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Micheline Labrie

faculty

Micheline Labrie '21, PhD

Assistant Professor

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-910-6314

mlabrie@umassd.edu

School for Marine Science & Technology West, New Bedford 114A

Education

2021Â鶹¹ÙÍøPhD
2011University of New HampshireBS

Teaching

Programs

Courses

Fundamentals of geological oceanography and ocean basin formation. Topics covered are the history of ocean floor exploration, the major dynamic processes shaping and characterizing the seafloor from beaches to basins and reefs to estuaries, marine geophysics, plate tectonics, sea level fluctuation over geologic time, and the role of paleoceanography in understanding the evolution of Earth's oceans over geologic time..

Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in Marine Science or Technology under a faculty advisor.

Research for and preparation of doctoral dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must provide a thorough survey of the research activities in the research topic area and it must present original and innovative research ideas and preliminary results as well as a defined research scope and directions. PhD students must have passed this course before registering for doctoral dissertation research credits. Graded P/F.

Research

Research awards

  • $ 14,480 awarded by Town of Orleans for Town of Orleans Water Quality Monitoring Program 2026 Samples FY27
  • $ 104,718 awarded by Town of Orleans for Technical Support of the Town of Orleans - Water Quality and Wastewater Planning
  • $ 3,040 awarded by CT River Fish and Wildlife Conservation for Chlorophyll-a Analysis 2027
  • $ 25,000 awarded by Town of Orleans for Technical Support of the Towns of Orleans: Mill Pond Oyster Aquaculture Site Suitability
  • $ 57,221 awarded by Upper Blackstone Clean Water  for Technical Support of Upper Blackstone Clean Water and CDM Smith - Upper Blackstone River Water Quality Monitoring

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

  • Labrie, M.S., M.A. Sundermeyer and B.L. Howes (2022).
    Estuaries and Coasts, 1-18.
  • Labrie, M.S., M.A. Sundermeyer and B.L. Howes (2022).
    Modelling the spatial distribution of oyster (Crassostrea virginica) biodeposits settling from suspended aquaculture
    Estuaries and Coasts, 45(8), 2690-2709.
  • Ray, N., B. Hancock, M. Brush, A. Colden, J. Cornwell, M.S. Labrie, T. Maguire, T. Maxwell, D. Rogers, R. Stevick, A. Unruh, M. Kellogg, A. Smyth, and R. Fulweiler (2021).
    A review of how we assess denitrification in oyster habitats and proposed guidelines for future studies
    Limno. Oceanogr-Meth, 19:10
  • Fiore C.L., M.S. Labrie, J.K. Jarett, and M.P. Lesser (2015).
    Transcriptional activity of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta Holobiont: molecular evidence for metabolic interchange
    Front. Microbiol., 6:364

Micheline Labrie is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences at SMAST-Â鶹¹ÙÍøD. Dr. Labrie’s expertise is in biogeochemistry, specifically, testing innovative technologies aimed at mitigating nutrient and plastic pollution in freshwater and coastal systems. Her research and technical staff oversee both the Biodegradability laboratory and the Coastal Systems Program. The facilities offer state-of-the-art polymer biodegradability testing and chemical analysis of surface and groundwater. Dr. Labrie is a participating member of the ASTM International Plastics subcommittee and is the principal or co-principal investigator on several current and pending research projects funded by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Office of Naval Research, Massachusetts municipal governments, and industry.

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