Atlantic Organizing Committee
Postdoctoral Researcher at European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC)
I am working as a Data Scientist at the EMBRC - European Marine Biological Resource Centre. I hold a PhD in Marine Sciences from Ghent University (Belgium) and University of Bremen (Germany). During my PhD I focused on microbial community functioning of hypoxic ecosystems, such as lagoons and oxygen minimum zones and I was in particular interested in microbes involved in the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen and sulfur. Overall, I have vast experience in microbial ecology, metagenomics and eDNA metabarcoding and I have worked with samples from various matrices (e.g., sediments, water, host-associated) and habitats (e.g., lagoons, coastal water, hot springs, steam vents). My research interests include Microbial Ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology, Marine Biodiversity, Functional Diversity and Bioinformatics.