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Dr. Julien Michel

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Research interests

- Benthic ecology and taxonomy (Molluscs and Ostracods)
- Carbonate sedimentology
- Upwelling and eutrophic marine food webs
- Paleoenvironments and Paleoproductivity
- Ocean acidification
- Oceanographic and sedimentary processes

Current research

- Hydrodynamics in the Golfe d'Arguin, Mauritania:
relating current velocities, remote-sensing and sedimentological data.

- Effects of high organic carbon rivers on carbonate-producing organisms:
the coastal marine environment influenced by peat-draining rivers of East Sumatra, Indonesia.

CV

-2013-2014: GLOMAR Assistant Scientist, MARUM - Bremen (Coastal Dynamics)
-2011-2013: Post-doc ZMT Center for Tropical Marine Ecology - Bremen (Carbonate Sedimentology)
-2010-2011: Assistant Lecturer (french ATER) University of Provence, France (Carbonate Sedimentology)
-2007-2010: Ph.D. MARUM - Bremen (Carbonate sedimentology)
-2004-2006: Master University of Bordeaux 1, France/University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oceanography-Paleoclimatology)
-2003-2004: English learning in New Zealand
-2000-2003: Bachelor University of Nizza, France (Biology)

Publications

Peer reviewed journals

Michel J., Doitteau G., Hebib H., Lozouet P. and Villier L. (2012) Biodiversity structure of an exceptionally preserved Aquitanian bivalve assemblage (Meilhan, SW France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie vol. 265/2, pp. 113-130.

Michel J., Mateu-Vicens G. and Westphal H. (2011) Modern heterozoan carbonates from a eutrophic tropical shelf (Mauritania). Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 81, pp. 641-655.

Michel J., Westphal H. and von Cosel R. (2011) The mollusk fauna of soft sediments from the tropical, upwelling-influenced shelf off Mauritania. PALAIOS, vol. 26, pp. 447-460.

Michel J., Westphal H. and Hanebuth T.J.J. (2009) Sediment partitionning and winnowing of a mixed eolian-marine system (Mauritanian shelf). Geo-Marine Letters, vol. 29, pp. 221-232.

Proceedings

Laprida C., Michel J. and Díaz A. (2006) Ecología de ostrácodos de Tinogasta (Catamarca) como base para la reconstrucción de paleoambientes Holocenos del Noroeste Argentino. Revista de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, Resúmenes, 42 (4), Suplemento: 34R.

PhD thesis

Heterozoan carbonate sedimentation on a eutrophic, tropical shelf of Northwest Africa (Golfe d’Arguin, Mauritania). Ph.D. Thesis, Bremen University, Germany, 142 pp.

Cruises and consulting

2012
-Consulting for the writing of "Atlas maritime des zones vulnérables en Mauritanie"
IMROP (Oceanography and Fishery Research Mauritanian Institute), Nouhadibou, Mauritania (GIZ, ZMT)

-Cruise: R/V Matahariku (East Sumatra, Indonesia): Carbon cycle, marine sediments under the influence of peatland-draining rivers
ZMT, SPICE program

2008
-Cruise: R/V Poseidon (Canary Islands-Mauritania): Carbonate Sedimentology
MARUM - Bremen University

Teaching experiences

Carbonate Sedimentology
Sedimentary Petrology
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Stratigraphy and Tectonics
Multidisciplinary field course (Biology-Geology)
Ph.D. student seminars (doctorate school)