Christophe SIX
Maitre de Conférence HC à Sorbonne Université
Research Department(s)
Research Areas
My research aims to identify and characterize the physiological mechanisms that have evolved to enable phytoplanktonic organisms to compete successfully within a given ecological niche and to colonize new ones. To achieve this, I use comparative physiology approaches based on phytoplankton strains isolated and maintained in laboratory culture.
Teaching
Half of my working time is devoted to higher education teaching at all university levels, from undergraduate to doctoral studies. I teach subjects related to the ecology, physiology, and evolution of photosynthetic organisms, ranging from microbes to vascular plants. I am involved in around a dozen teaching units within Sorbonne Université degree programs and am (co-)coordinator of six teaching units in the Biology–Mathematics undergraduate program and the Master’s program in Marine Sciences.
Undergraduate level: Terrestrial Plant Botany, Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology.
Master’s level: Fundamental Phycology, Physiology of Marine Plants, Integrative Phytoplankton Biology.
Education
2015 Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR), Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI)
2008 Appointed Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences), Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI), Section 66 “Physiology”
2005–2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mount Allison University (Canada)
2002–2005 PhD in Marine Biology, Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI)
2001 Master’s Degree in Biological Oceanography and Marine Environment, Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI)