Marie-Caroline Tiffay
Mme Marie-Caroline Tiffay
Ancienne collaboratrice, Doctorante
EDUCATION
| 2016- present |
PhD thesis: Phytoplankton coexistence and biodiversity is promoted by small scale lake heterogeneity. Supervisor: Prof. Bastiaan Ibelings |
| 2011-2014 |
M.Sc in Environmental Sciences |
| 2010-2011 | M.Sc in Biology, Geology, Agro-resources and Environment University of Montpellier II, France |
| 2006-2009 | B.Sc in Biology Joseph Fourier University – Grenoble, France With a year abroad at the University of York- UK (Erasmus exchange) |
| 2002-2005 | Scientifc Baccalaureat, Specialization: Chemistry and Physics International Secondary School of Ferney- Voltaire, France |
RESEARCH and WORK EXPERIENCE
| 2013-2015 | Research Assistant (Fields of Limnology and Environmental Geology – Microbial Ecology), F.-A. Forel Institute – University of Geneva, Switzerland |
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January 2011– |
Internship at the Regional Department of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, Montpellier |
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September 2009– |
Training course in Neurobiology and neuro-morphology (Experimental studies on Wnt proteins signalization) University Medical Center of Geneva, Switzerland |
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October 2008- |
Training course in Biochemistry and structural biology (Expression, purification and protein crystallization) York Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, UK |
FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE
| 16.07.2015-16.08.2015 | Participation to the Leman-Baikal project (EPFL) Cruise on Lake Baikal for water sampling (phytoplankton and HPLC pigments analysis) |
| 2015-2016 | Lake Ladoga: Life under Ice project Involved many field expeditions (cruises and work on ice) through the years to work on Lakes Onega and Ladoga, Petrozavodsk - Russia |
PRESENTATIONS
| 5-10 July 2015 | Poster presentation “Ecosystem responses to climate variations of the high alpine lake Cadagno over the last 100 years” 9th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences |
| 16-20 September 2013 | Oral communication and poster presentation, « “Study of physical, chemical and biological parameters of lake Cadagno in response to climate change.” 32nd ADLaF meeting, Thonon-les-Bains, France |
SPECIAL SKILLS
| Computer | Proficient user of R (multivariate statistics, spatial and temporal analyses), Pack Office 2010, Open Office 3.1, ArcGIS 9.3.1 |
| Languages |
French (Native), English (Fluent), German (Basic) |