I am a natural product chemist working at the interface between marine chemical ecology and pharmacognosy.
My research projects involve metabolomic analyses with natural product chemistry methods to characterize marine chemodiversity in sustainable ways and access to marine chemical diversity from seawater. To that end, our team developped the I-SMEL instrument (In Situ Marine moleculE Logger), see the photo below.
My research activities also aim at addressing various biological questions from the metabolic changes of benthic invertebrates (e.g. sponges, bryozoans) facing anthropogenic pressures (MARINDIV project), to the study of chemical exchanges and communication between species through the analysis of their specialized (exo)metabolites (SESAM & MARRIO project)
I am co-managing the shared facility dedicated to Metabolomic analyses and Natural Product Chemistry (abb. MSN), and in charge of the NEMO team web-page.
My ongoing research projects focus on characterizing Sponges’Exometabolites, understanding the factors that influence their release and composition, and evaluating their possible roles as chemical cues. In line with this, I am co-advising the PhD research activities of Titouan Biré as part of the MARRIO research program.
