Dr. Lucie Sauzéat
Isotope Geochemist - Medical & Environmental Applications
COMMUNICATION & PUBLICATIONS
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8723-1351
ID-HAL: https://cv.hal.science/lucie-sauzeat
20 peer-reviewed publications in international journals including 7 as a first-author
1 book chapter (https://hal.science/hal-03717499v1)
21 co-authored scientific communications (oral or poster) in national and international conferences including 12 as a first author or as supervisor (PI) of the student author (e.g., Goldschmidt conference, AGU fall meeting, IAVCEI conference)
4 invited presentations including 1 keynote in international and national conferences (e.g., Goldschmidt conference, ISCMGEH conference, Congreso Peruano de Geologia)
16 seminars in Symposium & Workshop in worldwide universities and private company including 6 as invited speaker (e.g., Ortho-Analytik Company- Switzerland, Isotope Metallomics Workshop – Italy)
Peer-reviewed Publications
Published
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
[20] Förster F., Flöter S., Sauzéat L., Reynaud S., Achterberg E., Tsay A., Ferrier-Pagès C., Sheldrake T.E. Volcanic ash leaching alters the trace metal distribution within the coral holobiont of Stylophora pistillata, Biogeosciences, 22, 5809-5832 (2025). https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5809-2025 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-05542742
[19] Simbaña-Rivera K., Rodríguez-Pérez M.C., Fuentes-Ferrer M.E., Peña M.Z., Hernández A.R., Eychenne J., Sauzéat L., Jaramillo-Aguilar D.S., Chamorro A.R., Boada L.D. Biomonitoring of inorganic pollutants in blood samples of population affected by the Tajogaite eruption: The ISVOLCAN study in Spain. Toxics (2025), 13, 581. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13070581 - https://hal.science/hal-05285379v1
[18] Fourgassie L., Rodríguez-Pérez M.C., Enrique Fuentes Ferrer M., Zwirner E., Borbon A., Colomb A., Jose Perez Torrado F., Jessop D., Moune S., Paris R., Sauzéat L., Tomasek I., Damby D., Dezecache G., Eychenne J. Post-traumatic stress disorder in adult population of La Palma (Spain) after the 2021 Tajogaite Eruption: Environmental and Sociodemographic predictors. International Journal of Disaster Risk reduction 127 (2025) 105680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105680 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-05282105v1
[17] Sauzéat L., Moreira M., Holota H., Beaudoin C., Volle D. H. Unveiling the hidden impact of long-term metal-rich volcanic pollution on male reproductive functions using isotope metallomics. Environment International 198 (2025) 109388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109388 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-05263716v1
[16] Förster F., Sauzéat L., Ferrier-Pagès C., Reynaud S., Sheldrake T.E. Redox-sensitive δ65Cu isotopic fractionation in the tissue of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata: a biomarker of holobiont photophysiology following volcanic ash exposure. Metallomics, 17 (2025), mfaf011. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfaf011 - https://hal.science/hal-05269314v1
[15] Amorim, K., Grover, R., Omanović, D., Sauzéat L. et al. Desert dust improves the photophysiology of heat-stressed corals beyond iron. Sci Rep 14, 26509 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77381-y - https://uca.hal.science/hal-05269279v1
[14] Förster F., Reynaud S., Sauzéat L., Ferrier-Pagès C., Samankassou E., Sheldrake T.E. Increased coral biomineralization due to enhanced symbiotic activity upon volcanic ash exposure, Science of the Total Environment 912 (2024) 168694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168694 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-04304303v1
[13] Bissardon C., Proux O., Gazze S.A., Filhol O., Toubhans B., Sauzéat L., Bouchet S., Lewis A.R., Maffeis T., Hazemann J-L., Bayat S., Cloetens P., Colan R.S., Charlet L., Bohic S. Intracellular Fate of Sub-Toxic Concentration of Functionalized Selenium Nanoparticles in Aggressive Prostate Cancer Cells. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 2999. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13232999 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-04301536v1
[12] Sauzéat L., Eychenne J., Gurioli L., Boyet M., Jessop D.E., Moretti R., Monrose M., Holota H., Beaudoin C., Volle D.H. Metallome deregulation and health-related impacts due to long-term exposure to recent volcanic ash deposits: New chemical and isotopic insights. Science of The Total Environment, 829, 154383 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154383 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-03610668v1
