Antoine Collin

 

During my second postdoctoral fellowship (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), my research dealt with the interactions between most Japanese coral reefs and human populations.

 

I enjoyed coupling the complexity theory with a bespoke mosaic of high resolution satellite images to elucidate fine-scale interactions over a >1000-km study area. I found strong relationships between the presence of coral reefs and the extension of the human dwellings, underlining the protection service provided by coral reefs.

 

This research has been submitted to Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences. I pursued the project in modeling the spatial resilience of these socio-ecosystems by integrating the global trends of the primary oceano-climatic drivers (sea level and temperature, storm/cyclone).