Théo Sciandra
Théo
Sciandra
PhD
Oceanography
Phone : 418-656-2131 #3198
Fax : 418-656-2339
Education:
Ph D. Oceanography (Jan. 2017 - Present) Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier Joint International Laboratory "Takuvik" ULaval (Canada) - CNRS (France). Topic: Polar diatom's (Fragilariopsis cylindrus) physiological and molecular adaptative mechanisms to prolonged darkness (the polar night) and subsequent return to light
M. Sc. Oceanography and marine environments (oceanic environment) (2014-2015) Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France)
B. Sc. Biology-Ecology (2011-2014) Université du Québec à Montréal (Québec)
Research Interests:
Phytoplankton ecophysiology
Molecular biology and genomics
Arctic system
Research experience:
Jan.- Jun. 2016, M. Sc. Internship. Under supervision of Laurence Garczarek (Marine Phototrophic Procaryotes (MaPP), Station biologique de Roscoff, France)
Topic: Phenotypic and physiologic comparison of ecologically distinct Synechococcus picocyanobacterial genus strains
May.-Jun. 2015, M. Sc. Internship: Under supervision of Stéphane Blain (Laboratoire d'Océanographie MICrobienne (LOMIC), Banyuls sur mer, France)
Topic: Role of the isocitrate lyase gene in Photobacterium Angustum (marine heterotrophic bacteria) under limiting iron conditions
Jun.-Jul. 2013, B. Sc. Internship: Under supervision of Marcel Babin (UMI Takuvik, Québec, Québec)
Topic: Polar diatom's (Chaetoceros neogracile) activity recovery back to light following a prolonged darkness period
Others activities:
Implicated in scientifical educative resources development for Mon Océan et Moi (Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche sur mer (LOV), Villefranche sur mer, France)