Bousquet-Mélou Anne

My research work concerns chemical ecology, which studies the interactions between organisms and their biotic or abiotic environment via chemical compounds. My research into understanding the role of plant specialised metabolism (PSM) has 2 main focuses: (1) environmental metabolomics to assess the biochemical responses of organisms to the biotic and abiotic conditions of their environment and to understand how the various components of global change affect the production of PSM; (2) the role of these PSM, once introduced into the environment, on the dynamics of vegetation through allelopathic processes. In recent years, I have been particularly interested in the chemical interactions in Mediterranean and tropical forest ecosystems that influence the biodiversity and dynamics of these ecosystems.

2024-2026 Scientific and technical manager of the COOPERAIE programme COmprendre les menaces et OPportunités pour la biodiversité et les savoirs locaux liées aux subERAIEs méditerranéennes, funded by the A*midex foundation. This project involves students from Aix-Marseille and Hassan 2 University in Casablanca in a joint North-South Mediterranean field school to study the socio-ecological systems of cork oak.   2022-2024 head of the IRD-funded Structuring Training Project CHEMMANGO: Contribution of CHEMical ecology to the knowledge of MANGroves ecOsystem functioning in Vietnam. This project involves both theoretical and practical training in Vietnamese mangroves.