CV

Academic Background

2025 (3 months)

Erasmus+ Research

Norwegian Institute of Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway

Collaboration with Yann Czorlich & Geir H. Bolstad. Funded by ERASMUS+, DESSE INRAE & Région Bretagne.

2023 – 2026

PhD in Evolutionary Genetics & Population Genomics

DECOD UMR 0985, INRAE – Institut Agro, Rennes, France

Dispersal and local adaptation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by genetic approaches.
Supervisors: Mathieu Buoro, Charles Perrier & Guillaume Evanno

2023 (6 months)

MSc Research Internship

UMR MARBEC, IFREMER Station, Sète, France

Biogeography and connectivity of cold-water corals Desmophyllum pertusum using genomic approaches.
Supervisors: Sophie Arnaud-Haond & Adrien Tran Lu Y

2022 (2 months)

MSc Research Internship

Tursiops Marine Research, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Intra- and inter-population comparisons of signature whistles of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Supervisor: Txema Brotons

2021 – 2023

MSc Environmental Management & Coastal Ecology

University of La Rochelle, France

Distinction — 2nd/31

Universitary Diploma Underwater sampling — BIOSOUM

2020 – 2021 (5 months)

Volunteer Research Internship — Gap Year

University of Seychelles & Island Conservation Society, Aride Island, Seychelles

Population dynamics of Phaethon lepturus & Copsychus sechellarum / Reproductive success of sea turtles.
Supervisor: Gérard Rocamora

2017 – 2020

BSc in Biology, Environment & Earth Sciences

University of Montpellier, France

📢 Scientific Communications

February 2026

Oral Presentation — International Workshop of PhDs and Post-doctoral Fellows on Anadromous Salmonids

Hólar, Iceland

Egal E. High-density SNP genotyping uncovers fine-scale genetic structure and genetic basis of local adaptation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

October 2025

Oral Presentation — NINA Lab Seminar

Trondheim, Norway

Egal E. Reproductive success of dispersers depends on the population of origin in Atlantic salmon.

August 2025

Poster — Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)

Barcelona, Spain

Egal E. Reproductive success of dispersers depends on the population of origin in Atlantic salmon.

August 2025

Oral Presentation — 17th Ecology & Behaviour Conference

Montpellier, France

Egal E. Reproductive success of dispersers depends on the population of origin in Atlantic salmon.

June 2025

Oral Presentation — EvolBiol Rennes

Rennes, France

Egal E. Dispersion et succès reproducteur du saumon Atlantique par des approches génétiques.

June 2024

Oral Presentation — 13ème Séminaire de l'École Internationale de Recherche Agreenium (EIR-A)

Montpellier, France

Egal E. Dispersion et succès reproducteur du saumon Atlantique par des approches génétiques.

🏫 Teaching & Supervision

2026 (6 months)

MSc student — Julia Kamphuis, University of Rennes

Detection of genomic signatures of adaptive introgression in wild Atlantic salmon populations. Co-supervised with Guillaume Evanno.

2024 – 2025

Teaching Assistant — University of Rennes 1

30+ hours (lectures, practicals, tutorials)

Level Module Hours
BSc 2 Quantitative Biology 19h
MSc 1 Molecular approaches in ecology & evolution 5h30
MSc 1 Landscape Ecology 10h30
Autumn 2022

Educational Tutor — University of La Rochelle

First-year Life Sciences students

🏫 Grants, Scholarships & Awards

2025

Erasmus+ Mobility Grant

(€1,710)

2025

DESSE Mobility Grant — EIR-A

(€2,500)

2025

Collège Doctoral de Bretagne — Mobility Grant

(€2,400)

🛠️ Technical Skills

Bioinformatics & Genomics

PLINKVCFtoolsBCFtoolsBWA-mem2 SAMtoolsFastQCTrimmomaticPicard

Population Genetics Software

BayPassBayesAssSTRUCTUREadmixture assignPOPFRANzSequoiaArlequin GenepopPCAdapt

Programming & Data Analysis

R / RStudioggplot2BashLinux / HPC clusters Git / GitHub

Lab

DNA extraction Qubit quantificationElectrophoresis

Field

SCUBA diving (FFESSM L1)Advanced Open Water SSI Nitrox Diver (SSI)

Languages

French (Native)English (B2)Spanish (B2)