Current
activity: I am
currently a post-doc researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le
Développement (IRD). My
research project is funded by the European Commission (Outgoing
International Fellowship) and comprises two phases: one of 1.5 years at
the Hawaii Institute of Marine
Biology (HIMB) and one of 1.5
years at the Unité de Recherche CAMELIA (CAMELIA) in New Caledonia.
I work under the supervision of Dr Renaud Fichez (IRD) and Pr Marlin
Atkinson (HIMB) and in collaboration with Pr Stjepko Golubic and Pr Les
Kaufman from Boston University (BU).
Research interest:Coral
Reef Ecology
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Biogeochemical
cycles (C, CaCO3, N, P) and algae ecology
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Role of the endolithic microflora in coral reef
ecosystems
Mastigocoleus testarum (cyanobacterium)
Plectonema terebrans
(cyanobacterium) Boring traces on dead
coral (SEM pic) Dead coral appearing
green due to endoliths
