The team

Florence Caurant

Co-Director of PELAGIS

Co-Director of the Observatory, Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the University of La Rochelle, in charge of activities related to cetacean mortality.

fcaurant(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 46 50 76 69

Jérôme Spitz

Co-Director of PELAGIS

Co-Director of the Observatory, CNRS researcher, in charge of the general and scientific coordination of the actions and projects of the observatory of marine mammal populations.

jspitz(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 46 50 76 69

Matthieu Authier

Research Engineer

In charge of the analysis and scientific valorisation of Observatory data in the framework of the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

matthieu.authier(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 16 49 67 81

Ariane Blanchard

Study Engineer

In charge of the field coordination of local aerial observation campaigns.

ariane.blanchard(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Marine Ballutaud

Postdoctoral researcher

Working on modelling the spatial distributions of small pelagic fish and common dolphins, in order to study the co-occurrence statistics between prey and predator as part of the Delmoges project

marine.ballutaud(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Tiphaine Chouvelon

Research Engineer

Responsible for sampling and analysis of top predator prey data.

tiphaine.chouvelon(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Willy Dabin

Study Engineer

Responsible for the implementation of actions within the framework of the Observatory and in particular the coordination of stranding monitoring.

willy.dabin(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Cécile Dars

Study Engineer

In charge of the acquisition and banking of stranding data.

cecile.dars(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Fabien Demaret

Assistant Engineer

Responsible for the acquisition and banking of data from strandings and in particular for the management of collections of samples.

fdemaret(at)univ-lr.fr
+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Camille Deslias

PhD

In charge of analyses on fisheries and potential interactions with dolphins.

camille.deslias(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Ghislain Doremus

Study Engineer

Responsible for the implementation and coordination of monitoring at sea.

ghislain.doremus(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 46 50 76 67

Mathieu Genu

Study Engineer

Responsible for the development of data flow analysis tools. Development of a library and tools to support data analysis and processing.

mathieu.genu(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Sophie Laran

Research Engineer

In charge of the analysis and scientific valorisation of data from observation campaigns.

sophie.laran(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 16 49 67 15

Audrey Mauchamp

Lab technician

In charge of laboratory analysis for cetacean biodemography.

audrey.mauchamp(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Eleonore Meheust

Study Engineer

In charge of database management and quality control of stranding data.

eleonore.meheust(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Paula Méndez Fernandez

Research Engineer

In charge of the acquisition and scientific valorisation of data from the monitoring of contaminants.

paula.mendez_fernandez(at)univ-lr.fr +33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 16 49 67 15

Camille Ollier

PhD

Modelling of cetacean habitat using a combination of acoustic and visual observation data.

camille.ollier(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10

Hélène Peltier

Research Engineer

In charge of the analysis and scientific valorisation of cetacean catch data in fishing gear.

helene.peltier(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10 / 05 46 50 76 83

Marion Pillet

Scientist coordinator

In charge of coordinating the Delmoges project, which aims to provide more information on the incidental capture of common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay.

marion.pillet(at)univ-lr.fr

+33 (0)5 46 44 99 10