I am an IGNITE-funded PhD researcher at the University of Southampton, joining the MBA in 2026 under the supervision of Dr Alice Horton. My research addresses the use of oysters as bioremediators of marine microplastics pollution. My core objective is to investigate the use of oyster for its capacity of filtering microplastics from the water column, to improve its efficiency and evaluate the toxicological impacts on the oysters. I also test biological strategies for the degradation of microplastic in the marine environment.

I have quite an interdisciplinary background, starting in Applied Biology and Biochemistry in Clermont-Ferrand (France), I then obtained a Forensic and Analytical Science BSc (Hons) at Robert Gordon University. In 2023, I graduated from my MSc in Climate Change: Managing the Marine Environment from Heriot-Watt University where I studied the effects of a pesticide Selamectin and microplastics on mussels.