BIRTH DATE AND PLACE: 14 December 1958, Antibes, France

MARITAL STATUS: Married, no children.

EDUCATION:

• 1994: D. Sc. in Biological Oceanography, University of Nice, France.
• 1987: Ph. D. in Biological Oceanography, University of Aix-Marseille II, France.
• 1982: Master of Science, University of Aix-Marseille II, France.
• 1981: Bachelor with honours, University of Aix- Marseille II, France.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

• 2006-2011: Research Professor, Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, China
• 2005-present: CNRS Senior Research Scientist, Laboratoire d'Océanographie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.
• 2004-2005: Visiting scientist, Rutgers University and NCAR, Colorado
• 1998-2004: Leader of the group "Diversity, Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology", CNRS Senior Research Scientist, Laboratoire d'Océanographie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.
• 2000-2004: Leader of the group "Diversity, Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology", Laboratoire d'Océanographie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.
• 1993-1997: Program leader, CNRS Research Scientist, Observatoire Océanologique Européen, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
• 1990-1992: CNRS Research Scientist, Laboratoire EPHE/Biologie Marine, Perpignan, France.
• 1988-1990: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia.
• 1985-1988: Lecturer, University of Nice, France.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Response of marine organisms to global environmental changes, including ocean acidification

Carbon and carbonate cycling in coastal ecosystems, including estuaries

Contribution of the microbial loop in the carbon cycling of pelagic systems

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

American Geophysical Union (AGU).

American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).

European Geosciences Union (EGU).

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Co-chair, meeting of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), January 2009.
• Coordinator of the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)( (2008-present)
• Member of Scientific Steering Committee of the IGBP-SCOR project Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER)( (2007-present)
• Member, ad-hoc Committee on Open Access Publications of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (2006-present)
• Founding President of the EGU Biogeosciences Division (2001-2005).
• Member of the Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique (section 30; 2000-2004).
• Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Biogeosciences Excecutive Committee (2000-2004).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:

• Founding Editor-in-Chief (with J. Kesselmeier) of Biogeosciences, an innovative journal launched in 2004 by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Its first impact factor (June 2009) is 3.4.
• Ocean Topic Editor for The Encyclopedia of Earth (2006-present).
• Member of the editorial boards of Biogeosciences (2004-present), Coral Reefs (1997-2006) and Ecology Letters (2001-2003).

You can also look at a list of significant publications (most references are with abstracts and/or links to journals)