Michael Lathuillière is an agricultural water management and water footprint specialist, a Vanier Scholar, Killam Laureate and a Ph.D candidate in Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability.
Michael’s research bridges the fields of Ecohydrology and Industrial Ecology to propose new methods to assess potential impacts of land use change and water consumption in product supply chains. His research focuses on the Brazilian region of Southern Amazonia, the number one producer of soybean, meat and cotton in the country. In recent years, the region has shown tremendous potential for reducing deforestation through supply chain initiatives.
Since 2009, Michael has been studying the effects of land use change on the hydrologic cycle in Southern Amazonia. In 2012, he joined the Brazilian National Institute for Wetlands located in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, to study carbon flows in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland. Michael also acts as an expert in the Water Use in Life Cycle Assessment (WULCA) Working Group which was solicited by the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative to provide a methodological recommendation for the ISO 14046 standard (Water Footprint).
Michael holds an M.Sc. in Resource Management and Environmental Studies (UBC, 2011) and a B.Sc. in Chemistry (UBC, 2002); he communicates fluently in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Feel free to contact Michael at mlathuilliere (at) alumni (dot) ubc (dot) ca.