Telephone: +47 403 03 902
E-mail: celine.albert@nina.no
Department:
NINA terrestrisk økologi
Key qualifications
Arctic, Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Seabirds, Spatial ecotoxicology, Management and Leadership
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (02/10/2017 – 30/09/2020)
Coastal Environment and Society (Littoral Environnement et Sociétés/LIENSs – La Rochelle University, France). Doctor Europaeus: certification of a European doctorate.
Environment and Population Biology, Ecology program
Dissertation title: Exposure of Arctic seabirds to pollutants and the role played by individual migratory movements and non-breeding distribution. Supervisor: J. Fort
PhD defense 08/09/2020 - Master’s Degree (01/09/2013 – 07/07/2015)
Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution, Paris-Saclay University (France)
Thesis title: Can winter diet and distribution explain differential survival between two morphs of the common guillemot? Supervisor: T. K. Reiertsen – MSc defence 09/06/2015 - Bachelor’s Degree (01/09/2009 – 07/07/2013)
Biology and Ecology, Paris-Saclay University (France) - Baccalaureate (01/09/2008 – 01/07/2009)
Science (DAEU B), Paris-Saclay University (France) - Master’s degree (01/09/2004 – 05/07/2006)
Finance, Le Mans (France)
Experience
- April 2024 – March 2027: Postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian Instititute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway.
Project and position funded by the Research Council of Norway, under the Young Research Talent funding – Ocean call
https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.13863227 - Mai 2023-March 2024: Station leader/Postdoctoral researcher; Arktisk Station; Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland; Copenhagen University
- January-December 2021: Postdoc at the Ecology, Systematic and Evolution Laboratory, (Paris-Saclay University) under the supervision of Franck Courchamp, working on the economic cost of invasive species with a focus on polar regions.
- October-December 2020: Postdoc LIENSs, La Rochelle (France) – Hg contamination of Arctic seabirds at the pan-Arctic scale.
- October 2017 – September 2020: PhD Student, studying Arctic Seabird Spatial Ecotoxicology – LIENSs, La Rochelle (France). Supervisor : Jérôme Fort
https://lienss.univ-larochelle.fr/Albert-Celine-1444
PhD successfully defended on the 8th September, 2020, under the « European Doctorate Label« .
This PhD project is related to:- ARCTOX, a Pan-Arctic network which aims to track Hg across Arctic marine food webs.
- ILETOP, which aims to study the impacts of legacy and emerging pollutants on Arctic avian top predators.
- September 2015 – October 2016: Research assistant at the Ecology, Systematic and Evolution Laboratory, under the supervision of Franck Courchamp and Corey Bradshaw. I mainly work on conservation biology, from invasive species to charismatic species.
- June and July 2015: Field assistant for the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), under the supervision of Tone K. Reiertsen. catching birds, taking notes, making measurements, laying on loggers,marking birds, looking at rings for Capture Recapture dataset. I mainly worked with common guillemot (Uria aalge), but I had the opportunity to help with puffin, gull, kittiwakes and shags.
- January to June 2015: Intern at the NINA, where I studied the adult rate survival of the common guillemot from Hornøya, regarding environmental variables. This internship was under the supervision of Tone K. Reiertsen
- April to August 2014: intern at the CEREEP-Ecotron in Paris, under the supervision of Beatriz Decencière and Samuel Perret. My work was to provide technical assistance for all the ongoing projects.
- February to march 2014: Intern at the IEES under the supervision of Clotilde Biard, studying the edge effects on blue tits and great tits.
- April to August 2012: Intern at the Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, under the supervision of Matteo Griggio, studying the social behavior of bearded tits.
- April to May 2011: Intern at the IEES, under the supervision of Clotilde Biard, studying the edge effects on blue tits and great tits.
Training
Languages
French, English (fluent), Norwegian (level A2)
Worked in
ARCTOX (AMAP, ILETOP, MAMBA)
SEATRACK
SEAPOP
Conference contributions
- International conferences
Albert C. Representative of Arctic Station during the Ilulissat Science Forum 2023.
