Coordination and organization

par Berangere Leys

Program coordination

Program Coordinator of Archimedes Institute
Institute of Mathematics andComputer Sciences of Aix-Marseille University (2020) financed by Amidex Foundation.
Director : E. Godard, co-director : X. Roulleau and C. Capponi (300 000 € annual budget). 3 laboratories and about 300 faculty members, partnerships with Toulon University, Century institute and ILCB Institute, private businesses. Programs development and follow up for both research and teaching in Artificial Intelligence, Deep machine learning, Data sciences, Numerical sciences.

Assistant – coordinator of FindTIME project
“Fire, climate, and vegetation change in an oak savanna ecosystem from annual to millennial time scales” (2017-2019) financed by the National Science Foundation. Small Grant Ecosystem panel PI : K. McLauchlan, co-PI : D. Griffin, Senior Personnel : B. Leys, P. Reich, and S. Hobbie ($150 000). 28 faculty members, 5 different countries. Steering committee member, development and coordination of 2 work packages.

Assistant – coordinator of Novus Research Coordination Network
“Biogeochemical consequences of ecosystem change at decadal to millennial timescales.” (2014-2017) financed by the National Science Foundation Ecosystem panel. PI : K. Mclauchlan. 125 membres of 78 institutions from 15 countries. Membre of the steering committee, membre of the decisional committee, development of collaborations.

Scientific collaborations and leading skills
Collaboration with 12 European researchers from 8 different institutions, and 18 non-European researchers (Canada, and the United States) from 11 different institutions.
Collaborative work with biogeochemists, modellers, geologists, terrestrial ecosystem ecologists, denrochronologists, limnologists, or paleoecologists.
Close work with 4 institutions of land management : in France (National Office Forestry), in Italy (Forestry officers of Paneveggio protected area), and in the United States of America (Officers of Konza Prarie Biological Station, Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Sciences ; and Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, all part of Long Term Ecological Research program).

Organisation skills

Novus workshop 4, at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA (26-28 September 2017).
grants and diffusion of the workshop announcement in European and US networks ; Programme of the meetings ; chair man

Novus workshop 3, at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve and at the University of Minnesota, MN, USA (15-22 May 2016)
Recon visit ; Preparation of the scientific facilities and collaborations ;
Diffusion of the workshop announcement in European and US networks ;
Application reviews to fund expenses of external researchers or early career scientists ;
Writing of a funding proposal in the Ecosystem panel of NSF (Small Grant – $150,000).

Paleoenvironment lab weekly meetings, at Kansas State University, KS, USA (Fall semester 2016)
Room reservation and preparation of the facilities ; Programme of the meetings ; Invitation of guest speakers.

Seminar for PhD students of Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), at Montpellier (11-12 April 2010)
Room reservation ; Snack and catering orders ;,Invitations of guest speakers and students ; Programme of the seminar.