Doing COOOL research since 2018
The Company for Open Ocean Observations and Logging, or COOOL, aims to research, develop, design, deploy and commercialize scientific instrumentation to collect data on marine ecosystems and support developments of novel genetic techniques to investigate marine population dynamics towards the sustainable use of marine resources.
COOOL partners with research institutes, regional fisheries management organizations and the private sector to research, develop, design, test, deploy and commercialize scientific instrumentation (on-board electronic systems, portable measurement systems) to collect data on marine ecosystems. We support research projects to develop novel genetic techniques to sex and age marine species and investigate their population size. As such, we collect and store data, provide expertise, and manage data to make available for the scientific community.
2019-present Consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
2019-present Reunion Island representative for the Women in Marine Science (WiMS) branch of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
2018 Engineer at IRD, La Réunion, France
2017-2018 Postdoctorate Researcher at the Institute de Recherche pour la Développement (IRD), La Réunion, France
2012-2015 Postdoctorate Researcher at the Institute Français pour Recherche de la Mer (IFREMER), France
2011-2012 Postdoctorate Researcher at the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2006-2010 PhD at the University of Tasmania and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
2004-2005 BSc Honours, First Class at the University of Tasmania, Australia
1999-2004 BSc Marine Biology, BA Environmental Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2010-2018 Fisheries and aquaculture technician at HydroReunion (ex ARDA), La Réunion, France
2010 Aquaculture technician with Aquamay, Mayotte, France
2009 Aquaculture technician with Société Aquacole des Mascareignes, La Réunion, France
2008 Aquaculture technician with the Institut de recherche Marine Hellenic Center (HCMR), Crete
2008 – 2010 Master professionnel in « Bioressources Aquatiques en Environnement Méditerranéen et Tropical », Université Montpellier 2
2007 – 2008 Licence professionnelle option « Gestion de la qualité et de l’environnement en aquaculture », Université de Savoie (CISM) / LAP Poisy-Chavanod
2005 – 2007 BTS productions aquacoles, LAP Poisy-Chavanod
2003 – 2005 Bac professionnel productions aquacoles, LAP Poisy-Chavanod
2001 – 2003 BEP productions aquacoles, LAP Poisy-Chavanod
2020 : Scientific mediator, Océanopolis Aquarium, France
2017 – 2019 : Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute Français pour Recherche de la Mer
(IFREMER), France ; Laboratoire Environnement Profond (LEP)
2016 : Visiting Researcher, Station biologique de Roscoff, France ; L’équipe DYnamique de
la DIVersité marine (DYDIV)
2015 – 2017 : Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign,
USA ; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
2013 – 2014 : Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute Français pour Recherche de la Mer
(IFREMER), France ; Laboratoire Halieutique Méditerranée
2008 – 2013 : PhD in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University, USA ; Department of
Biology
2006 – 2008 : MS in Marine Biosciences from the University of Delaware, USA ; College of
Earth, Ocean & Environment
2005 : Research Assistant, United States Antarctic Program (USAP), McMurdo Station
Antarctica
2001 – 2005 : BS in Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA ; Department of Marine
Sciences
2021 – 2022 Study training program as computer engineer at the Délégation Ifremer de l’océan Indien, Le Port, Reunion Island
2020 – 2022 MS in Computer Science, Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis
2018 – 2020 BS in Computer Science, Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis
2017 – 2018 1st year of intensive college courses in Physics, Technology and Engineer Sciences (PTSI) to prepare for competitive exams, Lycée Lislet Geoffroy, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island
2016 – 2017 High School Certificate in Science majoring in physics, Lycée Le Verger, Sainte-Marie, Reunion Island
Developing low-cost fishing equipment to reduce bycatch
Investigating population dynamics using Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture and stock assessment models of large pelagic tuna and billfish
Mapping and monitoring coastal biodiversity of Reunion Island with eDNA and citizen science
Deploying low-cost tags to investigate post-release mortality of bycatch
Biological sampling of large pelagic tuna and billfish in the Indian Ocean
Satellite tagging of large pelagic tuna and billfish in the Indian Ocean
Developing ecoregions to support the Ecosystem-Based Management Approach for tuna and tuna-like species of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans
Developing low-cost coastal buoys for coastal ocean monitoring
Developing innovative strategies for estimating fishing effort
Feasibility of the maintenance of small tuna in land-based tanks
Support for the geolocation of marine turtles via a network of LoRa gateways
Scoping study on the Patagonian toothfish
Investigating the effects of FADs in the Indian Ocean purse seine tuna fishery
Ifremer
CNRS-LIRMM
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
Sustainable Indian Ocean Tuna Initiative
AZTI Tecnalia
Trygg Mat Tracking
