EDUCATION
Since 2019: PhD student at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences) and the University of Duisburg-Essen.
2017-2018: Master of Science (MSc) in Science for the Environment: Environmental Management and Coastal Ecology (with distinction) at the University of La Rochelle (France).
2014-2016: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Life Sciences and Marine Biology at the University of La Rochelle, France.

WORK EXPERIENCES
May 2023 - until now: Postdoctoral position at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences) (Prof. Dr. Stoll). Task: Microchemistry analyses on several migratory species from the Rhine system (i.e., salmon, sea trout, eel, allis shad, twaite shad, sea lamprey, and North Sea houting).
Funds: Cooperation project with Rheinischer Fischereiverband, including 10 other partners (Interreg D/NL).

January – Avril 2023: Research assistant at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences) (Prof. Dr. Stoll). Task: Study of the downstream migration strategies of a
reintroduced the anadromous allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine, based on microchemical habitat and otoliths signatures. Scientific article final submission planned in August 2023.
Funds: International project consortium D/NL/CH with a cooperation project with Rheinischer Fischereiverband.

September – December 2022: Research assistant at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences) (Prof. Dr. Stoll). Task: Establishing a method of natal origin reattribution model of juvenile Allis shad based on tank experiments. Scientific article final submission is planned in
April 2023.
Funds: Young Researchers Fund - University of Trier

March – August 2022: Research assistant at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences) (Prof. Dr. Stoll). Task: Compilation of water sample database for various migratory fish projects in the Rhine (e.g., salmon, eel, sea trout, North Sea houting, sea lamprey).
Funds: HIT Umwelt- und Naturschutz Stiftungs-GmbH

March 2019 – February 2022: Research assistant at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences) in the project “Reintroduction of allis shad in the Rhine”. (Prof. Dr. Stoll). Task: Development of population monitoring methods for the reintroduction Allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine system.
Funds: International project consortium D/NL/CH with a cooperation project with Rheinischer Fischereiverband.

October-December 2018: Research assistant in ecology at INRAE/IRSTEA, Environment and Ecology Research Sector – Bordeaux, France. (Dr Daverat). Task: Recovery and processing of allis shad otoliths from successful spawners and juveniles, analysis of the otolith microchemistry: quantification of several elements (Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca and Mn:Ca).
Funds: FAUNA - shad’EAU project.

January-June 2018: Internship at INRAE/IRSTEA, Environment and Ecology Research Sector – Bordeaux, France. (Dr Daverat). Task: Comparison of successful downstream migration strategies and
dynamics growth of allis shad (Alosa alosa), before and after population collapse in the Gironde system.

April-June 2017: Internship at INRAE/IRSTEA, Environment and Ecology Research Sector – Bordeaux, France. (Dr Daverat). Task: Scalimetric study of the thin-lipped mullet Liza ramada in the Gironde estuary.

April-June 2016: Internship a UMR CNRS-LIENSs, Environment and Ecology Research Unit – La Rochelle, France. (Dr Thomas-Guyon). Task: Development of biomarkers for the pollution of the variegated scallop Mimachlamys varia: in situ approach in the marina of La Rochelle and the Atlantic coast.

CONFERENCES
August 2022 – Berlin (Germany): Oral presentation at the 36th Congress of the International Society of Limnology. “Development of a natal origin reattribution model using otolith microchemistry for the reintroduced Allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine system”.
Authors: Elodie Boussinet, Francoise Daverat and Stefan Stoll.

July 2022 – Bordeaux (France): Guess speaker at the joint final symposium of 3 projects on migratory fish DiadES (EU-Interreg), Fauna-shad’EAU (Region Nouvelle Aquitaine) and REVE (Water Agency Adour-Garonne). “Development of methods to monitor the population of the reintroduced allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine”.
Authors: Elodie Boussinet, Francoise Daverat and Stefan Stoll.

March 2022 – Paris (France): Oral presentation at the 8th meeting of Ichthyology in France. “Development of methods to monitor the population of the reintroduced allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the
Rhine” Authors: Elodie Boussinet, Francoise Daverat and Stefan Stoll.

June 2018 – Faro (Portugal): Poster presentation at the VII Congress of the Iberian Society of Ichthyology. “The successful downstream migration strategies of the allis shad, Alosa alosa, in the Gironde system: what has changed over the last 30 years?” Authors: Elodie Boussinet, David José Nachón Garcia, Christine Gazeau and Francoise Daverat.

PUBLICATION
Boussinet, E., Nachon, D. J., Sottolichio, A., Lochet, A., Stoll, S., Bareille, G., Tabouret, H., Pécheyran, C., Acolas, M.-L., & Daverat, F. (2024). Juvenile downstream migration patterns of an anadromous fish, allis shad (Alosa alosa), before and after the population collapse in the Gironde system, France. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15647