I am a biologist specialized in two areas of genomics: i) functional (transcriptomics, population genomics and epigenomics) and ii) environmental (eDNA, metabarcoding, etc.). I have mainly worked on the following models: marine bivalves (Molluscs : Pinctada margaritifera (pearl oyster), Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas (Pacific oyster) & Limecola balthica (Teline); Corals: Acropora digitifera & Acropora surculosa). I also worked in ecology on algae (Lobophora species), dolphins (Tursiops truncatus & Cephalorhynchus commersonii) and sharks (Sphyrna mokarran).
Concerning the environments, I work either on tropical forest, ultramafic area, or agronomic environments for the terrestrial side, then in lagoons (corals, sea water and sediments) for the marine side.
I am a naturalist by passion, I would like to learn more about the nature that surrounds me.

Currently, I have a genomic/phylogenetic project on odonates, and I need to take some individuals on a white background (for illustration purposes) as you can see in several obs, but the specimens are still alive.

To see some scientific publications, click here : https://plstenger.github.io/publications/
or here :
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pierre-Louis-Stenger
ORCID :
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9302-8085

Creator of some iNaturalist projects :

• https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/new-caledonia-odonata
• https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/new-caledonian-seashells

2021 iNat stats
2022 iNat stats
2023 iNat stats

Some observations use in scientific papers:

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63221604
  in Platania, L., & Gómez-Zurita, J. (2023). Analysis of intrinsic evolutionary factors leading to microendemic distributions in New Caledonian leaf beetles. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 6909.

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61628477 (Emoia cyanura/impar) in Étude portant sur Wasmannia auropunctata à Tahiti : dynamique dans le milieu naturel, impact écologique de l'infestation comparé à l'impact écologique d'une lutte chimique (at p42) - David Beaune, Alice Bousseyroux and Caroline Blanvillain - 2017 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319914840
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174240944 in Zdunek and Stenger (2023) - A dragon in a trap! A record of using an aquatic trapto collect the Southeast Asian Water Monitor, Varanus salvator macromaculatus (Deraniyagala, 1944), in Indonesia(Squamata: Varanidae) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376612833_A_dragon_in_a_trap_A_record_of_using_an_aquatic_trap_to_collect_the_Southeast_Asian_Water_Monitor_Varanus_salvator_macromaculatus_Deraniyagala_1944_in_Indonesia_Squamata_Varanidae

Some observations use in books:

• Les Cagous - Espèces emblématiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. p11. 2021. CIE NC
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96859640 (Grevillea exul) and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97115492 (Tristaniopsis guillainii) in Ducouret, E., Gouzerh, A., Nevers, T., Henry, C., Desurmont, M. (2022), Guide du pépiniériste – Apprendre à récolter et produire des espèces utiles pour la revégétalisation des sites dégradés sur sols miniers - Association Noé – Programme conservation et restauration de la forêt calédonienne, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie, p90.

Winning observations in photo competitions:

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90120661 (Cnipsus rachis), 2nd in category insolite in photo competition of the Parc des Grandes Fougères (New Caledonia), 9th sept. 2021