Villa Communale 1
Naples
Italy
Nationality
Tunisia
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Telephone
0039341687717
ORCID :
0000-0002-6728-9262
PhD
Research
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
I’m Wiem Boussellaa a doctoral researcher since January 2020 at the Sciences Faculty of the University of Sfax, in Tunisia. During my PhD, I have conducted outdoor labs to assess in monitoring of invasion species particularly exotic fish parasitology. From April 2021 to April 2023, I worked as a scientific assistant on the Life Med Turtles project at Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia. The Life Med Turtles constituted an important step toward my career in marine conservation research and improve the conservation status of the populations of the loggerhead priority turtle caretta caretta. Since April 2023, I’m starting a new experience with a post doc position in the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, Italy. My project is focused on energy expenditure and ecology of sea turtles during their swimming. For the first trimester of this project, I familiarised myself with the turtles in rehabilitation at the Turtle Point, to identify the individuals for trials in the swim channel; I updated and acquired new knowledge on open-flow respirometry systems and 3-D accelerometry to derive metabolic rates for swimming marine vertebrates.
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
In the following, you will find some points and skills that allow me to present my candidature:
· Post-doctoral at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. Project: Energy expenditure and ecology of sea turtles during their swimming (2023-2025)
· Post-doctoral scientific assistant of Life Med Turtles Project at the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia (2021-2023).
· Successful candidate participated in the Cross-border mobility Program of the Deep Blue project: the project is in partnership with WWF Tunisia and Faculty of Maritime Studies in University of Kyrenia, Cyprus (2021)
Project Summary “Ecotourism, Management of Biological Invasions and Biosecurity”
· Administrator of projet « Sea_Tu_Med » Sea turtle conservation project in Tunisia with the Association of nature and environment protection of Sfax (APNES) (2019-2020): a project funded by the #MAVA Foundation and set up in partnership with #WWF #UNEP #MAP_SPA_RAC #APAL and # INSTM.
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