RESEARCH POSITIONS

Since 2018 Researcher at CNRS

Keywords : community assembly, climate change, desertification, ecosystem multifunctionality, ecosystem thresholds, functional diversity, land-use changes, phylogenetic diversity.
Approaches : observational.
Systems : drylands.
IMBE, Aix – Marseille University, France.

2017 - 2018 Post-doctoral position

Keywords : community assembly, climate change, desertification, ecosystem multifunctionality, ecosystem thresholds, functional diversity, land-use changes, phylogenetic diversity.
Approaches : observational.
Systems : drylands.
Fernando Maestre’s lab, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain.

2015 - 2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow : H2020 - Individual Fellowship (IF), DRYFUN project, n° 656035

Keywords : community assembly, desertification, ecosystem multifunctionality, ecosystem thresholds, functional diversity, large-scale gradients, phylogenetic diversity.
Approaches : observational.
Systems : drylands.
Fernando Maestre’s lab, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain.

2012 - 2015 Post-doctoral position

Keywords : community assembly, functional biogeography, functional diversity, large-scale gradients, phylogenetic diversity.
Approaches : observational.
Systems : alpine grasslands, drylands, limestone grasslands.
Jan Leps’ lab, University of South Bohemia, the Czech Republic.

2010 – 2012 Post-doctoral position

Keywords : community assembly, disturbance, local stress gradients, plant interactions, taxonomic diversity.
Approaches : experimental (field experiments).
Systems : subalpine grasslands, calcareous grasslands, sand dune forests.
Richard Michalet’s lab, University of Bordeaux, France.

2007 – 2010 University thesis (PhD)

Keywords : alternative states, ecosystem thresholds, eutrophication, grazing, nutrient manipulation, plant interactions, species distributions.
Approaches : experimental (mesocosm experiments).
Systems : freshwater ecosystems.
Dietmar Straile’s lab, University of Constance, Germany.

2005 – 2006 Master degree (2nd year)

Keywords : community ecology, nutrient manipulation, plant interactions, water manipulation.
Approaches : experimental (field experiments).
Systems : coastal sand dunes.
Richard Michalet’s lab, University of Bordeaux, France.

2004 – 2005 Master degree (1st year)

Keywords : functional diversity, land use, mycorrhiza, nutrient manipulation, plant interactions, plant-soil interactions.
Approaches : experimental (field and pot experiments).
Systems : subalpine grasslands.
Sandra Lavorel’s lab, University of Grenoble, France.

PRICES, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2014 University Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, Spain

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

2010 PhD position in Plant Ecology (University of Constance, Germany)

Title : Indirect facilitation as a structuring mechanism of submersed aquatic plants : a buffering role under abiotic and biotic constraints.
Date of PhD defense : 22nd October 2010

2006 Master in Plant Ecology and Ecophysiology Sciences

Post-graduate Degree : University of Bordeaux (with honours).
Master’s Degree : University of Grenoble (with honours).

GENERAL SKILLS

Languages French (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (fluent), Spanish and Czech (basic level)

Study systems dryland, Mediterranean, alpine and subalpine, grasslands, coastal sand dunes, freshwater systems

Diversities functional (intra- and interspecific), phylogenetic, taxonomic

Approaches observational and experimental (field, mesocosm and pot)

Experimental designs nested designs, full factorial designs

Statistic softwares JMP 9.0, R Core Team 2012 (v. 3.3.2)

Statistics linear and non linear regression models, mixed effect models, multiple regression models, SMA models, partial regression models, structural equation models (SEM), nested SEM, multivariate analyses, random forest analyses, split-plot ANOVAs.

R packages ade4, FD, glmulti, lavaan, lme4, MuMin, picante, sem, vegan.

EDITORIAL RESPONSABILITIES

Associate Editor of Journal of Ecology (IF : 5.81) handling manuscripts in community ecology on all aspects of functional and phylogenetic diversities

Reviewer for research papers (N = 61) Annals of Botany (1), Biology Letters (1), Ecography (2), Ecology (2), Ecology and Evolution (2), Flora (2), Folia Geobotanica (2), Forest Ecology and Management (1), Freshwater Biology (1), Functional Ecology (4), Fundamental and Applied Limnology (1), Global Ecology and Biogeography (1), Journal of Applied Ecology (1), Journal of Arid Environment (2), Journal of Ecology (4), Journal of Vegetation Science (7), New Phytologist (1), Oecologia (2), Oikos (8), PeerJ (1), Plant and Soil (2), Plant Ecology (1), Plant Ecology and Diversity (1), PlosOne (6), Rethinking Ecology (1), Science (1), Science of the Total Environment (1), Scientific Reports (1), Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1)

Reviewer for research proposals (N = 1) Icelandic Research Fund (IRF, August 2014)

Chairman Session “Dryland Ecology : Advances and perspectives“, ECOSSUMIT 2016, Montpellier, France

Invited conferences (N = 4)
« Functional diversity and trait distributions in ecological researches », IDiv (Leipzig, 2019).
« Trait distributions and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands », Biodiversity Exploratories workshop (Tübingen, 2016).
« Plant trait distributions and the functioning of global drylands », IMBE (Marseille, 2016).
« Plant trait distributions and ecosystem functioning », INRA-UREP (Clermont-Ferrand, 2016).