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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

quatic

microbial communities

structure and

function.

My past research focused o

iron bioavailability to

aquatic

bacterioplankton and algae.

Currently, my

esearch work

consists

tudying

the distribution of harmful

yanobacteria

and their toxins in

Californian water bodies (Clear Lake, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

, Klamath

)

and

in characterizing the

environmental

drivers

that

control cyanobacteria abundance and

toxin production in th

system

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

March 11 – present Assistant Research I. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Aug. 2010 – present Lecturer. Science & Environmental Policy, California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA

Sept. 08 – Feb. 11 CALFED Postdoctoral fellow/scholar. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Harmful algae and their toxins in San Francisco Bay, CA
Advisor: Dr. Adina Paytan

Aug. 07– Aug. 08 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 Lecturer. Science division, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR.

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

2005 Postdoctoral associate. Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

More seawater samples processing using Fe-dependant bioluminescent bioreporter, mentoring.
Advisor : Dr Steven W. Wilhelm.

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

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

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

CNRS), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, TOULOUSE (France).
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.

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

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

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

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

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

                                                        Guinea (Africa) Demersal fish stock assessment & analyses of stock evolution
                                                        Advisor: Dr. Eric Morize

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

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

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

2010 Selected speaker, 2010 Oceans Colloquium, Standford University - Hopkins Station, Monterey, CA.

2009 Early career travel award. ASLO 2009 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Nice, France)

2009 C ALFED postdoctoral fellowship recipient.

2008 Poster selected for oral presentation. Gordon Research Conference Marine Natural Products (Ventura, CA)

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

2010 - present Lecturer. Science & Environmental Policy, California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA.

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

2011 – present International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae

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)

Jun. 2010 - present Monthly cruises in Clear Lake, CA (summer) with Lake County (lead PI).

Sep. 2008 - Oct. 2011 Monthly cruises in the San Francisco Bay and Delta on board of the R/V Polaris (USGS) and R/V San Carlos (DWR).

Jan. 11 - Feb. 11 R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, Ross Sea (cruise website).

Mar. 21 - Apr. 09, 2009 R/V Polarsterm, ANT XXV/4 cruise in Drake Passage (volunteer participant).

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).

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Cécile Élise Mioni

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