Albert C., et al [1/40 co-authors] A spatial ecotoxicology approach at multi colony and multi species unravels mercury distribution in wintering seabirds across the North Atlantic Arctic. Oral Presentation – World Seabird Conference 3, online. October 2021
Albert C., et al [1/26 co-authors] Inter-annual variation in winter distribution impacts individual seabird contamination with mercury. Digital Presentation – World Seabird Twitter Conference 7, online. May 2021
Albert C. et al [1/40 co-authors] Monitoring mercury distribution at the Arctic and sub-Arctic Atlantic scale with the use of Arctic seabirds as bioindicators. Oral Presentation – Arctic Science Summit Week, online. March 2021
Albert C. et al [1/4 co-authors] Can winter diet and distribution explain differential survival between two morphs of the Common guillemot? Poster presentation – International Conference on Ecological Sciences. Marseille, France. October 2016
Albert C. et al [1/2 co-authors] Charismatic species: who are they? Oral presentation – International Conference on Ecological Sciences. Marseille, France. October 2016
Albert C. et al [1/6 co-authors] (Polar)Invacost: a database to estimate economic cost of invasive species in polar and sub-polar areas. Oral presentation – CNFRA conference – online, May 2021
Albert C. et al [1/30 co-authors] Le ro^le de la distribution hivernale des oiseaux marins Arctiques dans leur contamination au Hg (in French, The role of winter distribution in the mercury contamination of Arctic seabirds). Oral presentation – CNFRA conference – La Rochelle, France. September 2020
Albert C. et al [1/22 co-authors] The use of Arctic top predators to investigate seasonality and large-scale winter mercury distribution. Oral presentation – Future directions in French polar pollution research. Toulouse, France. October 2019
INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Albert C. et al [1/44 co-authors] Inter-annual variations in migratory movements impact individual seabird exposure to contaminants. Oral presentation. SEATRACK Workshop, online. October 2020
Albert C. et al [1/20 co-authors] Exposure of Arctic seabirds to pollutants: study case of the Brünnich’s guillemots. Poster presentation. Annual doctoral congress of La Rochelle University, France. June 2019
Albert C. et al [1/44 co-authors] Arctic seabirds and Hg contaminations. Oral presentation. Weekly seminar of the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – Trondheim, Norway. April 2019
Albert C. et al [1/44 co-authors] Arctic seabirds and Hg contaminations. Oral presentation. Presentations of my PhD project. SEATRACK Workshop, Trondheim, Norway. March 2018
Albert C. et al [1/44 co-authors] Exposure of arctic seabirds to pollutants: what is the role played by individual migratory movements and non-breeding distribution? Oral presentation. LIENSs day. La Rochelle, France. December 2017
Honours
Albert C., Moe B. et al 2024. "Long-term effects of environmental changes on ArctiC seabirds: effeCts of seasonal distribUtion and contaMination on popULATION dynamics". Research Council of Norway NOK 7.9 mil
Albert C., Moe B. 2022. « Long-term exposure of arctic seabirds to pollutants (EXPOSURE) », The Research Council of Norway (Arctic Field Grant): 10 000€
Albert C. et al., 2021. Second edition of the picture and scientific exhibition: « Polar Ecology, from the Arctic to the Antarctic ». La Rochelle University: 600€
Albert C., Moe B. 2019. « Exposure of arctic seabirds to pollutants: what is the role played by individual migratory movements and non-breeding distribution? (ExpoBird) », The Research Council of Norway (Arctic Field Grant): 8000€
Albert C., 2019 « Exposure of arctic seabirds to pollutants: what is the role played by individual migratory movements and non-breeding distribution? (ExpoBird) », La Rochelle University: 1200€
Albert C. et al., 2018. First edition of the picture and scientific exhibition: « Polar Ecology, from the Arctic to the Antarctic ». La Rochelle University: 1600€
Albert C., 2014. « Can winter diet and distribution explain differential survival between two morphs of the Common guillemot? » Paris-Saclay Foundation: 2700€
Professional societies
Board member of the French National Committee for Arctic and Antarctic Research
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