I am looking for funds for my PhD project on socioecological issues in Marine Protected Areas in the European Union. I am passionate about ecosystems functioning and understanding our interactions with them. I am specialized in ecological sciences. I have a master degree in Ecology and Conservation Biology, and a bachelor degree in Biology and Ecology. I obtained both degrees with congratulations. I also completed a Magistère of Biology (3 years), which gave me skills in genetics, scientific project set-up, English and communication. I worked on a great diversity of projects, including reforestation ecology, wildlife and fisheries management and conflicts, conservation psychology, and evolutionary ecology. I volunteered in several natural areas throughout the world, like Costa Rica and Kyrgyzstan, to work on conservation issues of charismatic vertebrate (e.g., leatherback turtles, snow panthers). I participated in four main research projects. First, I worked on our perceptions of Nature (CESCO laboratory), through our sensorial experiences of natural elements, using approaches from body anthropology and conservation psychology. I worked for a year (CNRS laboratories) on conflicts around interacting marine predators (odontocetes and sharks) and pelagic industrial fisheries; I worked on the impacts (important shark bycatch, no real loss to fisheries), its management, and the fishers' perceptions (strong affect against cetaceans, while very little depredation is actually reported) of such interactions. I then worked on effects of climate changes on the evolution of bird reproduction phenology (CEFE laboratory): using quantitative genetics, we found that only plastic changes allowed for an earlier laying, the latter being necessary to follow their preys' phenology, and we observed no genetic changes in the population, which might reduce their evolutionary potential towards increasing temperatures. Lastly, I worked on the trends of vertebrate populations in the whole Mediterranean (Tour du Valat research institute), using the Living Planet Index, showing both drastic decreases of most taxa and important lacks of monitoring for some taxa (reptiles, mammals, amphibians and mostly from protected areas) and countries. My work on these diversified subjects allows me to apprehend the great complexity of socio-ecological systems, to understand the different stakes of conservation research. I master various statistical analyses methods ; I am experienced with database management, and various software: R, Matlab, JMP, Image J, Access, Photoshop, notions of QGIS, bibliography tools. I worked with several survey techniques: sociological surveys (observations, written surveys, interviews), biological measures (biometrics, dissection and microscopy) population monitoring of various vertebrate taxa (bird and turtle banding, photo-identification, inventories and transects for birds, panthers, reptiles, amphibians, actinopterygians, cetaceans). I am an experienced diver (French certification level 2). I am a photographer for NGOs. I am skilled in science communication, writing on my blog, regularly presenting my work to scientists and participating to sensitization activities for the public. I am strongly involved in building different relationships with nature. I am volunteering in several NGOs, I am involved in actions on the climate changes theme (translation for the environmental law NGO Notre Affaire à Tous, animator of the climate mural « La Fresque du Climat »). I especially do sensitization actions on protecting biodiversity through different activities (conferences, exhibition, wildlife rescue), I regularly teach in primary school classes on biodiversity in general and ecosystems functioning. I also act for Women's rights, animating discussion groups. I am working on a project with Youth For Climate France and multiple researchers for an education to environmental issues at the national scale.