Anaïs Remili

AREAS OF INTEREST

Marine Mammal Feeding Ecology: Investigating the dietary preferences, and feeding ecology of marine mammals using ecological tracers like fatty acids and stable isotopes.
Ecotoxicology and Contaminant Accumulation: Studying how diet influences contaminant accumulation (PCBs, PFAS, pesticides, and mercury) in marine mammals, with implications for their health and risk level.
Multiple Stressor Interactions and Cumulative Effects: Exploring the complex interactions between stressors—including climate-induced shifts in diet—and their cumulative effects on contaminant accumulation and marine mammal health (through metabolomics and steroid hormone assays).
Science Communication: Acting as a bridge between academic research and the public to increase public interest in marine mammal research

BSc 2016, University of Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
MSc 2018, Erasmus Mundus Marine Environment and Resources, University of the Basque Country, Spain
PhD 2023, McGill University, Canada

Remili, A., Letcher, R.J., Samarra, F.I., Dietz, R., Sonne, C., Desforges, J.P., Víkingsson, G., Blair, D. and McKinney, M.A., 2021. Individual prey specialization drives PCBs in Icelandic killer whales. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(8), pp.4923-4931.
Remili, A., Dietz, R., Sonne, C., Samarra, F.I., Rikardsen, A.H., Kettemer, L.E., Ferguson, S.H., Watt, C.A., Matthews, C.J., Kiszka, J.J. and Jourdain, E., 2023. Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis reveals a high level of dietary specialization in killer whales across the North Atlantic. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(6), pp.1216-1229.
Remili, A., Dietz, R., Sonne, C., Samarra, F.I., Letcher, R.J., Rikardsen, A.H., Ferguson, S.H., Watt, C.A., Matthews, C.J., Kiszka, J.J. and Rosing-Asvid, A., 2023. Varying diet composition causes striking differences in legacy and emerging contaminant concentrations in killer whales across the North Atlantic. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(42), pp.16109-16120.