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PhD student with a special interest in marine macrophytes, habitat restoration and climate change. 3 years of experience as a research assistant. Currently working on the development of seagrass restoration strategies and their impact on seagrass physiology. Experienced in scientific writing, seagrass handling, sampling and carrying laboratory biochemical analysis, such as antioxidant activity, energy storage, photosynthetic pigments content and photosynthetic activity. Graduated with a MSc degree in Marine Biology from the University of Algarve in October 2021. Was awarded the grade of 19/20 for her MSc thesis. A few months later, published a scientific article investigating the physiological response of seagrass to marine heatwaves (2022). Was granted a research fellowship of one year after MSc graduation. Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Biology with a major in Marine Sciences from the University of La Rochelle in 2018. Prior to joining university, studied biology, geology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geography and philosophy for two years. Accomplished several research internships in France, Chile and Portugal, enriching her professionnal experience in modelling, ecology, taxonomy and plant physiology. Took a gap year in Australia in 2018-2019 to become profficient in English. Organised, disciplined, rigorous and dynamic person who enjoys being part of a team. Alizé aims to support scientific research, innovation, restoration & conservation of aquatic ecosystems threatened by anthropogenic and climatic pressures by undertaking a PhD in seagrass restoration.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alizé Deguette

Citation names

  • Deguette, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C11B-3C3E-5B4F
ORCID iD
0009-0008-2061-3388

Email addresses

  • alizedegt@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • CCMAR - Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve. Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Building 7, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/12 - 2028/12
Ongoing
 Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/10
Concluded
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The effects of a marine heatwave on seagrasses Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa in Ria Formosa, Portugal: photosynthetic activity & oxidative stress indicators" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very good
2017/09 - 2018/06
Concluded
 Life Sciences (Bachelor)
Major in Marine Sciences
La Rochelle Université, France
"The Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) along the Chilean coast: evaluation of its seasonal variability by numerical modelling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Good
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04/01 - 2024/11/30 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/10 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/08 - 2020/12 Research Trainee (Research) Université de Caen Normandie Laboratoire Universitaire des Sciences Appliquées de Cherbourg, France
Intechmer, France
2019/03 - 2019/06 Research Trainee (Research) ECIM - Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/12/01 - Current PhD Student Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2023/03/31 Research Fellowship - Seagrass restoration
O-S-ECO-01/2022
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 H.M. Government of Gibraltar
Concluded
2021 - 2023 Seaghorse - Restoration of seagrass habitat and seahorse populations of Ria Formosa lagoon
1/2021
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 EDULOG Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - 2025 Bivalves Vertical, Blue Bioeconomy Pact
C644915664-00000026
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Silva, J.; Barrote, I.; Deguette, A.; Jiménez-Herrero, J.; Carolina, M.; Santos, R.. Corresponding author: Silva, J.. "Taking the heat: Physiological responses of Ulva lactuca to Marine Heatwaves". Paper presented in International Phycological Congress, Bohol, Panglao, 2025.
  2. Deguette, A.; Silva, J.; Parreira, F.; Barrote, I.; Santos, R.. Corresponding author: Deguette, A.. "Physiological responses of Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa to different transplantation methods". Paper presented in 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Napoli, 2024.
    Accepted
  3. Answeeuw, S.; Hall, H.; Railey, E.; Deguette, A.; Parreira, F.; Barrote, I.; Silva, J.. Corresponding author: Silva, J.. "Physiological stress in Zostera marina & Zostera noltei transplantation: effects of season and donor site selection". Paper presented in 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Napoli, 2024.
Conference poster
  1. Deguette, A.; Parreira, F; Santos, Rui.; Barrote, I.; Silva, J.. "Re-thinking restoration using a biochemical approach: seagrasses show method-specific physiological responses to transplantation". Paper presented in 2nd European Seagrass Restoration Workshop, Arcachon, France, 2025.
Journal article
  1. Deguette, A.; Parreira, F.; Santos, R.; Barrote, I.; Silva, J.. Corresponding author: Deguette, A.. "Seagrass restoration: physiological responses to different transplantation methods". Scientific Reports (2025):
    Submitted
  2. Deguette, A.; Barrote, I.; Silva, J.. "Physiological and morphological effects of a marine heatwave on the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85130039661&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-022-12102-x
Preprint
  1. Alizé Deguette; Isabel Barrote; João Silva. "Marine heatwaves: physiological and morphological effects on the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa". 2025. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-92.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu25-92
Report
  1. Deguette, A.. 2020. Testing and calibrating soft-sediment dark benthic chambers.
  2. Deguette, A.. Corresponding author: Deguette, A.. 2020. Description of subtidal macroalgae belts assemblages & species diversity of Tatihou island foreshore for biological monitoring (Water Framework Directive).
  3. Deguette, A.. 2018. The Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) along the Chilean coast: evaluation of its seasonal variability by numerical modelling.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The effects of a marine heatwave on seagrasses Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa in Ria Formosa, Portugal: photosynthetic activity & oxidative stress indicators". Master, Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2021.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06 Physiological responses of Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa to different transplantation methods. 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th International Seagrass Biology Workshop
World Seagrass Association, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Napoli, Italy)
2021/10/05 The effects of a marine heatwave on seagrasses Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa in Ria Formosa, Portugal: photosynthetic activity & oxidative stress indicators. MSc thesis presentation
CCMAR, Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/05 - Current Poster presentation
Congress
 EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria
2025/04 - Current Poster presentation
Workshop
 2nd European Seagrass Restoration Workshop, Arcachon, France
2024/06/17 - 2024/06/21 Poster presentation
Conference
 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Napoli
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2022/09/15 - 2022/11/15 8-weeks Massive Open Online Course "Ecosystem Restoration". Contained 2 modules: "Introduction to Ecosystem Restoration" & "Applying Ecosystem Restoration Interventions".
Other
 Open online course "Ecosystem Restoration" by the UNPD & the Convention on Biological Diversity.
United Nations Development Programme, United States
2022/05/03 - 2022/05/04 Teaching and supervising marine plants ecophysiology lab protocols to high-school students during the open day of the University of Algarve.
Workshop
 Dias abertos (Open day)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/12 Scientific Diving Course Global Underwater Explorers (GUE)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - 2019 Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer Aquatic lifeguard / First aid during events

