About us
The Institute for Research on Mesophotic and Deep-Sea Ecosystems (IREMP), founded on February 16, 2024, aims to work towards and collect data to improve our understanding of mesophotic and deep-sea ecosystems. IREM implements committed and innovative projects based on three pillars: mesophotic, extreme, and isolated.
Through our expertise combining diving and theoretical & practical knowledge, we wish to actively participate in the collection of data on these environments and share our work.
Our pillars
Extreme
Our determination and specific skills allow us to adapt to all diving conditions in order to successfully complete our research.
Our determination and specific skills allow us to adapt to all diving conditions in order to successfully complete our research.
Mesophotic
Our diving area is focused between 30 and 150 meters, where light is scarce but where organisms still hold many surprises for us.
Our diving area is focused between 30 and 150 meters, where light is scarce but where organisms still hold many surprises for us.
Isolated
Our diving area is focused between 30 and 150 meters, where light is scarce but where organisms still hold many surprises for us.
Our fieldwork leads us to explore remote places such as uninhabited atolls within French Polynesia.
The permanent team
Dr. Clémentine SEGUIGNE -PhD
Driven by a passion for research and technical diving, she was able to unite these two worlds to give birth to IREMP.
Driven by a passion for research and technical diving, she was able to unite these two worlds to give birth to IREMP.
Dr. Julie GRALL -PhD
A seasoned technical diver, her expertise in hyperbaric environments is invaluable during deep explorations and underwater interventions.
Julie Grall is Head of Hyperbaric Operations, as well as a pharmacist, with a strong focus on deep diving physiology. She contributes to the medical and safety aspects of underwater activities, particularly in professional and technical diving contexts.
Her expertise helps enhance diver safety and strengthen risk prevention and management protocols in hyperbaric environments, in connection with both scientific and operational projects.
Dr. Chloé PUPIER - PhD
Driven by a passion for research and technical diving, she was able to unite these two worlds to give birth to IREMP.
Driven by a passion for research and technical diving, she was able to unite these two worlds to give birth to IREMP.
Julie Graal
A seasoned technical diver, her expertise in hyperbaric environments is invaluable during deep explorations and underwater interventions.
Temehani Chand is a research technician involved in the operational implementation of field-based scientific projects. A native of French Polynesia, he has an in-depth understanding of the local marine environment and its uses, gained through close, hands-on experience with reef ecosystems.
He contributes to data collection, mission logistics, and the implementation of scientific protocols, playing a key role in ensuring the quality and relevance of research conducted in the region.
Other members
Théo GUILLAUME
Through his eyes as a biologist and photographer, he reveals underwater life and documents the institute's missions as close as possible to the field.
Keanu Robert
Thanks to his experience as a lagoon pilot, he ensures the mastery and precision of the boats during our missions at sea.
Chloé DESLIE
Her infectious energy and kindness make her a passionate mediator, capable of passing on to younger generations a taste for the sea and discovery.
Catherine ROY
Leveraging her expertise in communication and digital tools, she promotes and shares the progress of our projects with a wider audience.
Our papers
Sharks
Shark ecology, conservation, and management
• Knowledge, perception and ownership by local stakeholders among the world’s largest shark sanctuary a decade after its inception
Comportement, cognition & interactions Homme-Requin
• Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans.
• Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas
Corals
