Cédric Boulart is a marine geochemist based at IFREMER in Brest, France. He received his Ph.D. in Ocean and Earth Sciences from the University of Southampton (UK) in 2008, as part of a European Project focusing on the processes at mid-ocean ridges. He specializes in the development of methods and sensors for the detection, mapping and monitoring of dissolved gases in the water column, mainly above mid-ocean ridges.
After a few years bouncing between the UK, France and Germany, he joined IFREMER as part of a Research Grant from the French National Research Agency that focuses on the geochemistry of dissolved gases in hydrothermal plumes. One aspect of his current work is the optimization of an in situ mass spectrometer for the chemical mapping of dissolved gases in the water column above active vents.
On this cruise, he will be part of the team sampling the water column to search for and characterize the hydrothermal plumes. He will be deploying a modified in situ mass spectrometer on the CTD-rosette to track methane and other gases over the volcanoes to understand how these chemical species disperse in the water column in relation with other geochemical tracers.
