Research Interests

My project focuses on the dynamics between phytoplankton groups during spring blooms in the Arctic Ocean. I focus on Haptophytes and Diatoms, two major representatives of the phytoplankton community, examining the different environmental factors that might control the dominance dynamics between these two groups. I will compare the physiology of monospecific cultures of Haptophytes (Phaeocystis pouchetii and Isochrysis) and Arctic diatoms in laboratory, growing under a gradient of environmental factors (light, salinity, temperature). I will also study the role of nutrient availability and grazing pressure on the dynamics of the phytoplankton community in situ in mesocosms.

Education

2022 - present
PhD in Oceanography
Laval University, Canada
Spring bloom assemblage dynamics between Haptophytes and Diatoms in the Arctic Ocean

2020 - 2022
MSc. in Ecosystems and Marine Bioproduction
Nantes University, France
Light-responses of Diatoms nonphotochemical quenching