Biography
My main scientific activities consist on studing marine ecosystems, particularly how benthic ecosystems (coastal and deep seafloor) and mankind activities interact. I am interested in marine infauna, but also micro- and macroalgae.
Alongside my scientific activities, I am working to better connect science and society by animating dedicated shows and interviews.
Interests
- Marine Ecology
- Invertebrate zoology
- Field sampling
- Statistics
- Modelling
- Spatial Analysis
Education
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PhD in Oceanography, 2021
Université du Québec à Rimouski & Université Laval (Canada)
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MSc in Environmental Sciences and Marine Ecology, 2015
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France)
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BSc in Life Sciences, 2013
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France)
Scientific skills
Field sampling
Marine fauna identification
Marine flora identification
Laboratory activities
Statistics
Peer-reviewed publication
Programming skills
R
95%
SQL
50%
Python
20%
Markdown
LaTeX
CSS
Projects
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This project is buidling on the results of the Baie des Sept Îles Environmental Observatory, to create integrative monitoring methods for coastal ecosystems in industrial harbour areas.
Five steps have been established:
This postdoctoral project is focused on eelgrass meadows present on the coasts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The objective is to understand how environmental changes will impact the physiology of eelgrass as well as the functioning of the benthic species that reside there.
This project is structured on three chapters:
characterize infaunal communities and sediment parameters in benthic ecosystems around Sept-Îles (Canada) test ecological indicators to assess the Environmental Status in regard to cumulative impacts evaluate the influence of human activities on these ecosystems I selected the region of Sept-Îles in Québec, where numerous human activities vary in local intensity (e.
Professional experience
Management of the scientific program of INREST and the Industrial Harbour Center of Expertise (CEIP).
Management of the Enviro-Action project and the team, to build a real-time monitoring platform of industrial-harbour ecosystems in Canada.
Postdoctoral fellow
Part of MEOPAR’s research program, where I evaluated the links between benthic biodiversity, biological traits and habitat parameters within eelgrass meadows in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Biologist
Part of project SPERA, where I investigated which biological traits were the most used in the functional study of benthic ecosystems, and produced a trait database for coastal benthic invertebrates found in the north coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Deputy Director
Managing summer camps for children and teenagers, with responsibilities such as:
- Take care of budgets and schedules
- Manage and train the team
- Organize and lead team meetings
- Interact with external partners and sponsors
Science animator
Taking part in summer camps to teach scientific notions to children and teenagers, focused on different themes such as Astronomy, Molecular Cooking or Biology, with playful workshops.
Teaching experience
Teaching Assistant
Taught the functional aspects of various coastal ecosystems to undergraduate students, as part of the course Functioning of marine ecosystems (BIO37800).
Teaching Assistant
Taught the physical, chemical and geological basics of marine ecosystems to undergraduate students, as part of the course Introduction to oceanography (BIO17021).
Teaching Assistant
Taught the basics of multivariate statistics (similarity measures, ordination, classification) to graduate students, as part of the course Statistical approaches in oceanography (OCE75420).
Teaching Assistant
Taught the phylogeny, morphological characteristics and biology of marine invertebrates to undergraduate students, as part of the course Invertebrates (BIO13099).
Teaching Assistant
Taught the basics of multivariate statistics (similarity measures, ordination, classification) to graduate students, as part of the course Statistical approaches in oceanography (OCE75420).
Taught how to use R language for data analysis, object manipulation and programmation for beginner and intermediate users.
Taught how to use R language for data analysis, object manipulation and programmation for beginner and intermediate users.
Lecturer
Organized and presented a course on spatial analyses and geographic information systems (GIS) during the student retreat of Québec-Océan network, with the collaboration of inSileco.
Associative experience
Elected representative for postdoctoral fellows
Elected representative for internal communications
Elected representative of PhD students
Treasurer and coordinator
Elected coordinator
Workshops and training
Biodiversity modelling
Calculation of cumulative impact scores at the local scale
Research interneship supervised by Natalie Ban and her team.
Geospatial analyses
Application of the M-AMBI index in the region of Sept-Îles, Canada
Research internship supervised by Nicolas Desroy, Aurélie Foveau and their team.
Bayesian statistics for ecologists
Cartography and GIS, Data management
Introduction to environmental indicators
Advanced applications of R
Detection of invasive species in Arctic Canadian harbors
Research internship supervised by Philippe Archambault and Jesica Goldsmit.
Scientific communication
Study of benthic communities of Antarctica using video transects
Research internship supervised by Marc Éleaume.