2024-present: Research scientist
2021-2024: Postdoctoral fellow, LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France / IMAS, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2017-2020: Post-doctoral fellow, Takuvik, Québec, Canada


2017: PhD in Biogeochemical Oceanography, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Léo Lacour’s work focuses on bio-physical interactions, from submesoscale to basin scale, that influence the biological carbon pump. More specifically, he studies phytoplankton phenology, phyto-zoo interactions, particle dynamics, and export/remineralisation processes leading to carbon sequestration in the ocean and climate regulation. He uses Biogeochemical-Argo floats equipped with cutting-edge sensors (e.g. UVP6) and both passive and active remote sensing (ocean colour, lidar) to explore under-sampled polar (Arctic and Southern Ocean) and subpolar environments.