• Ph. D. in Oceanography (1998), Dalhousie University. 
• Postdoctoral fellow (1999-2001), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

• Photochemical transformation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in natural waters. 
• Impacts of photooxidation on the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and organic contaminants in marine ecosystems. 
• Biogeochemical cycling of trace gases (CO, DMS, CH4, H2) in marine waters. 
• Polar ocean chemistry.

• Abderrahmane Taalba (PhD), in progress. 
• Liming Qi (PhD), in progress. 
• Lantao Geng (PhD), in progress. 
• Yong Zhang (PDF), completed in 2014. 
• Guisheng Song (PhD), completed in 2013. 
• Jun Hong (PDF), completed in 2011. 
• Cyril Aubry (research assistant), completed in 2009. 
• Xiaomeng Wang (PhD), completed in 2009. 
• Yong Zhang (MSc), completed in 2008. 
• Damián López (PDF), completed in 2007. 
• Tao Lou (PhD), completed in 2005. 

Articles publiés / Published articles 

• Zhao B-Z, Yang G-P, Xie H, Lu X-L, Yang J, 2015. Distribution, flux and photoproduction of carbon monoxide in the Bohai and Yellow Seas. Marine Chemistry, 168, 104–113.
• Hong J, Xie H, Guo L, Song G, 2014. Carbon monoxide photoproduction : implications for photoreactivity of Arctic permafrost-derived soil dissolved organic matter. Environmental Sciences and Technology, 48, 9113−9121.
• Xie H, Aubry C, Zhang Y, Song G, 2014. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in first-year sea ice in the western Canadian Arctic. Marine Chemistry, 165C, 25-35.
• Li G, Liu J, Ma Y, Zhao R, Hu S, Li Y, Wei H, Xie H, 2014. Distribution and spectral characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a coastal bay in northern China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 26, 1585-1595.
• Taalba A, Xie H, Scarratt MG, Bélanger S, Levasseur M, 2013. Photooxidation of dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the Canadian Arctic. Biogeosciences, 10, 6793–6806.
• Le Fouest V, Zakardjian B, Xie H, Raimbault P, Joux F, Babin M, 2013. Modeling plankton ecosystem functioning and nitrogen fluxes in the oligotrophic waters of the Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean : a focus on light-driven processes. Biogeosciences, 10, 4785–4800.
• Song G, Xie H, Bélanger S, Leymarie E, Babin M, 2013. Spectrally resolved efficiencies of carbon monoxide (CO) photoproduction in the western Canadian Arctic : particles versus solutes. Biogeosciences, 10, 3731–3748.
• Xie H, Bélanger S, Song G, Benner R, Taalba A, Blais M, Le Fouest V, Tremblay J-E, Babin M, 2012. Photoproduction of ammonium in the southeastern Beaufort Sea and its biogeochemical implications. Biogeosciences, 9, 3047–3061.
• Randall K, Scarratt M, Levasseur M, Michaud S, Xie H, Gosselin M, 2012. First measurements of nitrous oxide in Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117, C00G15, doi:10.1029/2011JC007340.
• Xie H, Aubry C, Bélanger S, Song G, 2012. The dynamics of absorption coefficients of chromophoric dissolved organic matter and particles in the St. Lawrence estuarine system : Biogeochemical and physical implications. Marine Chemistry, 128-129, 44-56.
• Zhang Y, Xie H, 2012, The sources and sinks of carbon monoxide in the St. Lawrence estuarine system. Deep-Sea Research II, 81-82, 114-123.
• Song G, Xie H, Aubry C, Zhang Y, Gosselin M, Mundy CJ, Philippe B, Papakyriakou TN, 2011. Spatiotemporal variations of dissolved organic carbon and carbon monoxide in first-year sea ice in the western Canadian Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C00G05, doi : 10.1029/2010JC006867.
• Mei Z-P, Saucier FJ, Le Fouest V, Zakardjian B, Sennville S, Xie H, Starr M, 2010. Modeling the timing of spring phytoplankton bloom and biological production of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada) : Effects of colored dissolved organic matter and temperature. Continental Shelf Research, 30, 2027-2045.
• Wang X, Yang G-P, López D, Ferreyra G, Lemarchand K, Xie H, 2010. Late autumn to spring changes in the inorganic and organic carbon dissolved in the water column at Scholaert Channel, West Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 22, 145-156.
• Xie H, Zafiriou OC, 2009. Evidence for significant photochemical production of carbon monoxide by particles in coastal and oligotrophic marine waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L23606, doi:10.1029/2009GL041158.
