood preserving oil influence on dioxins and furans vertical migration in soils”.

Since 09/2007 : Research officer at CIRAIG and lecturer (GCH6313 Environmental modeling of toxic emissions)

Since 2006 : Builder and owner of a green house