[11] Morel JD*., Sauzéat L.*, Goeminne L.J.E. et al. The mouse metallomic landscape of aging and metabolism. Nat Commun 13, 607 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28060-x - https://insu.hal.science/insu-03708910v1
* These authors contributed equally
[10] Sauzéat L., Costas-Rodríguez M., Albalat E., Mattielli N., Vanhaecke F., Balter V., Inter-comparison of stable iron, copper and zinc isotopic compositions in six reference materials of biological origin; Talanta, 2021, 221, 121576, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121576 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-03903489v1
[9] Sauzéat L., Bernard E., Perret-Liaudet A., Quadrio I., Vighetto A., Krolak-Salmon P., Broussolle E., Leblanc P., Balter V., Isotopic evidence for disrupted copper metabolism in cerebrospinal fluids of ALS patients; iScience, 2018, 6, 264-271, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2018.07.023 - https://hal.science/hal-02323863v1
[8] Sauzéat L., Laurençon A., Balter V., Metallome evolution in ageing C.elegans and a copper stable isotope perspective; Metallomics, 2018, 10, 496-503. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7MT00318H - https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-02326522v1
[7] Ferrier-Pagès C., Sauzéat L., Balter V., Coral bleaching is linked to the capacity of the animal host to supply essential metals to the symbionts; Global Change Biology, 2018, 00, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.024 - https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-03904891v1
[6] Hermann A., Sauzéat L., Guillou H., Maury R.C., Chauvel C., Liorzou C., Conte E., Combined geochemical and geochronological analyses of stone artefacts provide unambiguous evidence of intra- and inter-island interactions in Polynesia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2017, 13, 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.024 - https://hal.science/hal-03905426v1
[5] Cordier C., Sauzéat L., Arndt N.T., Boullier A.-M., Batanova V., Barou F., Quantitative Modelling of the Apparent Decoupling of Mg# and Ni in Kimberlitic Olivine Margins: a Reply to the Comment on Cordier et al. (2015) by A. Moore. Journal of Petrology, 2017, 58, 391–393. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egx013 - https://hal.science/hal-01685633v1
[4] Garçon M., Sauzéat L., Carlson R.W., Shirey S.B., Simon M., Balter V., Boyet M., Nitrile, Latex, Neoprene and Vinyl Gloves: A Primary Source of Contamination for Trace Element and Zn Isotopic Analyses in Geological and Biological Samples. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 2017, 41, 367–380. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12161 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-01645406v1
[3] Cordier C., Sauzéat L., Arndt N.T., Boullier A.-M., Batanova V., Barou F., The Geochemical Complexity of Kimberlite Rocks and their Olivine Populations: a Reply to the Comment on Cordier et al. (2015) by Andrea Giuliani & Stephen F. Foley. Journal of Petrology, 2016, 57, 927–932. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egw027 - https://hal.science/hal-01689408v1
[2] Sauzéat L., Rudnick R., Chauvel C., Garçon M., Tang M., New perspectives on the Li isotopic composition of the upper continental crust and its weathering signature. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2015, 428, 181–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.032 - https://hal.science/hal-03758804v1
[1] Cordier C., Sauzéat L., Arndt N.T., Boullier A.-M., Batanova V., Barou F., Metasomatism of the Lithospheric Mantle Immediately Precedes Kimberlite Eruption: New Evidence from Olivine Composition and Microstructures. Journal of Petrology, 2015, 56, 1775–1796. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egv054 - https://hal.science/hal-01277963v1
BOOK CHAPTER
[1] Lucie Sauzéat. Sols volcaniques et santé : quels sont les risques?. Livret de synthèse 2021 « Science de La Durabilité. Comprendre, Co-Construire, Transformer », IRD Éditions; Hors collection. Dangles, Olivier (coord.); Fréour, Claire (coord.). IRD, pp.28-31, 2022. https://hal.science/hal-03717499v1
PRESS RELEASE
[5] Quarterly International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) Early Career researchers (ECR)
Newsletters (restricted access to IMGA ECR members, edited on July 2025, Sept. 2025, Feb. 2026) –
https://medicalgeology.org/about-imga/imga-working-group-on-early-career-researchers-network/
[4] L’IRD et les jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs : quelle vision pour 2030 ? https://www.ird.fr/jeunes-chercheurs-de-lird-quelle-vision-de-linstitut-pour-2030 _2023
[3] Sauzéat L., Émissions volcaniques : de nouveaux risques sanitaires identifiés ? – IRD le Mag’ ; https://lemag.ird.fr/fr/emissions-volcaniques-de-nouveaux-risques-sanitaires-identifies, 2022 - https://uca.hal.science/hal-04241002v1
