General topics
Fisheries ecology and population dynamics of exploited Cephalopod species. Population modelling and stock assessment. Recruitment, spatial and temporal trends in abundance and environmental factors. Habitat of pre-recruit stages and migrations. Length structure, growth and age determination, statoliths and tracers of the environment. Role in food webs.
Teaching
- Population Dynamics, Biodiversity (3rd year of BSc in Biology)
- Statistics (coordinator of the 1st year of Master course at the Institute of Biology)
- Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology (1st year of the Master "Science of Coastal and Continental Environments)
- Stock assessment, SIG (2nd year of the Aquacaen specialty in Master SCCE)
Expertise and Valorization
- Reserve Member of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) (2012-2015).
- Co-Chair of the ICES working group WGCEPH "Cephalopod Fisheries and Life-Histories" (2014-16)
- AERES Expert involved in the evaluation of Oceanology and Geosciences Lab (2013).
- Referee for DFG (German Research Foundation) about a German-Peruvian project (2011)
- Referee for DEFRA about a CEFAS project (2011)
- Referee for ANR about a "young scientist" proposal (2010)
Administrative responsibilities
- Elected representative to the Technical Committee of the University in 2011 (in charge of Human Resources Management issues)
- Delegate for Information Systems Security (UMR-BOREA Caen laboratory)
- Member of the Regional Scientific Council for Natural Heritage of Lower Normandy since 2012.
- Scientist in charge of Caen contribution to the following European projects:
- Partner of the Interreg IV A "France (Manche) Angleterre"Pegaseas (2014)
- Leader of the Interreg IV A project CRESH (Cephalopod Recruitment from English Channel Spawing Habitats" (2009-2012) (8 partenaires, UK et FR)
- Partner of the CEPHSTOCK Concerted Action (2002–2005) (21 instituts participants, 8 pays)
- Partner of the CFP "Data collection for assessment of Cephalopod fisheries" (2000–2001).
