Engineer ENSTA / MSc in Oceanography and Marine Environment

 EXPERIENCE


since Research Analyst, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA. Honolulu, USA
Nov. 2008 Ecosystem and Oceanography Division in collaboration with CLS, Toulouse, France
Supervisors : Drs. Jeffrey Polovina, Philippe Gaspar, Patrick Lehodey
  • Modeling the interactions between swordfish, loggerhead sea turtles, and longline fisheries in the North Pacific with the SEAPODYM model
Jun. 2008 Longline/trolling operator, Research Cruise, NOAA. off Big Island, Hawaii, USA
(1 week) Ship : Oscar Elton Sette. Chief Scientist : Dr. Michael Musyl
Longline cruise to study the habitats of commercially-important species of tuna, test methods to reduce bycatch of sharks on longline fishing gear, and conduct a variety of other studies in the Central North Pacific
Apr. 2007 Echosounder operator, Research Cruise, NOAA. Cross Seamount, Hawaii, USA
(3 weeks) Ship : Oscar Elton Sette. Chief Scientist : Dr. Reka Domokos
Bioacoustic cruise to study the distribution and the abundance of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and its preys around Cross Seamount
2007-2008 Research Assistant, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA. Honolulu, USA
(19 months) Ecosystem and Oceanography Division
Supervisor : Dr. Jeffrey Polovina
  • Study of primary production trends in various ocean regions from SeaWiFS data
  • Study of trophic changes in Hawaiian pelagic ecosystem from longline logbook data
2006-2007 Intern, CRIOBE – Te mana o te moana (environmental non-profit). Moorea, FRENCH POLYNESIA
(3 months) Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement
Advisors : Cécile Gaspar and Dr. René Galzin
  • Analysis of acoustic tagging data (passive and active) from tags deployed on stingrays (Himantura Fai)
  • Caracterization of fed and non-fed stingrays home ranges using the Arcview 3 « Animal Movement » extension
2006 Intern, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA. Honolulu, USA
(6 months) Ecosystem and Oceanography Division
Advisor : Dr. Jeffrey Polovina
  • Analysis of tagging data from popup archival tags deployed on opah (Lampris guttatus)
  • Study of depth and temperature distributions experienced by the fish
  • Link with satellite (Aviso) and oceanographic (World Ocean Atlas) data
Report : PDF
2005 Intern, IIM-CSIC. Vigo, SPAIN
(2 months) Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Oceanography Division
Advisor : Dr. Des Barton
  • Analyzed oceanographic data (current meters, wind, CTD, ADCP, ...)
  • Hydrologic sections, TS diagrams
Report : PDF
2004 Intern, ICM-CSIC. Barcelona, SPAIN
(2 months) Institut de Ciències del Mar, Renewable Resources Division
Advisors : Marta Coll and Dr. Isabel Palomera
  • Studied the effects of physical parameters on fish-biomass evolution in the Catalan Sea
  • Modelized those effects with the Ecopath with Ecosim software (software applied to fisheries management)
  • Analyzed SeaWiFS data to estimate the phytoplankton biomass evolution


 EDUCATION


Dec. 2008 Ecosystem approach for exploited marine resources taught at the CRH. Sète, FRANCE
(2 weeks) trophic interactions, climate-resource interactions, fisheries-resource interactions
Outline : here
since Ph.D, Université Paul Sabatier. Toulouse, FRANCE
Nov. 2008 Modeling the interactions between swordfish, loggerhead sea turtles, and longline fisheries in the North Pacific with the SEAPODYM model
lab : Collecte, Localisation, Satellites (CLS)
Dec. 2007 Advanced Spatial Ecology Course taught by Pierre Legendre. Honolulu, USA
(1 week) Recent Advances in Spatial Ecology: Theory and Practice
Outline : here
2005-2006 MSc, Oceanography University of Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie. Paris, FRANCE
Major : Pelagic Oceanography
  • Instrumental oceanography and methodology
  • Plankton responses to environmental and climate changes
2004-2006 MSc, Environmental Engineering. ENSTA. Paris, FRANCE
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées
Majors : Oceanography, Environment
Relevant courses : Oceanography, Environmental Management, Computer Programming, Modeling and Numerical Simulation , Hydraulics
March 2005 European week : BEST (Board of European Students of Technology), Barcelona, SPAIN
Subject : Renewable Energies
2003-2004 Erasmus year (European college exchange program), Faculty of Physics Valencia, SPAIN
Relevant Courses : Oceanography, Ecology, Climatology, Environmental Physics
1999-2004 BSc, Physics, Faculty of Physics, Paris XI. Orsay, FRANCE
Relevant Courses : Mathematics, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Optics
1999 Baccalauréat (French High School Diploma). Bordeaux, FRANCE



 LANGUAGES
 COMPUTER SKILLS


French native language Systems Linux, Windows
Spanish fluent Programming R, MatLab, GMT
English fluent Languages C/C++, XHTML, K-Schell
(TOEIC : 915/990)
Portuguese beginner


 ACTIVITIES

Surfing, Scuba-diving (CMAS : 3d level, PADI : Advanced Open Water)


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