**Philippe Soudant**

Philippe Soudant (PhD, Marine Biology and Biochemistry) is Director of Research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). His research is focused on studying the lipid composition of marine organisms as well as the physiological mechanisms regulating lipid synthesis, dietary acquisition, and allocation. He is interested in various marine organisms (microalgae, bivalves, copepods, and fish, among others) in all their complexity and diversity and at various scales from the subcellular to the ecosystem level. More recently, his research has extended toward compound-specific isotope analysis of fatty acids applied to microalgae fluxomics, trophic ecology, and seafood and oil traceability.
