Zeina Bourhane, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for the Environment and Materials (IPREM)
Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
| Microbial ecology | Metagenomics | Metabolomics | Ecotoxicology | Bioinformatics | Data Scientist |
📍 Pau, France
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About Me
Scientist in microbial ecology, with expertise in metagenomics, metabolomics and microbial network analysis applied to the valorization of extreme thermal water ecosystems.
Research Fields
- Valorization of extreme ecosystems
- Secialized thermostable metabolites
- Microbial interaction and functional networks
- Microbial collective biosynthetic potential
Education
Ph.D. in Physiology and Biology of organisms-Populations-Interactions
[09/2018 – 12/2021] Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
MSc. in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources
[09/2016 – 06/2018] Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
BSc. in Biology
[09/2013 – 06/2016] Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Core Sills
Data Analysis and Bioinformatics
R studio; QIIME2, DADA2; Tax4Fun2, PICRUSt2; CoNet, SparCC, among others.
Molecular and Microbial Techniques
eDNA/RNA extraction; DNA QC (NanoDrop/Xpose) & quantification (Qubit); PCR; qPCR-data interpretation
Computing and Workflow Automation Scripted pipelines in R; Linux/Shell batch mode processing; Job submission with Slurm (sbatch) on HPC clusters.
Teaching and Projects
Co supervision of MSc students; Participation in multi-institutional projects (AQUASALT, MOBIDIC, CARUSO), contributing to grant writing that secured funding; Stakeholder engagement in French, English & arabic.
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