Work experience
October 2019 — Current: PhD Fellow, National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium)
- Research focused on the global marine carbon cycle using Big Data, machine learning and autonomous underwater platforms.
- Full list of publications and communications.
October 2018 — September 2019: Researcher, University of Liège (Belgium)
- Reassessment of the dissolved oxygen content in the world ocean by building a new oxygen climatology.
June 2018 — August 2018: Internship, Nature Conservation Center, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
- Research on user-friendly and cost-effective water quality tests for local communities in Lebanon to map the water quality using citizen science and a dedicated phone application.
Education
October 2019 — May 2023: PhD in Oceanography, University of Liège (Belgium) & Sorbonne University (France)
- Dissertation title: Towards a new insight of the carbon transport in the global ocean
- Axis 1: Development of an embedded zooplankton classification algorithm for autonomous underwater vehicles.
- Axis 2: Study of sinking particles in the Labrador Sea using underwater cameras and transmissometers.
- Axis 3: Reassessment of the global carbon sequestration of the Biological Carbon Pump using a continuous approach to carbon storage.
September 2016 — June 2018: Master of Science in Oceanography, University of Liège (Belgium)
- Master’s thesis title: Study of the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum in the Black Sea as seen from Biogeochemical-Argo floats
- Grade: Summa cum laude
- Albert Distèche award for the best master thesis in oceanography
September 2013 — June 2016: Bachelor of Applied Science, University of Liège (Belgium)
- Major in Physics and Electricity
- Grade: Cum laude
On-the-side projects
Copernicus hackathons
- Brussels (Belgium) — Using satellite imagery to detect acid mine drainage (1st)
- Sofia (Bulgaria) — Using satellite imagery to detect chlorophyll-a blooms (3rd)
- Cork (Ireland) — Using satellite imagery to detect coastal changes for the protection of historical sites (5th)
Start-up incubator and accelerator
- PARSEC — Project EXAMINE, a software prototype that can detect acid mine drainage using open-source Copernicus satellite data.
- Copernicus Accelerator
Skills
- Technical: R — R Shiny — Python — Quarto — Git — Linux — Bash (when needed)
- Soft: Autonomy — Leadership — Project management — Get things done (and on time)
- Languages: French (native) — English (C1) — Spanish (B1)