Anne-Elise Nieblas, President of COOOL since 2018
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)
Jeremie Chanut, COOOL Technician since 2018
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
Dominique Cowart, COOOL Research Geneticist and Molecular Biologist since 2021
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
Alexandre Boyer, COOOL IT Engineer since September 2022
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