Lorien Pichegru

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Focusing on the impact of anthropogenic changes in the marine environment, including industrial fishing and climate change, on marine top predators in particular. More recently also looking at the impact of plastic and associated pollutants on the marine ecosystem.
Engaged in many public platforms, as a member of various local and national committees or working groups of management or governmental bodies, as a marine scientist and an environmentalist.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Adjunct professor, Nelson Mandela University
  • 2021–2023
    Acting Director, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research
  • 2018–2023
    Research consultant, Sustainable Seas Trust
  • 2015–2021
    Researcher, Nelson Mandela University
  • 2013–2015
    Research Consultant, BirdLife South Africa
  • 2008–2013
    Postdoctoral fellow, University of Cape Town

Education

  • 2008 
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PhD

Honours

Knight of the Order of Merit, France

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