Summary
Education
Skills
Positions
Accomplishments
Main Project Management Experience
Main outreach Activities
Affiliations
Languages
Career Breaks
Timeline
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Benedicte Ferre

Bremen

Summary

Senior Researcher with more than 20 years of experience and a strong track record in geoscience. Designing experiments, leading impactful research initiatives, mentoring talent, and delivering significant contributions to the field. Project manager, data analyst, and lecturer. Works effectively and collaboratively with teams and individuals.

Education

Ph.D. - Marine Sciences

University of Perpignan
France
11.2004

Master of Science - Oceanography

Centre D’Océanologie De Marseille (COM)
France
07.2000

Skills

  • Leadership Skills
  • Grant Writing
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research
  • Experiment Design
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Mentoring

Positions

  • 2023- Current, Senior Researcher, Department of Geoscience, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Norway)
  • 2013-2023, Researcher, CAGE (Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate), Department of Geosciences, UiT (Norway)
  • 2008-2013, Researcher, Department of Geosciences, UiT (Norway)
  • 2005-2008, Post-doctoral fellow, USGS - United States Geological Survey, USA

Accomplishments

  • Led and participated to 46 publications
  • Led 8 research cruises onboard the Norwegian vessels Helmer Hansen and ice breaker Kronprins Haakon
  • Supervised 5 Master students and 4 PhD candidates
  • Supervised a team of 6 staff members.
  • Lecturer during various courses at UiT (Oceanography, geoscience, hydroacoustics)
  • Numerous reviews in scientific journals

Main Project Management Experience

  • 2021-2027, leader, co-leader and group leader of 4 research projects related to oceanography and methane release
  • 2013-2023, Team leader for the water column group in a Center of Excellence
  • 2008-2013, deputy leader in European projects related to seafloor observatories networks

Main outreach Activities

  • Invited panelist during GOOS - Dialogue 4: Looking ahead: New technology for the Ocean Decade (2023)
  • Interviews at Radio Canada (2016) and Radio Canada International (2020)
  • Webinar The Changing Arctic - Estonian Academy of Sciences (2021)
  • Invited speaker during The Changing Arctic - Estonian Academy of Sciences (2022) and Arctic ROOS online workshop (2021)

Affiliations

  • Department of Geoscience, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
  • Associate Member of the cluster of Excellence ‘The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface’ at MARUM (University of Bremen, Germany)

Languages

French
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
German
Intermediate (B1)
Norwegian
Intermediate (B1)

Career Breaks

  • 2012-2013, Maternity leave
  • 2015-2016, Maternity leave

Timeline

Ph.D. - Marine Sciences

University of Perpignan

Master of Science - Oceanography

Centre D’Océanologie De Marseille (COM)
Benedicte Ferre