About Robin

by Erica Staaterman and Andy Kough, on July 15, 2013

Robin Faillettaz, a PhD student from France, spent a few months in Miami thanks to the support of the PUF. There he worked with senior scientists but also with many of RSMAS' PhD students. Here are the impressions of a couple of them.

Erica — Robin was a pleasure to get to know – he is enthusiastic and smart, and we have many of the same research interests. He was a great help to us during our recent field work – he was willing to work hard and always maintained a positive attitude and curiosity for the world around him. It is great to know that I now have a colleague across the ocean who is asking similar questions in a different ecosystem. I look forward to collaborations for years to come.

Andy — I am a graduate student of Professor Claire Paris who had the pleasure of working with Robin Faillettaz while he was at RSMAS as part of the PUF program. Robin was a quiet, polite, and gentlemanly visitor to our scientific community, but left an overwhelmingly positive impression on all of us. He was an active participant in lab meetings helping us prepare talks for broader dissemination, and gave practical advice on figure preparation. Robin also had a keen interest and photographic eye for the local wildlife and unique flora and fauna of South Florida and the Caribbean as evidenced by his enthusiasm during journeys out to the Everglades and in the Bahamas. He had a playful sense of humor and tried to teach some bullheaded American's French, while his grasp of English steadily improved during his tenure with us. Robin was a great visitor to our lab, and I look forward to having him come back again some day.