I am a quantitative ecologist, driven by a desire to advance the research fields of ecology, movement ecology, habitat conservation and species monitoring. I obtained my PhD at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, UK. The topic was to investigate the foraging behaviour of two species of diving seabirds: common guillemots (Uria aalge) and razorbills (Alca torda) during their breeding season. By using combined tracking data collected with GPS, Time Depth Recorders and Accelerometers I characterised their foraging strategies both below and above water, highlighting common behaviours, differences in movements and hunting strategies. Since my PhD I have worked with a variety of species, as Arctic and Northern Hemisphere seabirds, Arctic terrestrial mammals, Mediterranean marine turtles as well as Antarctic species! In general, I focus on research questions related to animal movement processes, their responses to environmental change and their link to population dynamics and life cycle strategies. I use biological data (e.g., accelerometers, GPS, or SRDLs devices) to understand how, where, when and why animals move. I love coding, modeling, I dive into statistical and individual based modeling (IBMs), but ask me to come out in the field with you, and I’ll be the happiest person on the planet! I am joining the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University as Lecturer in Marine Top Predators Ecology and I look forward to keep developing my research on the effects of changes in the availability of marine resources on energetics, fitness, behaviour, decision making and habitat use of marine predators.

• PhD: "Foraging strategies of diving seabirds across scales: the use of high frequency tracking data to reveal movement decisions in dynamic environments."
  University of Aberdeen, 2017

’Rydwyf yn fodlon goruchwylio cwrs PhD

2025

• CyhoeddwydEnergy expenditure of Adélie penguins during the breeding season: females pay the cost in years of low food availability
  Machado-Gaye, A. L., Chimienti, M., Kato, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Barbosa, A., Bustamante, P., Cosse, M., Menéndez-Blázquez, J., Zaldúa, N. & Soutullo, A., 3 Ebr 2025, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 222, 123144.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

• CyhoeddwydForaging habits of Northwest Atlantic hooded seals over the past 30 years: Future habitat suitability under global warming
  Vacquié-Garcia, J., Spitz, J., Hammill, M., Stenson, G. B., Kovacs, K. M., Lydersen, C., Chimienti, M., Renaud, M., Fernandez, P. M. & Jeanniard du Dot, T., 30 Maw 2024, Yn: Global Change Biology. 30, 3, e17186.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydIdentifying prey capture events of a free-ranging marine predator using bio-logger data and deep learning
  Schoombie, S., Jeantet, L., Chimienti, M., Sutton, G. J., Pistorius, P. A., Dufourq, E., Lowther, A. D. & Oosthuizen, C., Meh 2024, Yn: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 6, 240271.
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• CyhoeddwydInnovative Use of Depth Data to Estimate Energy Intake and Expenditure in Adélie Penguins
  Dupuis, B., Kato, A., Hicks, O., Wisniewska, D. M., Marciau, C., Angelier, F., Ropert-Coudert, Y. & Chimienti, M., 4 Rhag 2024, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 227, 23, jeb249201.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydUsing latent behavior analysis to identify key foraging areas for Adélie penguins in a declining colony in West Antarctic Peninsula
  Machado-Gaye, A. L., Kato, A., Chimienti, M., Gobel, N., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Barbosa, A. & Soutullo, A., 29 Chwef 2024, Yn: Marine Biology. 171, 69.
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2023

• CyhoeddwydAccounting for behaviour in fine-scale habitat selection: A case study highlighting methodological intricacies
  Beumer, L. T., Schmidt, N. M., Pohle, J., Signer, J., Chimienti, M., Desforges, J.-P., Hansen, L. H., Pedersen, S. H., Rudd, D. A., Stelvig, M. & van Beest, F. M., 1 Hyd 2023, Yn: Journal of Animal Ecology. 92, 10, t. 1937-1953
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydCOVID-related anthropause highlights the impact of marine traffic but not of tourism on breeding little penguins
  Dupuis, B., Kato, A., Joly, N., Saraux, C., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Chiaradia, A. & Chimienti, M., 1 Tach 2023, Yn: Biological Conservation. 110323.
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• CyhoeddwydIndividual variability in diving behavior of the Black-vented Shearwater in an ever-changing habitat
  Soldatini, C., Rosas Hernandez, M. P., Albores-Barajas, Y. V., Catoni, C., Ramos, A., Dell'Omo, G., Rattenborg, N. & Chimienti, M., 1 Gorff 2023, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 880, t. 163286
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydEnergy-mediated responses to changing prey size and distribution in marine top predator movements and population dynamics
  Gallagher, C. A., Chimienti, M., Grimm, V. & Nabe-Nielsen, J., 1 Ion 2022, Yn: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 1, t. 241-254 14 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe role of individual variability on the predictive performance of machine learning applied to large bio-logging datasets
  Chimienti, M., Kato, A., Hicks, O., Angelier, F., Beaulieu, M., Ouled-Cheikh, J., Marciau, C., Raclot, T., Tucker, M., Wisniewska, D. M., Chiaradia, A. & Ropert-Coudert, Y., 17 Tach 2022, Yn: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, t. 19737
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2021

• CyhoeddwydQuantifying energetic and fitness consequences of seasonal heterothermy in an Arctic ungulate
  Desforges, J.-P., van Beest, F. M., Marques, G. M., Pedersen, S. H., Beumer, L. T., Chimienti, M. & Schmidt, N. M., Ion 2021, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 1, t. 338-351 14 t.
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2020

• CyhoeddwydEnvironmental conditions alter behavioural organization and rhythmicity of a large Arctic ruminant across the annual cycle
  van Beest, F. M., Beumer, L. T., Chimienti, M., Desforges, J.-P., Huffeldt, N. P., Pedersen, S. H. & Schmidt, N. M., 31 Hyd 2020, Yn: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 10, t. 201614
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2025

• External examiner for MRes thesis at Swansea University

  15 Ebr 2025

  Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr)

2024

• External examiner of PhD student at La Rochelle University

  Hunting in the deep: unravelling the mysteries of

  Southern Ocean predator-prey interactions using

  innovative biologging technologies

  21 Hyd 2024

  Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr)