Education

• BA in Oceanography from Bordeaux (France) and Southampton (UK) Universities
• MA in Environmental Sciences from Marseille University (France)
• PhD in Biology from Perpignan University (France)

Research Interests

• Parasitology, dynamics of the interactions between host/ parasite/ environment, inter/multidisciplinary studies.

Current Projects

• Determination of the susceptibility of the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis to Bonamia parasites: field and experimental trials. (With Eugene Burreson and Ryan Carnegie, VIMS.)
• Development and application of molecular methods (including DGGE) for the detection of QPX organism in environmental reservoirs. (With Rebecca Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.)
• Development and validation of molecular methods (standard and real-time PCR) for the detection and quantification of indicators/ human pathogens in environmental waters. (With Howard Kator and Kimberly Reece, VIMS.)

Selected Publications

• Gast, R. J., D. M. Moran, C. Audemard, M. M. Lyon, J. DeFavari, K. S. Reece, D. Leavitt, R. Smolowitz. (2008). Environmental distribution and persistence of Quahog parasite unknown (QPX). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, in press.

• Audemard, C., R. B. Carnegie, E. M. Burreson. (2008). Shellfish tissues evaluated for Perkinsus spp. using the Ray fluid thioglycollate medium culture assay can be used for downstream molecular assays. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 80,235-239.

• Audemard, C., R. B. Carnegie, M. J. Bishop, C. H. Peterson, E. M. Burreson. (2008). Interacting effects of temperature and salinity on Bonamia sp. parasitism in the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 98, 344-350.

• Carnegie, R.B., N.A. Stokes, C. Audemard, M.J. Bishop, A.E. Wilbur, T.D. Alphin, M.H. Posey, C.H. Peterson, E.M. Burreson. (2008). Strong seasonality of Bonamia sp. infection and induced Crassostrea ariakensis mortality in Bogue and Masonboro Sounds, North Carolina, USA. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 98, 335-343.

• Audemard, C., R. B. Carnegie, N. A. Stokes, M. J. Bishop, C. H. Peterson, E. M. Burreson. (2008). Effects of salinity on Bonamia sp. survival in the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis. Journal of Shellfish Research 27, 535-540.

• Carnegie, R. B. E. M. Burreson, P. M. Hine, N. A. Stokes, C. Audemard, M. J. Bishop, C. H. Peterson. (2006). Bonamia perspora n. sp. (Haplosporidia), a Parasite of the Oyster Ostreola equestris, is the First Bonamia Species Known to Produce Spores. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53, 232-245.

• C. Audemard, L. M. Ragone Calvo, K. T. Paynter, K. S. Reece, E. M. Burreson. 2006. Real-time PCR investigation of parasite ecology: in situ determination of oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus transmission dynamics in lower Chesapeake Bay. Parasitology 132: 827-842.

• C. Audemard, K. S. Reece, E. M. Burreson. 2004. Development of real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 6611-6618.

• C. Audemard, M.-C. Sajus, A. Barnaud, B. Sautour, P.-G. Sauriau, F. J. C. Berthe. 2004. Infection dynamics of Marteilia refringens in flat oyster Ostrea edulis and copepod Paracartia grani in a claire pond of Marennes-Oléron Bay. Dis. Aquat. Org. 61: 103-111.

• C. Audemard, F. Le Roux, C. Coustau, A. Barnaud, C. Collins, P-G. Sauriau, B. Sautour, X. de Montaudouin, C. Combes, F. Berthe. 2002. Needle in a haystack: involvement of the copepod Paracartia grani in the life cycle of the oyster pathogen Marteilia refringens. Parasitology 124: 315-323.

• C. Audemard, A. Barnaud, F. Le Roux, P-G. Sauriau, C. Cousteau. F. Berthe. 2001. Claire ponds as an experimental model for Marteilia refringens life-cycle studies: new perspectives. JEMBE 257: 87-108.

• F. Le Roux, G. Lorenzo, P. Peyret, C. Audemard, A. Figueras, C. Vivares, M. Gouy, F. Berthe. 2001. Molecular evidence for the existence of two species of Marteilia in Europe. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 48: 449-454.

• F. Le Roux, C. Audemard, A. Barnaud, F. Berthe, 1999. DNA probes as potential tools for the detection of Marteilia refringens. Mar. Biotechnol. 1: 588-597.

• X. de Montaudouin, C. Audemard, P-J. Labourg. 1999. Does the Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata, L.) impair oyster growth and zoobenthos biodiversity? A revisited hypothesis. JEMBE 235: 105-124.

Professional Memberships

• National Shellfisheries Association
• American Society of Parasitologists