Having completed a PhD on dinoflagellate ecology at the University of Westminster (London, UK) and IFREMER (Brest, France), Ian worked for the Algobank culture collection at the University of Caen before moving to the Roscoff Marine Station in 2007. Along with development of the RCC over the last 15 years, Ian has been involved in research focussing mainly on haptophytes, including taxonomy, exology and evolution.
Emilie worked as an Assistant Curator at the RCC between 2014 and 2018 during which time she was particularly involved in biotech projects in which the RCC participated (NOMORFILM, EMBRIC, Polysalgue).
Léna worked as an Assistant Curator (specialized in cryopreservation) at the RCC between 2018 and 2022.