[2] Les métaux dans le corps : biomarqueurs du vieillissement et de la santé métabolique. Actualités de l’Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB, CNRS). https://www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/les-metaux-dans-le-corps-biomarqueurs-du-vieillissement-et-de-la-sante-metabolique?shem=rimspwouoe, 2022
[1] Sauzéat L., Bernard E., Perret-Liaudet A., Quadrio I., Vighetto A., Krolak-Salmon P., Broussolle E., Leblanc P., Balter V., Interdisciplinary Case Study: Geochemistry meets the clinic in search for a metal ALS biomarker; iScience, 2019, 25, 531-535, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.12.007 - https://hal.science/hal-02323839v1
THÈSE DE DOCTORAT
[1] Sauzéat L. Vieillissement et maladies neurodégénératives : nouvelles contraintes apportées par la métallomique. Médecine humaine et pathologie. Université de Lyon, 2018. Français. 〈NNT : 2018LYSEN005〉 - https://theses.hal.science/tel-01941713
National & International Conferences
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(July) Mountaga E. Diallo, Saida Japura, Moreira M., Julia Eychenne, Severine Moune, Francisco J. P. Torrado, Maria del Cristo Rodriguez-Pérez, Holota Hélène, Beaudoin Claude, Volle David.H., Sauzéat Lucie. Chronic volcanic ash exposure alters male fertility mediated by oxidative stress-related isotopic variations (abstract ID163) - 2025IAVCEI SA – Geneva, Switzerland – Poster
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(July) Tomašek I., Eychenne J., Henrioux F., Damby D.E., Jabaudon M., Sauzéat L., Uzu G., Blanchon L., Sapin V. Biological effects of co-exposure to Tajogaite volcano (La Palma, Spain) ash and sulphur dioxide gas in human lung cells - 2025IAVCEI SA – Geneva, Switzerland – Poster
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(May) Förster F., Sauzéat L., Ferrier-Pagès C., Reynaud S., Sheldrake T.E. δ65Cu as biomarker for the photophysiological state of a symbiotic coral - EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2025 Oral
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(25 de Marzo) - invitado webinar - Japura S., Sauzéat L., Manrique N., Gracia F. GeoMedicina en las zonas volcanicas - conference magistral AGROMIN (agro y minería unidas por naturaleza), Associación civil agromineria del Perú, Peru, Oral
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(Nov) Mountaga E. Diallo, Francisco J. P. Torrado, Maria del Cristo Rodriguez-Pérez, Severine Moune, Holota Hélène, Beaudoin Claude, Volle David.H., Sauzéat Lucie. HEALTH IMPACT OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO VOLCANIC PARTICLE DEPOSITS (conference abstract, Cosmológica, n°5, ISSN:2792-7423) - International conference Tajogaite eruption; Topic 9: Air quality and health – La Palma, Spain – oral
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(July) Amorin K., Grover R., Omanović D., Sauzéat L., Ferrier-Pagès C. Effects of desert dust on the ecophysiology of two thermal stressed Scleractinia corals (abstract ID186) - ECRS 2024 – Naples, Italie – Poster
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(July) Förster F., Reynaud S., Sauzéat L., Ferrier-Pagès C., Samankassou E., Sheldrake T.E. Corals and Volcanoes: moderate volcanic ash exposure enhances symbiont photophysiology in the hermatypic coral Stylophora pistillata (abstract ID277) - ECRS 2024 – Naples, Italie – Poster
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(May) - A. Borbon, M. Bertrand, A. Colomb, S. Moune, M. Gouhier, R. Paris, Ines Tomasek, L. Sauzéat, G. Dezecache, L. Fourgassie, E. Zwirner, MC. Rodrigues-
Perez, M. Fuentes, R. Biagi J. Eychenne., health risk of the Tajogaite volcanic eruption in La Palma: disentangling urabn and natural contributions from long-term air quality monitoring network - ACTRIS conference 2024 – France – Poster -
(August) - Giovanni Aloisi, Vincent Balter and the ISMAR workshop participants
.Isotope Metallomics workshop (Venice, Italy) as a catalyzer of scientific networking - Isotope Metallomics Workshop (IMW), Goldschmidt conference 2024 – France – Oral -
(Sept) - Invited talk - Japura S., Sauzéat L., Eychenne J., Manrique N., Garcia F. Geomedicina en las regiones volcánicas, el caso de Uninas y Tungurahua volcanos - Conferencia " Aportes de la geologia al desarollo nacional", organized by the Congreso Peruano de Geologia (CPG) y el Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú- Arequipa (CIP_AQP) (Peru) - Oral
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(Nov) - Invited talk (keynote speaker) -Sauzéat L., Health impatc of chronic volcanic ash exposure: New constraints from a multi-isotopic approach - ISCMGEH-Europe conference – Virtual conference – Oral
