Pierre Boudry. Research scientist, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer).

Since 1994, Pierre’s research is dedicated to genetics and genomics of bivalves. Most of his research is connected with aquaculture or conservation issues.  He has published over 150 publications in referenced journals, resulting in his designation in a bibliometric analysis published in 2016 as the most productive author in oyster research worldwide from 1991 to 2014. Pierre headed, from 2012 to 2020, an Ifremer research group dedicated to the physiology of marine fish and shellfish, and was associate director of LEMAR, a joint laboratory (CNRS/Brest University/IRD/Ifremer) devoted to marine environmental sciences. Since 2021, he is the director of Biogenouest, an interregional network of technology platforms in life sciences and the environment federating state-of-the-art technology platforms in western France. He is also member of the expert committee of the International Expertise cluster of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (since 2009), and member of the Working Group on Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Aquaculture of ICES (since 1998).

His editorial duties include being Editor-in-chief of the journal Aquatic Living Resources (since 2015), Associate Editor of the journals Aquaculture (2013 – 2019) and Aquaculture International (since 2019), and member of the editorial board of Quae (since 2021).