I am an ecologist interested in marine and freshwater ecosystems and more precisely their functioning. I am currently a postdoc researcher at Ifremer, France, investigating how anthropic pressures can affect deep-sea environments. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are increasingly targeted for their mineral resources, comprising some of the most coveted materials of the high-tech industries. Although we are starting to understand these peculiar and fragile ecosystems, years of exploration studies will still be necessary to acquire a thorough understanding of their functioning, assess how anthropogenic activities may alter their equilibrium and resilience and evaluate their recovery potential.
Before this position, I completed my PhD, investigating the predator-prey relationships between fish and zooplankton at the finest spatio-temporal scale to better understand the influence of habitat change and behavior on ecosystem equilibrium in the context of climate warming in boreal lakes. This PhD represented the completion of a rich and diverse education. First, I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences in 2014 at the University of Rennes 1, France. Second, I specialized in the marine ecology completing a Masters degree in Biology of Marine Organisms in 2016 at the European Marine Institute at Brest, France. During these two-year Masters, I had the opportunity to develop new use of laser technology and implement validation methodology to explore the large data set generated by such technology to monitor phytoplankton blooms in the Mediterranean sea. Furthermore, I had the chance to work with Ifremer on population dynamics of a deep-sea crab species in Barkley canyon, Canada.
These experiences really laid the foundation for my career path today and helped refining my academic ambitions. Indeed, they provided me a strong basis of skills in machine learning and big data analyses allowing me to tackle questions for which, to date, we lacked adequate methods to investigate. Moreover, they transformed a fascination I long had for deep-sea ecosystem into the desire to specialize in this specific field and investigate the functioning of such peculiar environments. To this end, as part of my PhD, I completed a fellowship program at Ifremer in 2020 where I evaluated the impact of a defaunation experiment on a hydrothermal vent.
Now, I am planning to combine both my expertise in the deep-sea and in big data in my post-doc position to understand how 30 years of research activities could have impacted an hydrothermal vent field. I also will implement a workflow at the edge of artificial intelligence and citizen science to exploit huge existing imagery databases. This work will lead to a co-construction between scientists, society and policy makers of a management plan for a Marine Protected Area.
Before this position, I completed my PhD, investigating the predator-prey relationships between fish and zooplankton at the finest spatio-temporal scale to better understand the influence of habitat change and behavior on ecosystem equilibrium in the context of climate warming in boreal lakes. This PhD represented the completion of a rich and diverse education. First, I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences in 2014 at the University of Rennes 1, France. Second, I specialized in the marine ecology completing a Masters degree in Biology of Marine Organisms in 2016 at the European Marine Institute at Brest, France. During these two-year Masters, I had the opportunity to develop new use of laser technology and implement validation methodology to explore the large data set generated by such technology to monitor phytoplankton blooms in the Mediterranean sea. Furthermore, I had the chance to work with Ifremer on population dynamics of a deep-sea crab species in Barkley canyon, Canada.
These experiences really laid the foundation for my career path today and helped refining my academic ambitions. Indeed, they provided me a strong basis of skills in machine learning and big data analyses allowing me to tackle questions for which, to date, we lacked adequate methods to investigate. Moreover, they transformed a fascination I long had for deep-sea ecosystem into the desire to specialize in this specific field and investigate the functioning of such peculiar environments. To this end, as part of my PhD, I completed a fellowship program at Ifremer in 2020 where I evaluated the impact of a defaunation experiment on a hydrothermal vent.
Now, I am planning to combine both my expertise in the deep-sea and in big data in my post-doc position to understand how 30 years of research activities could have impacted an hydrothermal vent field. I also will implement a workflow at the edge of artificial intelligence and citizen science to exploit huge existing imagery databases. This work will lead to a co-construction between scientists, society and policy makers of a management plan for a Marine Protected Area.