CurRiculum

• 2024-now Co-founder and co-managing director, ALGAEDONIA SARL, New Caledonia– Building a startup project (since 2021) whose aim is to develop a sustainable production and value chain for New Caledonian macroalgae for local and regional markets.

• 2018-now Founder, director & consultant, blue[c]weed, Var, France - Scientific consultancy & writing

• 2014-2024 Honorary Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

• 2016-2018 Research scientist, various contracts, Ocean and Atmosphere flagship, CSIRO, IOMRC Crawley campus, Perth, Australia

• 2014 -2015 Research Associate, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

• 2010-2013 Post-doc, Botany Department & Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. 

• 2008-2010 Post-doc, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), New Caledonia. 

• 2005-2008 PhD in marine science, IRD, New Caledonia & Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille (COM), France.

• 2003-2004 Master 2 in environmental biosciences, Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille (COM), France. 

• 2002-2003 Master 1 in population biology and ecosystem functioning, Université de Montpellier II, France. 

• 2000-2002 B.Sc. Hons. (First class) Marine and Freshwater Biology, Napier University, Scotland. 

• 1998-2000 DUT in biological and biochemical analyses, Université de Toulon et du Var, France. 

• 1998 Baccalauréat Scientifique (including mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology)

Diving qualifications: CMAS3* and Classe IB (French equivalent of HSE, scientific SCUBA diver)