- De 2007 en 2004
Ph.D. of Molecular Biology - Marseille ( France ).

- De 2004 en 2003 DEA
DEA (Post-graduate diploma) in Biosciences of Environment, Health option - Aix - Marseille II University of the Mediterrane ( France ).

- De 2000 en 1999 Master
Master (4 years university degrees) in Biochemistry - Montpellier II University "Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc " ( France ).

- De 1999 en 1998 Licence
Licence (3 years university degrees) in Biochemistry - Montpellier II University "Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc " ( France ).

- De 1998 en 1997 DEUG
DEUG (2 years university degrees) in Biochemistry, Physiology - Montpellier II University "Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc " ( France ).

- De 1997 en 1996
First year of Faculty of Pharmacy, Montpellier I " Pharmaceuticals and Biologicals Sciences" ( France ). WORK EXPERIENCE

- De 2004 en 2007
Ph.D. project: Development of a molecular assay for detection and characterization of environmental pathogens: Legionella pneumophila and Escherichia coli O157:H7 (directed by PhD. Benoit Roig , Ecole des Mines d' Alès , Industrial Environment Engineering Laboratory, Team " biodiagnostic ".

- En 2005
(1 month): Supervision and teaching of a student in 4th year of Pharmaceuticals studies, Montpellier I " Pharmaceuticals and Biologicals Sciences" ( France ): Quantitative assessment of Granulosis Virus (CpGV) by PCR.

- En 2004 IUP
(2 months): Supervision and teaching of student in 2nd year of a French Professional University Institute ( IUP B3 Biocertification, Biodetection and Biodiversity , Montpellier ): Multiplex PCR-assay optimization for detection of Legionella pneumophila.

- En 2004
(1 week): Supervision and teaching of 3 students in 1rst year of the "Ecole des Mines d' Alès " ( France ) French Institution for Engineering and Applied Sciences: Corn flour traceability by genetic assay.

- En 2004 DEA project
(6 months): DEA project : Development of a PCR-assay based on rfbE gene for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in wastewaters. Supervisor: PhD. Benoit Roig , Ecole des Mines d' Alès , Industrial Environment Engineering Laboratory, Team " biodiagnostic ".

- De 2000 en 2003
Microbiology technician: Environmental and food pathogens detection by PCR, qPCR for quantification of GMO , ELISA assay, RFLP, Audit experiment to accreditation and certification ( COFRAC and CERTIPHARM ), GMP/GLP use. ALBHADES Provence (research and analytical laboratory), France .

- En 2000 Master Training
(6 months): Master Training project: Development of a PCR-assay for detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food on 24 hours. Supervisor: PhD. Christian Dalet , ALBHADES Provence (research and analytical laboratory), France .

- En 1999 Licence Training
(1 month): Licence Training project: Development of free radical test into the marine molluscs (monoclonal antibody production, ELISA) Marine immunology laboratory DRIM (Défense et Résistance des Invertébrés Marins ) Montpellier ( France ). PUBLICATIONS Bertrand R., Roig B., "Evaluation of enrichment free PCR-based detection on rfbE gene of Escherichia coli O157. Application in municipal wastewater." (Submitted to Water Research) Bertrand R., Roig B., "Design and development of DNA maccroarray assay for Legionella spp. and Legionella pneumophila detection in water." (In preparation) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Bertrand R., Roig B. "Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in municipal wastewater with a PCR-assay based on rfBE gene". Pittcon February 27 - March 4, 2005 Orlando, Florida. ( Oral presentation) Bertrand R., Roig B. "Hospital network water monitoring. Detection of Legionella pneumophila by a miniarray-PCR assay". International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology et Exposure - September 2nd-6th, 2006 Paris , France . (Poster) INFORMATICS Word , Powerpoint , EndNote, Excel , Adobe PhotoShop , Kodak 1D, Primer Premier 5, Scion Image, ImageJ, Perlprimer. LANGUAGES French, English (scientific), Spanish (school)