Professional positions
2009–present. Associate professor – UM 34 – Aix–Marseille université – Marseille (France)
2005–2011. Entrepreneur & company manager – Tethys Ocean – Carqueiranne (France)
2001–2005. Doctoral student & assistant – Institut für Geologie – Universität Bern – Berne (Switzerland)
1995–2001. Seasonal department manager – Hypermarket E. Leclerc – SAS Chambédis, Chambéry (France)
1990–1994. Seasonal employee – Hypermarket E. Leclerc – SA. Valdis, Valence (France)
Academic background
- National diploma of sport monitor 1 – DRDJSS PACA – Marseille (France)
- PhD* in Earth sciences – Universität Bern – Berne (Switzerland)
- Bachelor 3 – master 1 in Biology – Université de Bourgogne – Dijon (France)
- Master’s degree of geology – Université de Bourgogne – Dijon (France)
- Bachelor’s degree of geology – Université de Bourgogne – Dijon (France)
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Bachelor 1st and 2nd years of geology – Université Savoie Mont-Blanc – le Bourget-du-Lac (France)
*Dissertation awarded as best PhD thesis 2005 of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Berne and entitled: Climatic control of Oxfordian coral reef distribution in the Tethys Ocean. Including a comparative survey of recent coral communities (Indian Ocean) and a new method of coral morphometrics based on fractal dimensions
Principal Research Themes
– https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0345-7570
- Climatic control, under the influence of physico-chemical parameters, of coral reefs and coral communities through time (Jurassic, Miocene & recent)
- Ecotoxicology – effect of metallic nanoparticles (AgNPs and TiO2NPs) on the morphogenesis of jellyfish
Climatic control, coral reefs, scleractinians, zonations, jellyfishes, Jurassic, Oligocene, Miocene and Recent, Tethys Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean. Stratigraphy, stable isotopes, sedimentology, geostatistics – multiple-points. Diversity Indexes, Morphometrics – using fractals, Fourier & Hough Transforms, Landmarks on coral skeletons, biomineralization, sea urchins, brachiopods, and jellyfishes.
Teaching Experience
Associate professor – Aix–Marseille université
Co-head of the Bachelor of Science in life and Earth sciences
Head of the Bachelor of Science–Earth Sciences
Head of the engineering degree Geology of resources and sustainable development
Responsible for credit courses
Supervision of PhD, master and bachelor students
Four years as assistant – Universität Bern
Other responsabilities
Head of museum and paleontology collections of Aix–Marseille université
Member of the CEREGE Collegium