I’m a seabird ecologist, but wanderer birdologist would also fit. I got the travel bug when I took my first flight, without my parents at the sweet age of 7. Travelling is a very contagious disease, with no known treatment. Since that first journey on a plane, I made many trips in 5 continents.
The pictures on the Photography page will give you a sense of the travels.
Birdologist because ornithologist is too pompous, ecologist is not specific enough, and I’m the queen of making up words, a mix of my French heritage and my English day-to day life. I always admire soaring birds, but my experience with flying did not end up well, so I decided that studying them was safer.
I study seabird’s movements, and the relation to their environment. How is climate change affecting their decision, their movements, and ultimately their migration? I strongly believe that multidisciplinary studies are key to understand organism’s behavior.
Some people have midlife crisis, I’d like to think that seabirds are part of my third-of-life crisis. Indeed, I started my scientific career in a lab, working in cancer research (as depicted through my publication records). As such, I have a strong lab, and a well rounded field experience.