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(Dec) - Japura S., Sauzéat L., Manrique N., Garcia F. Análisis preliminar de la desregulación de metales en testículos de ratones expuestos a cenizas del volcán Ubinas - XXII Congreso Peruano de Geologia – Lima, Peru – Oral
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July – Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France. Sauzéat L., Jessop D., Moretti R., Holota H., Beaudoin C., Volle D., Long-term exposure to volcanic ash deposits & health-related impacts – Poster (participation en présentiel)
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Nov. – Regional workshop, CAP 20-25 – Clermont-Fd, France – Sauzéat L., Eychenne J., Gurioli L., Boyet M., Jessop D.E., Moretti R., Monrose M., Holota H., Beaudoin C., Volle D.H., Volcanic pollution & Health – Oral presentation
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July – Invited Talk – Goldschmidt conference – Lyon, France / Sauzéat L., Volle D., Beaudoin C., Boyet M. Volcanic ash & health: Where is the risk? New chemical and isotopic approach – Oral presentation
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June – Regional Workshop: Impact of environmental pollutants on human health – Clermont-Fd, France / Sauzéat L., Volle D., Beaudoin C., Boyet M. Volcanic ash & health: New chemical and isotopic approach – Oral presentation
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June – Cities on Volcanoes (COV) Conference, Heraklion Crete, Sauzéat L., Eychenne J., Gurioli L., Boyet M., Jessop D.E., Moretti R., Monrose M., Holota H., Beaudoin C., Volle D.H., Metallome deregulation & health-related impacts due to long-term exposure to volcanic ash – Oral presentation
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January – Invited Talk - Sustainability Science Days, IRD, France – Sauzéat L. Health in volcanic settings, what are the risks? An integrated viewpoint in a sustainability science approach – Oral presentation
• August 18-23 – Goldschmidt conference – Barcelona, Spain / Béziat P., Bouchet S., Sauzéat L., Tolu J., Alcolombri U., Winkel L. The role of phytoplankton in marine Se cycling - Poster presentation
• April 11 – Invited seminar – Integrative Human Evolution Symposium (IHES) – Zurich, Switzerland / Sauzéat L., Bernard E., Perret-Liaudet A., Quadrio I., Broussolle E., Leblanc P., Balter V. Ageing & Neurodegenerative diseases: New constraints from the Metallomic – Oral presentation
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• September 19-21 – 2ndEuropean ICP-QQQ Forum, Agilent – Munich, Germany
• September 6 – Invited seminar –Ortho-Analytik Laboratory – Wallisellen, Switzerland / Sauzéat L. Metal stable isotopes: New approach from geochemistry to medicine– Oral presentatio
• March 29-30, 2018 – International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) – Veyrier du Lac, France / Sauzéat L.,
Bernard E., Perret-Liaudet A., Quadrio I., Vighetto A., Krolak-Salmon P., Broussolle E., Leblanc P., Balter V. Isotopic
evidence for disrupted copper metabolism in cerebrospinal fluids of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients – Oral
presentation
• September 14-15, 2017 – New Views on Aging – Paris, France / Sauzéat L., Jha P., Laurençon A., Auwerx J., Balter
V. Aging: New constraints from chemical proxies – Oral presentation
• August 13-18, 2017 – Goldschmidt – Paris, France / Sauzéat L., Jha P., Laurençon A., Auwerx J., Balter V. An isotope metallomic perspective on aging – Oral presentation
• November 3, 2016 – Doctorate congress – Lyon, France / Sauzéat L., Balter V., Bernard E., Perret-Liaudet A., Quadrio I., Leblanc P., Broussolle E. Neurodegenerative diseases: New constraints from Cu and Zn cerebrospinal fluids compositions – Oral Presentation
• August 16-21, 2015 – Goldschmidt conference – Prague, Czech Republic
• December 15-19, 2014 – AGU (American Geophysical Union) – San Francisco, USA / Sauzéat L., Rudnick R. L.,
Chauvel C. Li isotopic composition and concentration of the upper continental crust (UCC): New insights provided by desert loess – Poster presentation
• April, 2014 – EGU (European Geosciences Union) – Vienna, Austria / Cordier C., Sauzéat L., Arndt N.T., Boullier A.-M. Olivine in kimberlites: metasomatism of the deep lithospheric mantle – Oral presentation
• March, 2014 – IMA (International Mineralogical Association) / Arndt N.T., Cordier C., Sauzéat L., Boullier A.-M.
Olivine in kimberlites: lithospheric versus shallow processes – Oral presentation
• August 25-30, 2013 – Goldschmidt conference – Florence, Italy / Sauzéat L., Cordier C., Arndt N.T., Boullier A.-M.
How kimberlites form: clues from olivine geochemistry – Poster presentation