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I am working as a CNRS senior scientist (DR2) at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO, CNRS/AMU/IRD/UTLN), at the Luminy Campus (Aix-Marseille Université).

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√ Research interests

• Microbial ecology of heterotrophic prokaryotes in aquatic environments (twilight and deep-sea zones)

• Biogeochemical implications of deep-sea prokaryotes

• High pressure effects on microbial activities

• Prokaryotic degradation of macromolecules

• Bioluminescent bacteria

√ Main projects

• EC2CO - Biolux. Deep-sea bioluminescent bacteria

• Pressure effects On marine prokaryOTES (ANR POTES)

• EuroSITES to integrate deep ocean observatories (FP7)

• ANTARES - Study of the bioluminescence at the underwater neutrino telescope. ANTARES as a deep-sea cabled observatory

• Role of attached prokaryotes on sinking particles (PROOF-SINPAS project)

• Phylogenetic structure of bacterial assemblages as revealed by molecular techniques

√ Specialized gear used 

• High Pressure Serial Sampler (HPSS)

• Sinking particles simulator (PASS)