Hydrology, water quality
PhD, Assoc. Prof / Phys.-adj. CNAP
Address: Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, FRANCE
Phone: +33 (0)5 61 33 27 12
Email: laurie.boithias|DONTWANTSPAM|@get.omp.eu
Main fields of research and expertise
Laurie BOITHIAS got her PhD in 2012 from the University of Toulouse, France. After three post-docs in Spain and France, she got an associate professor position at GET in Toulouse in 2017, within the M-TROPICS CZO. Her research is about catchment-scale hydrology, erosion processes, and fate and transport of contaminants such as pathogens, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. The overall aim of her research is to contribute to the interdisciplinary understanding of the biogeochemical functioning of hydrological systems and to ecosystem services assessment. Her approach is triple: field measurement, experimental studies and catchment-scale modelling.
Selected publications
Boithias, L., Choisy, M., Souliyaseng, N., Jourdren, M., Quet, F., Buisson, Y., Thammahacksa, C., Silvera, N., Latsachack, K., Sengtaheuanghoung, O., Pierret, A., Rochelle-Newall, E., Becerra, S., Ribolzi, O., 2016. Hydrological regime and water shortage as drivers of the seasonal incidence of diarrheal diseases in a tropical montane environment. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 10, e0005195. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005195
Boithias, L., Jardé, E., Latsachack, K., Thammahacksa, C., Silvera, N., Soulileuth, B., Xayyalart, M., Viguier, M., Pierret, A., Rochelle-Newall, E., Ribolzi, O., 2024. Village Settlements in Mountainous Tropical Areas, Hotspots of Fecal Contamination as Evidenced by Escherichia coli and Stanol Concentrations in Stormwater Pulses. Environ. Sci. Technol. 58, 6335–6348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c09090
Boithias, L., Ribolzi, O., Lacombe, G., Thammahacksa, C., Silvera, N., Latsachack, K., Soulileuth, B., Viguier, M., Auda, Y., Robert, E., Evrard, O., Huon, S., Pommier, T., Zouiten, C., Sengtaheuanghoung, O., Rochelle-Newall, E., 2021b. Quantifying the effect of overland flow on Escherichia coli pulses during floods: Use of a tracer-based approach in an erosion-prone tropical catchment. J. Hydrol. 594, 125935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125935
Boithias, L., Ribolzi, O., Rochelle-Newall, E., Thammahacksa, C., Nakhle, P., Soulileuth, B., Pando-Bahuon, A., Latsachack, K., Silvera, N., Sounyafong, P., Xayyathip, K., Zimmermann, R., Rattanavong, S., Oliva, P., Pommier, T., Evrard, O., Huon, S., Causse, J., Henry-des-Tureaux, T., Sengtaheuanghoung, O., Sipaseuth, N., Pierret, A., 2022. Escherichia coli concentration, multiscale monitoring over the decade 2011–2021 in the Mekong River basin, Lao PDR. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 14, 2883–2894. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2883-2022
Kim, M., Boithias, L., Cho, K.H., Silvera, N., Thammahacksa, C., Latsachack, K., Rochelle-Newall, E., Sengtaheuanghoung, O., Pierret, A., Pachepsky, Y.A., Ribolzi, O., 2017. Hydrological modeling of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in a tropical mountain catchment. Water Res. 119, 102–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.038
Nakhle, P., Boithias, L., Pando-Bahuon, A., Thammahacksa, C., Gallion, N., Sounyafong, P., Silvera, N., Latsachack, K., Soulileuth, B., Rochelle-Newall, E.J., Marcangeli, Y., Pierret, A., Ribolzi, O., 2021a. Decay Rate of Escherichia coli in a Mountainous Tropical Headwater Wetland. Water 13, 2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13152068
Nakhle, P., Ribolzi, O., Boithias, L., Rattanavong, S., Auda, Y., Sayavong, S., Zimmermann, R., Soulileuth, B., Pando, A., Thammahacksa, C., Rochelle-Newall, E., Santini, W., Martinez, J.M., Gratiot, N., Pierret, A., 2021b. Effects of hydrological regime and land use on in-stream Escherichia coli concentration in the Mekong basin, Lao PDR. Sci. Rep. 11, 3460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82891-0