Alain Lefebvre received the Ph.D. degree from Lille University, France, in 1999, then his accreditation thesis to supervise research (HDR) in 2016. His research interests include the dynamic of phytoplankton blooms, with a focus on eutrophication process and Harmful Algal Bloom, development and implementation of automated and high resolutions systems to support monitoring and research. He has been the Head of the IFREMER Coastal Environment & Shellfish Resources laboratory in Boulogne-sur-mer since 2005. He is the coordinator of biological monitoring networks. He is the scientific coordinator of the MAREL Carnot system (automated system for high frequency, multi-parameter data collection in the marine environment) within the IR-ILICO, SNO COAST-HF consortium. He is the French delegate in the OSPAR Eutrophication Committee, expert for the French Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (since 2003). He is also in charge of the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) for the Eutrophication descriptor and related issues.