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/01 - Current Gender Equality Committee member
Member
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/02/01 - 2023/05/01 Exploring physiological responses of seagrass to winter transplantation: A study on Zostera noltei plants from an upper intertidal donor zone. Emma Railey
2023/02/01 - 2023/05/01 Expanding the restoration season: physiological stress response to winter transplantation in Zostera marina. Hannah Hall
2023/02/01 - 2023/05/01 Zostera noltei Restoration: From Plant Resilience to Habitat Recovery. Shamwari Anseeuw

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/01 - 2021/08 Seagrass shoots collection and transplantation, culture in a mesocosm, simulation of a marine heatwave (MHW), analysis of the physiological effects (photosynthetic activity & biochemical stress indicators), data analysis and interpretation. Use of R Studio & Sigmaplot, Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging (CFI), Photoacoustic Microscopy (PAM), Photosynthesis-Irradiance (P-I) curves, quantification of key biochemical stress indicators (antioxidant activity), publishing a scientific article. Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/12/31 (1) Description of intertidal macroalgae belts assemblages & species diversity of Tatihou island foreshore for biological monitoring (Water Framework Directive). (2) Developing, testing and calibrating benthic chambers to measure the fluxes at the air-sediment interface in Zostera noltii meadows. R Studio, QGIS mapping, testing and calibrating measuring devices, critical mind, data processing, analysis and interpretation. Université de Caen Normandie Laboratoire Universitaire des Sciences Appliquées de Cherbourg, France

Intechmer, France

Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France
2019/03 - 2019/06 Numerical modelling of the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) along the Chilean coast. Use of Linux, Ubuntu, MATLAB. Data processing & analysis. ECIM - Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile