Personal

Born in Le Mans (France) on March 3, 1977.



French (U.S.A. Permanent Resident Status)




Research Interests

I am a marine biogeochemist and a microbe hunter. I am generally interested in environmental factors controlling marine microbial communities
structure and function. So far I have focused my research on the trace metal iron but I am developing interest in other environmental factors which are
also playing an important role in the World Ocean (nutrient bioavailability, intercellular communication, etc). Currently, my research work consists in
hunting new culturable marine microbes and to work in team with natural product chemists to discover new pharmaceutical drugs derived from these
marine isolates.

Education

•   2001 – 2004      Ph.D. Microbiology.
  

                                            Dissertation: “Using a bioluminescent bacterial bioreporter to assess iron bioavailability in the Oceans”.
                                            The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (USA).

•        2000               M.S. Biological Oceanography & Marine Environment, cum laude.
  

                                            Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France).

•        1999               Maîtrise Biology of Populations & Ecosystems, magna cum laude, Valedictorian (rank 1/83).
  

                                            European Institute of Marine Studies – Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané (France).

•        1998               B.S. General Biology & Earth Sciences, magna cum laude.
  

                                            Université de Bordeaux I, Talence (France).



Professional Experience in Marine Sciences

• Aug. 2007–             Postdoctoral scholar. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz.
  

                                              Isolation of new marine culturable microbial strains for drug discovery (main targets: neglected diseases
                                              such as malaria and tuberculosis)
                                               Advisor: Dr. Roger Linington

• Jan.– Aug. 2007   Adjunct faculty. Science division, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR.
  

• Aug. – Oct. 2006    Research assistant. Department of Oceanography, The University of Hawaii, Manoa.
  

                                  Seawater sampling for molecular biology analyses with a focus on marine cyanobacteria (Trichodesmium,
                                  Prochlorococcus).
                                  Advisor: Dr Zackary Johnson

• Dec. – May 2006     Processing of my Green Card application - not authorized to work during this time.
  

                            

• Jan. – Aug. 2005     Postdoctoral associate. Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  

                                                More seawater samples processing using Fe-dependant bioluminescent bioreporter, mentoring.

•  2001 – 2004          Graduate research and teaching assistant. Department of Microbiology and Center for Environmental         
  

                                               Biotechnology (CEB), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
                                               Advisor : Dr Steven W. Wilhelm.
                                               Molecular microbiology (PCR, cloning, design and calibration of bacterial bioluminescent bioreporters),
                                               monitoring of Fe availability from seawater samples using bioluminescent bioreporters.

•  2001 (Spring)          Research assistant. Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS, UMR 5566
  

                                               CNRS), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, TOULOUSE (France).
                                               Advisor : Dr. Véronique Garçon.
                                               Inter-calibration of ANAIS (Autonomous Nutrient Analyser In Situ) and Technicon analyzer.

•  2001 (March)          Trainee. Groupement pour le Développement de la Télédétection Aérospatiale, Toulouse (France).        
  

                                               Geographic Information Systems (Arcview software).

•  2000 (Summer)        Visiting research assistant, Geosciences department, Princeton University, PRINCETON NJ.
  

                                   Advisors: Pr. François M. Morel and Dr. Allen J. Milligan.

                                                Study of effects of iron & pCO2 availabilities on the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii.

•        2000                  Graduate research assistant. LEMAR Laboratory (UMR 6539 CNRS) - European Institute of Marine Studies,
  

                                                PLOUZANE (France).
                                                Advisors: Pr. Paul Tréguer and Pr. Stéphane Blain.
                                               Physiology of oceanic and coastal diatoms under iron limitation & chemical analyses.

•  1998 –1999           Research assistant. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, PLOUZANE (France).
  

                                               Advisor: Dr. Eric Morize
                                              Fish stock assessment & analyses of stock evolution.

•  1998 (Summer)      Trainee. Laboratory of Biological Oceanography, Arcachon (France).
  

                                               Instructors: Dr. P.-J. Labourg and Dr. X. de Montaudouin.



Honors, Awards and Fellowships

•        2005                DIALOG VII (Dissertation Initiatives for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography) symposium
  

                                             participant. DISL, Mobile, AL. Dec. 3rd – 10th, 2005.

•        2005                University of Tennessee Travel Award and Graduate Student Senate Travel Award.
  

•        2004                University of Tennessee Travel Award and Graduate Student Senate Travel Award.
  

•        2003                Daniel Jouvance international research Award “Recherches sur le plancton marin 2003”.
  

•        2003                Ryan Kelley Memorial scholarship – International Women’s Fishing Association.
  

• 2001 – 2003         Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Center of Excellence Graduate Fellowship.
  

• 1999 – 2000        “Ministère de la Recherche et de l’Education“ Fellowship.
  

Teaching Assignments

• 2007                       Instructor. Lane Community College (Eugene, OR). General Biology 101J: “Unseen Life on Earth” telecourse.
  

                                  

• 2001 – 2004         Graduate Teaching Assistant. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  

                                            Introduction to Microbiology (Micro 210) laboratory courses, mentoring of undergraduate research assistants
                                            and technicians.

• 2002 (Spring)      Guest Lecturer. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  

                                            Oceanography 446: Carbon cycle.



Professional Affiliations

• 2005 – present        American Geophysical Union.
  

• 2005 – present        American Society for Microbiology (National and Hawaii Branch).
  

• 2005 – present        ANDèS (Association Nationale des Docteurs ès Sciences).
  

• 2004 – present        The Oceanography Society.
  

• 2001 – present        American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
  

Field Research Participation (since Fall 2001)

• Aug. 15 - Oct. 12, 2006        R/V Kilo Moana, Iron - Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent cruise (Honolulu, HI - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea)
  

• Mar. 08 - Mar. 12, 2006        R/V Kilo Moana, HOT-179 cruise (Aloha station, volunteer).
  

• Jun. 22 – Aug. 05, 2003       R/V Kilo Moana, CHALK cruise (NE Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea).
  

• Sep. 23 – Oct. 19, 2002        R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, BRIDE OF TABASCO cruise, Eastern Pacific Basin (Punta Arenas, Chile - San Diego, CA).
  

Curriculum vitae

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Cécile Élise Mioni, Ph.D.