Stanford ranking : professors and researchers from La Rochelle Université in the “World’s Top 2% Scientist”

Henri Weimerskirch, Director of Research – CNRS Silver Medal at the CEBC is recognised for his work in ecology. He is a specialist in the study of the impact of global changes on marine ecosystems, using seabirds as bio-indicators.

Yves Cherel, CNRS Research Director at CEBC, is recognised for his work in marine biology and hydrobiology. He is a specialist in the feeding strategies of marine birds and mammals in the Southern Ocean.

Christophe Guinet, CNRS Research Director at the CEBC is recognised for his work in marine biology and hydrobiology. His research focuses on marine mammals as bioindicators of the polar oceans.

Vincent Bretagnolle, CNRS Research Director at CEBC, is known for his work in ecology and more specifically for his analysis of the consequences of various components of global change on the spatial and temporal dynamics of animal and plant populations and communities that make up food webs in intensive agricultural environments.

Olivier Chastel, CNRS Research Director at the CEBC, is known for his work in behavioural science and comparative psychology. He specialises in the study of the relationships between contaminants, hormonal mechanisms and selective value (reproduction, survival).

Christophe Barbraud, CNRS Research Director at the CEBC, is known for his work in ecology. His research aims to model the effects of environmental and climatic variations on seabird populations in the Southern Ocean in order to understand the mechanisms by which these variations affect their demographic parameters (survival, reproduction).

Thierry Bouwmans, Associate professor at the MIA laboratory is known for his work in artificial intelligence and image analysis. He is a specialist in the detection of moving objects in difficult environments on the surface (ground and sea), in the air and in space, using mathematical and machine learning tools for foreground/background separation.

Xavier Feaugas, Professor at LaSIE laboratory, is known for his work on materials. His research interests lie in the area of physical bases of solid plasticity and crack initiation with a focus on interactions between plasticity and surface reactivity to understand the inception of hydrogen embrittlement (HE) and SCC.

Philippe Refait, Professor at LaSIE laboratory, is known for his work on materials. He is a specialist in the corrosion of steels in natural environments and particularly in aggressive environments (marine) and also works on cathodic protection.

Fernando Pedraza Diaz, Professor at LaSIE laboratory, is recognised for his work on materials. He is a specialist in coatings, protection against oxidation and corrosion and the thermodynamic, physicochemical and structural analysis of materials.

Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, University Professor at LaSIE is recognized for his work in civil engineering. The main objective of his research is to contribute to the improvement of the robustness and adaptability of infrastructure systems under real exposure conditions, including progressive deterioration, sudden events and climate change.

Xavier Bertin is a CNRS research director at the LIENSs laboratory, and is recognized for his work in oceanography. His work concerns the hydro-sedimentary dynamics of coastal areas, with a particular interest in extreme events and associated hazards (erosion and marine submersion). To study these phenomena, he combines in situ observation with the development and application of numerical models.

Paco Bustamante, Professor at LIENSs laboratory, senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (class of 2017), is recognised for his work in Environmental Sciences. Specialist in ecotoxicology, his research focuses on the bioaccumulation and detoxification of metallic and pollutants in marine organisms that he uses as bioindicators of chemical contamination