• Xie H, Zhang Y, Lemarchand K, Poulin P, 2009. Seasonal variation and temperature dependence of microbial carbon monoxide uptake in the St. Lawrence estuarine system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 389, 17-29.
• Xie H, Bélanger S, Demers S, Vincent WF, Papakyriakou TN, 2009. Photobiogeochemical cycling of carbon monoxide in the southeastern Beaufort Sea in spring and autumn. Limnology and Oceanography, 54, 234-249.
• Zhang Y, Xie H, Fichot CG, Chen G, 2008. Dark production of carbon monoxide from dissolved organic matter in the St. Lawrence estuarine system : Implication for global marine CO budget. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C12020, doi:10.1029/2008JC004811.
• Soubaneh YD, Lebeuf M, Gouteux B, Xie H, Nikiforov V, Gagné J-P, 2008. Investigations on the sorption of a toxaphene model congener, the B7-1450, on marine sediments. Chemosphere, 71, 1019-1027.
• Zafiriou OC, Xie H, Nelson NB, Najjar RG, Wang W, 2008. Diel carbon monoxide cycling in the upper Sargasso Sea near Bermuda at the onset of spring and in mid-summer. Limnology and Oceanography, 53, 835-850.
• Vincent WF, Pedrós-Alió C, Suttle C, Lovejoy C, Deming J, Osburn C, Lesack L, Xie H, Babin M, Wilmotte A, 2008. Microbial communities and carbon fluxes. In : On Thin Ice : A synthesis of the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES). Edited by L. Fortie, D. Barber, and J. Michaud.
• Punshon S, Moore RM, Xie H, 2007. Net loss rates and distribution of molecular hydrogen (H2) in mid-latitude coastal waters. Marine Chemistry, 105, 129-139.
• Zhang Y, Xie H, Chen G, 2006. Factors affecting carbon monoxide photoproduction in the St. Lawrence estuarine system (Canada). Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 7771-7777.
• Bélanger S, Xie H, Krotkov N, Larouche P, Vincent WF, Babin M, 2006. Photomineralization of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in Arctic coastal waters from 1979 to 2003 : Interannual variability and implications of climate change. Global Biogeochemical Cycling, GB4005, doi:10.1029/2006GB002708.
• Lou T, Xie H, 2006. Photochemical alteration of molecular weight of dissolved organic matter. Chemosphere, 65, 2333-2342.
• Lou T, Xie H, Chen G, Gagné J-P, 2006. Effects of photodegradation of dissolved organic matter on the binding of benzo(a)pyrene. Chemosphere, 64, 1204-1211.
• Xie H, Gosselin M, 2005. Photoproduction of carbon monoxide in first-year sea ice in Franklin Bay, southeastern Beaufort Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L12606, doi:10.1029/2005GL022803.
• Xie H, Zafiriou OC, Umile TP, Kieber DJ, 2005. Biological consumption of carbon monoxide in Delaware Bay, NW Atlantic and Beaufort Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 290, 1-14.
• Xie H, Zafiriou OC, Cai W-J, Zepp RG, Wang Y, 2004. Photooxidation and its effects on the carboxyl content of dissolved organic matter in two coastal rivers in the Southeastern United States. Environmental Sciences and Technology, 38, 4113-4119.
• Xie H, Andrews SS, Martin WR, Miller J, Ziolkowski L, Taylor CD, Zafiriou OC, 2002. Validated methods for sampling and headspace analysis of carbon monoxide in seawater. Marine Chemistry, 77, 93-108.
• Xie H, Zafiriou OC, Wang W, Taylor CD, 2001. A simple automated continuous-flow-equilibration method for measuring dissolved carbon monoxide in seawater. Environmental Science and Technology, 35, 1475-1480.
• Xie H, Scarratt MG, Moore RM, 1999. Carbon disulphide production in laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Atmospheric Environment, 33, 3445-3453.
• Xie H, Moore RM, 1999. Carbon disulfide in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 5393-5402.
• Xie H, Moore RM, Miller WL, 1998. Photochemical production of carbon disulphide in seawater. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 5635-5644.
• Xie H, Moore RM, 1997. Carbon disulphide measurements in marine waters using oxygen-doped electron capture detection with purge-trap preconcentration. Analytical Chemistry, 69, 1753-1755.
• Ji R, Chen G, Xie H, Zhang LJ, 1993. Densities of Jiaozhou Bay seawaters. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 15, 136-141.
• Xie H, Zhou S, 1991. Carbon dioxide system in seawater in the north region of East China Sea. Marine Science Bulletin, 10, 21-26.
• Zhou S, Xie H, 1991. Preliminary analysis of error sources of data from routine marine investigations. Marine Science Bulletin, 10, 88-92.