Thomas LECOCQ
Maître de Conférences, Habilité(e) à Diriger des Recherches
Faculté des Sciences et Technologies - Nancy
Université de Lorraine
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+33 (0)3 72 74 56 96 Thomas Lecocq is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Animal Biology and Ecology at the University of Lorraine, a position he has held since 2015. He holds a PhD in Science and a Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) in Agronomic Sciences. His research explores the domestication of fish species and the development of polyculture systems to foster more sustainable and diversified aquaculture adapted to local contexts. To this end, he combines approaches from functional ecology, species niche modeling, phenomics, and integrative biology, while also designing databases and methodologies that support the implementation of planned biodiversity in aquaculture systems.
2023 Habilitation à diriger des recherches, University of Lorraine (UL)
2009-2013 Ph-D Sciences, University of Mons (UMons)
2007-2009 Master of Science, Biology, University of Mons-Hainaut (UMH)
2004-2007 Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Mons-Hainaut (UMH)
The freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii represents a promising diversification opportunity for the pond fish industry, which is hard hit by the effects of climate change. Able to be raised in semi-extensive conditions with few inputs, M. rosenbergii meets growing consumer demand by offering a local, high-quality and eco-responsible alternative to imported shrimps. The overall aim of the OPTICED project is to support the transition/diversification of the pond fish farming industry through research aimed at optimizing yields and controlling potential animal health and environmental risks. By contributing to the deployment of a sustainable farming method adapted to climate change, the OPTICED project is in line with the orientations of the Aquaculture d'Avenir 2021-2027 Plan and the 5 axes of the AAP "Promoting sustainable aquaculture activities". This project is financed by FEAMPA.
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The Polyras project deals with the optimisation of the aquaculture production by RAS (recirculated aquaculture system) and the reduction of its environmental footprint by the use of polyculture in the Great Region. This project includes, besides economic and methodological partners, 4 scientific partners : Liège University, the leader of the project, the CERER pisciculture, the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and Lorraine University. Our team will be in charge of the WP1 on the determination of the combination of favourable species for closed farming systems (RAS and aquaponics).
Website of the project : https://www.polyras.uliege.be/
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As of 2018, TOFF (i.e. Traits OF Fish) is a database focused on functional trait information for fish. It aims to bring together behavioral, morphological, phenological and physiological traits associated with the context of environmental measurements in a single, open-access repository. TOFF hosts data from previously published experimental and field studies. It aims to provide the widest possible source of information to facilitate advances in fish research. See the website at: http://toff-project.univ-lorraine.fr
ValoSEPURE has obtained in January 2026 the financial support of the European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund to develop original and diversified communications about ponds as agroecosystems. The program goals are diverse: i) to promote sustainable and competitive fish farming practices, ii) to strengthen at a national level the links and knowledge sharing between fish farmers and iii) to develop a wider community of actors affected by ponds (opening up local actors such as managers of aquatic environments, facilitators of aquaculture sector, training centers as well as their students).
The question is to better know and make known the operation of fish ponds, their management et the new challenges to be met, by supporting fish farmers towards new ways to produce. This work will benefit during two years from the expertise of a consortium of 13 researchers and engineers from five institutes (ISARA-ISEMA group, INRAE- SAS, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, ITAVI, L2A) under the coordination of Marielle Thomas.
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Diakos, E., Fontaine, P., Lambert, S., Ledore, Y., Lambert, J., Magitteri, A., Shahjahan, M.D., Kestemont, P., Vandeputte, M., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture, 612 (2), pp. 1-18.
Lichman, V., Ozerov, M., López, M.E., Noreikiene, K., Kahar, S., Pukk, S., Burimski, O., Japoshvili, B., Dlazhekovikj-dimovska, B., Lajus, D., Nikoli?, D., Ribeiro, F., Gebauer, F., Kou?il, J., Peterka, J., Blabolil, P., ?ech, M., J?za, T., Kube?ka, J., Muška, M., Šmejkal, M., Vašek, M., Kahilainen, K., Ložys, L., Carlsson, J., Corcoran, W., Yilmaz, O., Eklöv, P., Takács, P., Bánó, B., Pallos, R., Kazakov, S., Pehlivanov, L., Lecocq, T., Lambert, S., Lauridsen, T., Berthelsen, A., Raposeiro, P., Verreycken, H., Britton, R., Kutsokon, Y., Miranda, R., Gross, R., Vasemägi, A.
Ecology and Evolution, 16 (4), pp. 1-19.
Tchiedjo épouse Djoumbissi, M.D.L., Thomas, M., Petronin, F., Kestemont, P., Lecocq, T.
Reviews in Aquaculture, 18 (3), pp. 1-30.
