With a master’s degree in analytical chemistry followed by a PhD in spectroscopy and chemometrics during which he studied in situ and real-time monitoring of cell bioprocesses by Raman spectroscopy, Silvère André joined Cedre’s Research Department in March 2019.
In August 2019, he joined Cedre’s Aquatic Litter team to manage and analyse all the data acquired by the French beach litter monitoring programme for the MSFD. In this respect, he collects, formats, analyses and validates beach litter data and designs tailor-made annual assessments for each active site of the programme.
Silvère is also in charge of formatting and transferring data for national and European databases, providing with good knowledge and a comprehensive overview of all the data acquired for the MSFD and the OSPAR Convention. In this respect, he supports Cedre’s action in the co-leading of the OSPAR Beach Litter Expert Group and contributes to the European marine observation and data network (EMODnet). Silvère is also the Cedre correspondent for the Odatis Pole of the Data Terra research infrastructure.
With a solid expertise in data analysis, he carries out assessments of beach pollution by marine litter in terms of quantity, composition and evolution over time at different geographical scales. In addition, Silvère also supports the activities of other departments at Cedre, for which he carries out various statistical studies.