Karine HEERAH

• Grants and awards.

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship (marked 97/100). European Commission – 2018

  • Seal of excellence for a Marie-Curie Slodowska proposal – 2017.

  • Post-doctoral fellowship. Ifremer and Brittany county – 2016.

  • Post-doctoral fellowship. Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (CNPq/MCTI) – 2015.

  • Award of the best doctoral student poster. 20th biennial conference on marine mammals. New-Zealand – 2013.

  • Conference travel fund from Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies – 2013.

  • Scientific mobility program for outstanding research projects. French Embassy in Australia – 2013.

  • PhD scholarship (top ranked master students). University Pierre and Marie Curie and Research ministry – 2011.

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• Student mentoring.

  • Supervison, M. Bjerre. Use of sound to infer harbour seals foraging energetics – ongoing.

  • Supervision, M.Sc. L. Suarez. Fine scale foraging strategies of Weddell seals from transmitted acceleration in relation with diving behaviour and environmental conditions – Apr. to Aug. 2018.

  • Co-supervision, M.Sc. Sara Labrousse. Foraging strategies of southern elephant seals on the Antarctic shelf: Influence of oceanographical parameters and sea ice characteristics – Jan. to Aug. 2013.

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• Public engagement.

  • “Les savanturiers du climat”. Supervision of a primary school class in conducting a research project (2015-present). https://savanturiersdesglaces.wordpress.com/category/les-parrains-chercheurs/

  • Massive Open Online Course “Education by research – climatology at school”. Involved in the pedagogical team to help teachers in building and conducting a research project on climate change with their classes (2017).

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• Membership of scientific societies. Society for Marine Mammalogy (2010-present); Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS, 2011 – present); Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR, 2011 – present); Bio-Logging Society (2014 – present), French organization for fisheries sciences (AFH, 2016-present).

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• Reviews. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2019); Diversity and Distribution, Fisheries Research, Journal of Animal Ecology, Scientific Reports (2018); Marine Mammal Science (2017, 2013).