Lévy, S., Thomas, M., Petronin, F., Lecomte, M., Mortillaro, J.-M., Carval, D., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture, 609 (1), pp. 742833-742833.
Diakos, E., Chevalier, C., Shahjahan, M.-D., Hardy, A., Lambert, S., Kestemont, P., Fontaine, P., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Scientific Reports, 14 (article), 21036, pp 1-14
Kuhl, H., Euclide, P.T., Klopp, C., Cabau, C., Zahm, M., Lopez-roques, C., Iampietro, C., Kuchly, C., Donnadieu, C., Feron, R., Parrinello, H., Poncet, C., Jaffrelo, L., Confolent, C., Wen, M., Herpin, A., Jouanno, E., Bestin, A., Haffray, P., Morvezen, R., Rocha De Almeida, T., Lecocq, T., Schaerlinger, B., Chardard, D., ?arski, D., Larson, W.A., Postlethwait, J.H., Timirkhanov, S., Kloas, W., Wuertz, S., Stöck, M., Guiguen, Y.
BMC Biology, 22 (article), 141, pp. 1-17
Lecocq, T., Amoussou, N., Aubin, J., Butruille, G., Liarté, S., Pasquet, A., Thomas, M.
Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 1374-1394.
Amoussou, N., Lecocq, T., Fourrier, C., Nivelle, R., Fleck, C., Fontaine, P., Pasquet, A., Thomas, M.
Aquaculture Reports, 27, 101349.
Amoussou, N., Thomas, M., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Life, 12 (9), pp. 1315-1329.
Butruille, G., Thomas, M., Pasquet, A., Amoussou, N., Toomey, L., Rosenstein, A., Chauchard, S., Lecocq, T.
PLoS ONE, 17 (8), pp. e0272508
Hart, A.F., Verbeeck, J., Ariza, D., Cejas, D., Ghisbain, G., Honchar, H., Radchenko, V., Straka, J., Ljubomirov, T., Lecocq, T., Dániel-ferreira, J., Flaminio, S., Bortolotti, L., Karise, R., Meeus, I., Smagghe, G., Vereecken, N., Vandamme, P., Michez, D., Maebe, K.
Frontiers in Genetics, 13 (-), pp. 993416--.
Thomas, M., Amoussou, N., El Manfaloti, M., Fleck, C., Ledore, Y., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture, 559. 738438
Thomas, M., Reynaud, J-G., Ledore, Y., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Applied Sciences, 12 (7), 3674, pp.1-12
Tsaparis, D., Lecocq, T., Kyriakis, D., Oikonomaki, K., Fontaine, P., Tsigenopoulos, C.
Animals, 12 (9), 1178. (pp. 1-16).
Lecocq, T.
Réseau Cognition et Bien-ëtre - INRAE, 26 mai, Webinaire, France
Lecocq, T.
Conférence au Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie, 02 avril, Colmar, France
Levy, S., Mortillaro, J.M., Thomas, M., Carval, D., Petronin, F., Lecomte, M., Lecocq, T.
The 13th International Fisheries Symposium, 06-09 octobre, Semarang, Indonesia
S., Lévy, S., Nahon, S., Thomas, M., Carval, D., Lecocq, T., Andriamarolaza, R., Thay, S., Mortillaro, J.M.
The 13th International Fisheries Symposium, 06-09 octobre, Semarang, Indonesia
Lecocq, T.
Conf' de bio du Muséum Aquarium de Nancy, 15 janvier, Nancy, France
Thomas, M.
Assemblée Générale de la Filière Aquacole du Grand Est, 23 septembre, Tarquimpol, France
Thomas, M., Tchiedjo épouse Djoumbissi, M.D.L., Ledore, Y., Lambert, S., Nedjar, S., Kestemont, P., Lecocq, T.
Assemblée Générale de la Filière Aquacole du Grand Est, 23 septembre, Tarquimpol, France
Chevalier, C., Praion, M., Lambert, S., Ledore, Y., Lecocq, T., Shahjahan, M.-D., Silvestre, F., Milla, S., Schaerlinger, B.
3nd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, 26-30 juillet, Montréal, Canada
Lecocq, T., Aubin, J., Thomas, M.
AQUA2024, 26-30 août, Copenhague, Denmark
Aubin, J., Thomas, M., Lecocq, T., Robin, J., Dupont, C., Tocqueville, A., Laithier, J., Pannard, A., Coudreuse, J., Roucaute, M., Jaeger, C., Wilfart, A., Maillot, M., Corson, M.
Séminaire de l'Office National de la Biodiversité 'Les étangs piscicoles', 13-14 mars, Lyon, France
Thomas, M., Lecocq, T., Dousset, S., Abildtrup, J., Durand, P.
