I am PhD student at Åbo Akademi University, studying benthic functional diversity and trophic interactions.
RESEARCH FIELDS
EDUCATION & DEGREES
| In progress | PhD in Functional Marine Diversity Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) Turku, Finland |
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| 2016 | MS in Biological Marine Sciences Speciality in Marine Ecosystems University of Western Brittany (UBO) Brest, France |
| 2014 | BS in Biology of organisms University of Rennes Rennes, France |
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- French – Native language
- English – Proficient
CERTIFICATION
DIVING
- FFESSM training Level 3
- Reaction and Intervention Faced with a Diving Accident (RIFAP)
SEA RESCUE
- First Aid in Team Level 1 (PSE1)
- Boating License
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
PhD student
Åbo Akademi University,
Biocity,
Turku, Finland
From macro- to microfauna: structural and functional responses of benthic communities to abiotic and biotic stressors
Study engineer
Shellfish harvesting and wastewater as drivers for macrobenthic community structure in an inverse tropical estuary (Senegal)
Data analysis (R software)
Writing of a scientific manuscript for publication in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Research internship
Structuring factors of macrobenthic communities and influence on denitrification in soft sediment (Mobile Bay, Alabama)
Establishment of protocols (field and lab)
Sampling: Petersen grab, Ekman grab, cores (diving)
Sieving, sorting, taxonomic identification and biomass of macrofaunal organisms
Granulometric analysis of sediment: grain size, porosity and C/N content
Chlorophyll a content (fluorometry)
Nutrient fluxes (core ex-situ incubation)
Data analysis (R software)
Writing of a scientific manuscript for publication
Research internship
French Institute of Research for the Development (IRD),
Brest, France
Effects of multiple anthropogenic pressures on benthic macrofaunal communities in an inverse estuary (Sine Saloum in Senegal)
Sorting and species determination of macrofauna samples
Determination of biomass and conversion
Data analysis (R software): identification of communities’ structural factors
Research internship
Expert assessment in estuarine and marine environments (France)
Sediment sampling: transect, trawling, Van Veen and Smith Mcintyre grab samplers
Granulometric analysis of sediment
Sieving, sorting and species determination of benthic macrofauna samples
Species determination, size measurements and weighing of EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) samples (fishes, shrimps)
Introduction in GIS mapping (ArcGIS) and in Access database
Research internship
Marine ichthyology: characterization of essential ecological habitats of some coastal fish species (Brittany, France)
Sampling: fishing for sandeel, Rance and Loire WFD (trawling)
Juvenile sandeel and bass dissection: sample collection (muscle tissues, liver, gills and kidney) and otolith removal
Functional diversity (functional traits, ImageJ, R software)
Isotopy (lyophilization, sample preparation for isotope analysis)
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Practical sessions: UNIX operating system, R Studio and OBITools, EcoPrimers & EcoPCR, Biodiversity indices and Multivariate ordination in R.
Lectures: by Eric Coissac, Pierre Taberlet, Tristan Cumer, Inger Alsos, Anthony Chariton, Sandra Garcés Pastor, Peter Heintzman, Nigel Yoccoz (See program)
Conferences
Sessions devoted to field and laboratory work (sampling, extraction, identification of major meiofaunal taxonomic groups…)
Summer school
Pierre and Marie Curry University
(UPMC), Roscoff Marine Station
Roscoff, France
Marine biodiversity, expertise in fauna
Field (intertidal / subtidal): sampling exercises and species determination
Learning taxonomy, biology, phylogeny and ecology of marine animal species in relation with their habitats
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