Xavier Pochon

Summary

Team Leader, Molecular Surveillance, Biosecurity Group, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand.
Associate Professor, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

My research at the Cawthron Institute is highly applied and consist of developing multi-trophic molecular tools for environmental monitoring of marine industries (e.g. aquaculture farms, marine biosecurity in ports and marinas, and deep-sea exploration).

At the University of Auckland, I combine 'real-world' and 'blue-sky' research applications, including; i) investigating functional underpinnings of Symbiodiniaceae in coral reef ecosystems, ii) characterizing microbiomes in aquaculture and natural settings, iii) measuring eDNA and eRNA decay rates in marine invertebrates and vertebrates, iv) studying preferential settlement of marine invasive species associated with marine plastic debris, and v) exploring the diversity and dynamics of open-ocean plankton communities in the Pacific and beyond.

Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biodiversity Bioengineering Biogeography Biological Oceanography Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Databases Ecology Ecosystem Science Environmental Health Environmental Impacts Evolutionary Studies Freshwater Biology Genetics Genomics Marine Biology Microbiology Molecular Biology Natural Resource Management Omics Technologies Science Policy Taxonomy Zoology

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