Biography
I developed a strong interest in marine biology and ecology while growing up in Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. I received a License (~B.Sc.) and Maitrise (1st year Master) with a major in Biology of Populations and Ecosystems from the Université de La Réunion. While finishing a year-long research project on coral bleaching and microalgal succession on coral reef communities of Reunion Island, it became evident to me that microorganisms were important players in marine ecosystems. I decided to learn more about them and left the tropical beaches of Réunion for the somewhat more chilly Canadian winters.
I completed a M.Sc. in Oceanography at the University of Quebec at Rimouski, where I studied the effects of dissolved hydrocarbons and increased solar ultraviolet-B radiation on marine microbial communities. During this time I learned the importance of viruses in controlling microbial food webs, and became fascinated by the emerging field of marine viral ecology. Pursuing this interest took me to the west coast of Canada, where I completed a Ph.D. in Oceanography at the University of British Columbia, in the Suttle Lab. This Ph.D. work aimed to understand the importance of marine viruses in the rapidly changing polar ecosystem of the Canadian Arctic Shelf, in the Arctic Ocean.
My exploration of marine viruses has continued with a postdoctoral fellowship at Oregon State University (aka Beaver nation) in the Vega-Thurber Lab, where I investigated the importance of marine viruses in another sensitive ecosystem - tropical coral reefs.
More recently, I started another postdoc at Oregon State University in the Crump Lab, where I am currently conducting large-scale analysis of the diversity and biogeography of microbes and their associated viruses in estuaries and river ecosystems.
I developed a strong interest in marine biology and ecology while growing up in Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. I received a License (~B.Sc.) and Maitrise (1st year Master) with a major in Biology of Populations and Ecosystems from the Université de La Réunion. While finishing a year-long research project on coral bleaching and microalgal succession on coral reef communities of Reunion Island, it became evident to me that microorganisms were important players in marine ecosystems. I decided to learn more about them and left the tropical beaches of Réunion for the somewhat more chilly Canadian winters.
I completed a M.Sc. in Oceanography at the University of Quebec at Rimouski, where I studied the effects of dissolved hydrocarbons and increased solar ultraviolet-B radiation on marine microbial communities. During this time I learned the importance of viruses in controlling microbial food webs, and became fascinated by the emerging field of marine viral ecology. Pursuing this interest took me to the west coast of Canada, where I completed a Ph.D. in Oceanography at the University of British Columbia, in the Suttle Lab. This Ph.D. work aimed to understand the importance of marine viruses in the rapidly changing polar ecosystem of the Canadian Arctic Shelf, in the Arctic Ocean.
My exploration of marine viruses has continued with a postdoctoral fellowship at Oregon State University (aka Beaver nation) in the Vega-Thurber Lab, where I investigated the importance of marine viruses in another sensitive ecosystem - tropical coral reefs.
More recently, I started another postdoc at Oregon State University in the Crump Lab, where I am currently conducting large-scale analysis of the diversity and biogeography of microbes and their associated viruses in estuaries and river ecosystems.