MsGaelle Bihan

Graduate Researcher

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

  • Graduate Researcher
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Gaelle Bihan is a PhD candidate at Deakin University. She is part of Colin Barrow's group and her main focus is on marine and terrestrial biomass valorisation, i.e. extracting (SFE) and analysing (SFC-MS, LC-MS) valuable compounds from seaweed and plant species using green extraction technologies such as supercritical CO2. 

Gaelle completed a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Bioprocess with a major in Organic Chemistry from the National Graduate School of Chemistry of Montpellier (ENSCM), second best French Chemical Engineering School in 2023.
https://www.enscm.fr/en/

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Graduate Research Teaching Fellow (level A)
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Mar 2025 - present
  • Graduate Research Teaching Fellow (level A)
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Jul 2024 - 8 Dec 2024
  • Graduate Researcher Representative
    Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Waurn Ponds, Australia1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2026

DEGREES

  • Master's degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry
    École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France1 Sep 2020 - 18 Nov 2023
  • Bachelor's degree of Science in Chemistry
    École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2020

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • SFE-SFC Training
    University of Orleans, ICOA, Orleans, France5 Jan 2026 - 9 Jan 2026
    SFE-SFC-MSOtherSupervised by Dr. Quentin Gros, Prof. Caroline West
  • 6-month internship - Master's project
    National University of Ireland, Galway, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Galway, Ireland1 Mar 2023 - 3 Sep 2023
    InternshipSupervised by Sulpice R
  • Erasmus exchange
    University of Birmingham, Chemical Engineering, Birmingham, United Kingdom1 Sep 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    EducationOther
  • 9-month internship
    Nofima, Marine Biotechnology, Tromsø, Norway1 Oct 2021 - 31 Jul 2022
    InternshipSupervised by Lian K
  • 4-month internship
    Roscoff Marine Station, Laboratoire de biologie intégrative des modèles marins, Roscoff, France1 Apr 2021 - 31 Aug 2021
    InternshipSupervised by Jouanneau D
  • 2-month internship
    University of York, Biorenewable Development Centre, York, United Kingdom1 Jun 2020 - 31 Jul 2020
    InternshipSupervised by Gronnow M

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Chemical engineering
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Organic green chemistry
  • Plant biochemistry

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Life and Environmental Sciences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE