Thomas Jefferson Milinkovitch

Coastal ecosystems are under anthropogenic pressure. Preservation of these ecosystems, and of their associated habitats, are among the major stakes for a sustainable use of marine ressources.In this area, I have well-grounded and extensive experience in the field of ecotoxicology, ecophysiology and physiology. I carried out my PhD at the CEDRE (Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution, Brest, France) and at the laboratory LIENSs (Littoral, Environment and Societies, CNRS/University of La Rochelle, France). This PhD was part of the national DISCOBIOL project (Dispersants and response techniques for shoreline areas: biological impact assessment and contributions to the regulation). The topic of this PhD was the study of the toxicity of dispersant application upon Liza sp. In connection with my previous experience and knowledge, I conducted an ecotoxicological study investigating the toxicity of dispersant at the sub-organismal and organismal levels which permitted to extrapolate conclusions at the population level. After my PhD, I realized postdoctoral researches in the University of La Rochelle. In 2011, I studied the toxicity of PCB (polychlorinated byphenyl), through biomarkers responses, in the liver and the heart of the common sole (Solea solea). This study was part of the national SOLEBEMOL project (Sole, bioaccumulation, ecotoxicology and modeling). This experience allowed me to improve my expertise in functional genomic. In 2012, as a research and teaching assistant, I studied the effects of temperature on the oxidative stress of Nothobranchius furzeri, by working in a program funded by the French National Agency of Research (ALIVE project : Ageing and functional integrity: modulation by life-extending treatments in a vertebrate model with extremely short lifespan). In 2013, as a post-doctoral fellow, I worked in an international scientific project funded by the Norwegian ministry for foreign affairs. This project, including a period of international mobility, aimed at investigating the biochemical responses of two species of scallops (Chlamys varia and Chlamys islandica) to marine diesel.