Understanding the impacts of environmental changes and human activities on marine species and ecosystems is critical for informing conservation and management approaches. In this context, I have shaped my profile as a marine quantitative ecologist. More specifically, I infer the habitat use, behavioural and foraging ecology of marine megafauna (including pinnipeds, seabirds and fish) in relation to their environment (biotic & abiotic) from movement data collected by “bio-logging” devices. I like to use novel technological and analytical developments to issue both fundamental and applied ecological questions in a multi-disciplinary research environment.
I have put together this website to highlight my research interests and share my career path with students interested in marine biology.
EDUCATION
2011 –2014 Ph.D. in Marine Ecology
University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France. University of Tasmania (UTAS), Hobart, Australia. Co-tutelle program.
Advisors: J-B Charrassin, M. Hindell & C. Guinet.
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Research topic: At sea ecology of Weddell seals in East Antarctica in relation with physical parameters of the environment.
2008 – 2010 M.Sc. in Oceanography and Marine Ecology
University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France.
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Research project - 2nd year: Ecology of Weddell seals during winter: influence of bathymetry, sea ice concentrations and hydrography on their foraging behavior. Supervisor: J-B. Charrassin.
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Research project - 1rst year: Monitoring of Southern Ocean seabirds foraging strategies with the stable isotopes method: validation and methodological aspects. Supervisors: A. Jaeger & Y. Cherel.
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Courses – 2nd year: Response of pelagic ecosystems to environmental constraints, methods and instrumentation in oceanography (practical field at sea and laboratory work), Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S) and remote sensing in environment, multivariate analysis for marine ecosystems. Courses were given in English in marine stations.
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Courses – 1rst year: Statistics, chemical and physical oceanography, marine ecosystems structure and functioning, biogeochemical cycles and marine ecosystems productivity, plankton species biodiversity, pelagic ecosystems functioning (practical field at sea and laboratory work).
Definitely recommend this master - check it out!
2005 – 2008 B.Sc. in Biology
University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France.
WORK EXPERIENCE IN ACADEMIA
2019 – 2021 Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellow
Marine Bioacoustics Lab, Aarhus University (AU), Aarhus, Denmark. PIs: P-T. Madsen, Mark Johnson. Read more
2018 (Feb – Oct) Post-doctoral fellow
Centre d’etude biologique de Chize (CEBC), Villiers-en-bois, France. PIs: C-A Bost, M. Dias. Read more
2016 – July 2017 Post-doctoral fellow
French Research Institution for Sea Exploitation (IFREMER), Brest, France. PIs: M. Woillez and H. De Pontual. Read more
2015 (Jun – Oct) Post-doctoral fellow
Institute of Oceanography of the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande RS, Brazil. PI: J. Muelbert
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Development of the Brazilian branch of the Ocean Tracking Network
2011 (Apr – Jul) Researcher
National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), Paris, France.
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Project topic: eco-regionalization and establishment of Marine Protected Areas in the French Austral and Antarctic territories. CCAMLR framework. PI: P. Koubbi.
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Synthesis of the knowledge about top predators in East Antarctica (Weddell seals, Adelie and Emperor penguins) and identification of areas of ecological significance, data processing with R software (data handling, plots, mapping), spatial statistics (kernels analyses, kriging).
2010 (Oct – Mar) Researcher
National center of scientific research (CNRS), Paris, France. PI: J-M. Guarini.
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Project topic: the use of experimental sensors in terrestrial and marine ecology. PI:
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Coordinator of the writing of a collective book - Sensors for ecology: toward integrated knowledge of ecosystems, 2012. Eds. J.F. Le Gaillard, J.M. guarini, F. Gaill. CNRS editions, France.
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Complete organization of a workshop and management of a 10,000 euros budget.