Séminaire national du Salon des Etangs, 19-21 avril, Parçay-Meslay, France
Chevalier, C., Praion, M., Ledore, Y., Lecocq, T., Silvestre, F., Schaerlinger, B., Milla, S.
8ème Journée de la Recherche, Filière Piscicole, 02-03 juillet, Rennes, France
Lecocq, T., Benard, A., Pétronin, F., Thomas, M.
AQUA2024, 26-30 août, Copenhague, Denmark
Lecocq, T., Chevalier, C., Praion, M., Leclerc, T., Shahjahn, M.-D., Ledore, Y., Silvestre, F., Schaerlinger, B., Milla, S.
AQUA2024, 26-30 août, Copenhague, Denmark
Lévy, S., Thomas, M., Mortillaro, J.-M., Carval, D., Lecocq, T.
AQUA2024, 26-30 août, Copenhague, Denmark
Lecocq, T.
Conférences de l'association des Blairoudeurs de Nancy, 15 avril, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France
Amoussou, N., Lecocq, T., Pasquet, A., Thomas, M.
7ème conference Panafrican Association on Fish and Fisheries, 18-22 septembre, Brazzaville, République du Congo
Fontaine, P., Lecocq, T., Thomas, M.
Aquaculture Europe 2023, Balanced Diversity in Aquaculture Development, 18-21 septembre, Vienne, Autriche
Girard, L., Aubin, J., Thomas, M., Lecocq, T., Robin, J., Tocqueville, A., Laithier, J., Pannard, A., Coudreuse, J., Roucaute, M., Jaeger, C., Wilfart, A., Latourre, Q., Maillot, M., Corson, M.
Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, 18-21 septembre, New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Thomas, M., Amoussou, N., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture Europe 2023, Balanced Diversity in Aquaculture Development, 18-21 septembre, Vienne, Autriche
Diakos, E., Fontaine, P., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture Europe 2023, Balanced Diversity in Aquaculture Development, 18-21 septembre, Vienne, Autriche
Diakos, E., Fontaine, P., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture Europe 2023, 18-21 septembre, Vienna, Austria
Diakos, E., Pasquet, A., Hardy, A., Chevalier, C., Fontaine, P., Lecocq, T.
Aquaculture Europe 2023, Balanced Diversity in Aquaculture Development, 18-21 septembre, Vienne, Autriche
Lecocq, T.
Conférences de l'association des Blairoudeurs de Nancy, 22 mars, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France
Thomas, M., Lecocq, T.
Séminaire annuel de la Zone Atelier Moselle, 14-15 juin, Vittel, France
Thomas, M., Lecocq, T.
Première rencontre du Réseau des Animaleries du Grand Est, 16 juin, NANCY, France
Thomas, M., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Séminaire INRAE, Recherche Modèle Poissons, 26-27 janvier, Rennes, France
Aubin, J., Thomas, M., Lecocq, T., Robin, J., Dupont, C., Tocqueville, A., Laithier, J., Pannard, A., Coudreuse, J., Roucaute, M., Jaeger, C., Wilfart, A., Maillot, M., Corson, M.S.
Aquaculture Europe, 27-30 septembre, Rimini, Italie
Jaeger, C., Roucaute, M., Wilfart, A., Latourre, Q., Maillot, M., Corson, M., Gallard, A., Joseph, B., Bennevault, Y., Coké, M., Azam, D., Thomas, M., Lecocq, T., Robin, J., Toqueville, A., Laithier, J., Pannard, J., Coudreuse, J., Aubin, J.
7èmes Journées de la Recherche de la Filière Piscicole, 05-06 juillet, Paris, France
Aubin, J., Thomas, M., Lecocq, T., Robin, J., Tocqueville, A., Laithier, J., Pannard, A., Coudreuse, J., Roucaute, M., Jaeger, C., Wilfart, A., Latourre, Q., Maillot, M., Corson, M.
7èmes Journées de la Recherche de la Filière Piscicole, 05-06 juillet, Paris, France
Lecocq, T.
CNRS Centre Est - Conférence pour lycée, 21 septembre, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France
Gendarme, E., Lecocq, T.
Genaux, S., Lecocq, T.
Genaux, S., Lecocq, T.
Leclerc, T., Lecocq, T.
Lecocq, T.
Hardy, A.; Pasquet. A.; Diakos, E., Lecocq, T.
Amoussou, N., Lecocq, T., Thomas, M.
Bled, A., Pasquet, A., Lecocq, T.
Hardy, A., Lecocq, T., Pasquet, A., Thomas, M.
