2026-present – Doctorante – Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)) 2024-2025 – Researcher – Hydro-Meteorology and Climate Change Technology Research Division – Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (IMHEN) 2024-2025 – Consultant – METI Consultancy for USFS-IP Program: SOW 4851 Vietnam Mangrove Vulnerability Index Development Experts 2021-2023 – Project Supporter – Mangrove Ecosystem Research Center (MERC)

2021 – Bachelor of Science – Major: Natural Resources and Environmental Management – Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment (HUNRE) 2023 – Master of Science – Major: Water – Environment – Oceanography – University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) associated with Université de Poitiers

Thanh Huyen BUI

PhD Researcher in Marine Chemical Ecology

ECOSOM

Ecosystems, Global change

Contact details

Email: thanhhuyen.bui@imbe.fr

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Presentation

Title: Characterisation of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions from seagrass beds as defence compounds in the context of climate change

Thesis supervisor(s): Catherine Fernandez, Amélie Saunier, Elena Ormeno Lafuente

Funding: Ginkgo Foundation

Context: Seagrasses, one of the most valuable coastal ecosystems, are under increasing threat from climate change. My thesis (2026–2028) examines their response to climate-related stresses (rising sea temperatures, marine heatwaves and changes in seasonality), with a focus on biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) fluxes. By integrating in situ sampling, mesocosm experiments and advanced chemical analytical techniques are designed to uncover the dynamics of BVOCs and their ecological roles in these marine ecosystems.

Keywords: BVOCs, seagrass, temperature, seasonality, climate change

My thesis in 180 seconds: https://nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/P286Kato7SpoDy5

Positions held

2026–present – PhD student – Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology (IMBE), Aix-Marseille University (AMU)
2024-2025 – Researcher – Hydro-Meteorology and Climate Change Technology Research Division – Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (IMHEN)
2024-2025 – Consultant – METI Consultancy for the USFS-IP Programme: SOW 4851 – Experts on the Development of the Vietnam Mangrove Vulnerability Index
2021-2023 – Project Supporter – Mangrove Ecosystem Research Centre (MERC)

Curriculum

2021 – Bachelor of Science – Major: Natural Resources and Environmental Management – Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment (HUNRE)
2023 – Master of Science – Specialisation: Water – Environment – Oceanography – Hanoi University of Science and Technology (USTH), in association with the University of Poitiers

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