Biography
Youri is a young marine ecology modeler. Originally trained as a computer scientist, he found himself captivated by the wonderful world of marine ecology during his end-of-study internship at IFREMER. After a year of volunteering at RBINS in 2024, he finally officially joined the ECOMOD team as a modeler on the CAFEINE project. Under the supervision of Nathan Terseleer, he develops a numerical framework coupling biogeochemistry, mineral flocculation and suspension feeder ecology, from 0D to 3D. His work aims to quantify how suspension feeders on man-made structures, such as offshore wind farms, alter flocculation processes and redirect primary production toward benthic pathways across coastal-offshore gradients.
Experience
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences | Brussels, Belgium
Scientific collaborator | 2026-Current - Centran | Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
Software Developer | 2025-2026 - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences | Brussels, Belgium
Scientific collaborator | 2024-2025
Education
- ULB | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
MSc Bioinformatic and modelling | 2020-2024 - HE2B ESI | Haute École Bruxelles-Brabant (école supérieur d’informatique), Brussels, Belgium
BSc computer sciences | 2017-2020
Projects
- CAFEINE: CArbon Fate and Export In the North sEa