Research post PhD thesis

Photosymbiosis and circa-tidal rhythms in the marine acoel ​ Symsagittifera roscoffensis, who has an obligatory symbiosis with the algae Tetraselmis convolutae. This close relationship includes the recurrent migration of the acoels out of the sand during low tides and back into it during high tides.

Check this review on S. roscoffensis as an emerging model system in molecular biology and Evo-Devo research, and this wiki for more general information.
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(Station Biologique de Roscoff)
By placing artificial light at night over a shallow soft-bottomed area, we studied the effects of light pollution on planktonic communities and mobile invertebrates.
​(CIEE Research Station Bonaire)
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Like many other marine organisms, Bearded Fireworws (Hermodice carunculata) fluoresce in the presence of blue light. We described the different color morphotypes, analyzed their vertical distribution in the reef, and studied the origin of such fluorescence.
​(CIEE Research Station Bonaire)
Videography and characterization of substrate allowed us to study the effects of  SCUBA diving along the most visited dive sites on Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean).
​(CIEE Research Station Bonaire)
The invasive lion fish Pterois spp. is a well established invasive species in the Caribbean Sea. While helping with the eradication efforts on Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean), we also studied the colonization of lion fish in the mangrove ecosystem and the effects of their presence on patchy shallow coral heads.
(CIEE Research Station Bonaire, in collaboration with STINAPA)
By deploying an underwater hyper spectral radiometer in the island of Ischia (Italy), we studied moonlight spectra and light pollution.
​(Max F. Perutz Laboratories, in collaboration with the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Anton Dohrn)
Circadian rhythms, molecular clocks, and their relationship with central and peripheral clocks in the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii. 
​(Max F. Perutz Laboratories)