Bischoff Armin

Bischoff Armin

Deputy Director IMBE Professor, Avignon University

EECAR

Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Socio-ecological Coherence

My research projects include the ecology of plant populations and communities applied to ecological restoration and agroecology:

(1) Functional biodiversity in agroecosystems, biological control through conservation and restoration of ecosystem services.
(2) Ecological restoration and plant community succession
(3) Local adaptation and the origin of plants in the context of ecological restoration

Axis 1 brings together around ten projects that have tested the effect of semi-natural habitats and more specifically the role of flora on the pest control in agroecosystems. Axis 2 consists of research into the trajectories of plant succession as a result of anthropogenic disturbances and on the factors that lead to ecological restoratione. Axis 3 represents research at the interface between evolutionary ecology and ecological restoration.

  • Since 2013 - University Professor - IMBE, Avignon University
  • 2008-2013 - Senior Lecturer - Agrocampus Ouest (Institut Agro), Angers
  • 2006-2008 - Lecturer, self-entrepreneur - University of Halle (Germany)
  • 2001-2006 - Postdoc - University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
  • 1998-2001 - Postdoc - UFZ Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig, Halle (Germany)
  • 1997-1998 - Postdoc (equivalent to ATER) - University of Halle (Germany)
  • 2011 - HDR - University of Angers
  • 1996 - Docotrat - University of Halle (Germany)
  • 1991 - Master's degree in Biology (Diplom) - University of Hanover (Germany)
  • 1987 - Biology degree (Vordiplom) - University of Bremen
  • 1984 - Abitur (A-levels) - Lycée (Kooperative Gesamtschule) Stuhr- Brinkum (Germany)
Full list of publications until 2023: https://univ-avignon.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PublicationsAvril2024.pdf Collective responsibilities - Deputy Director of IMBE (since 2024) - Specialised Scientific Commission on Ecology, Population Biology and Ecosystem Dynamics, CSS-EBP CSS INRAE, since 2024 - Guest member of the Scientific Council of the INRAE ECODIV department (2020-2024) - Director of GB (biological engineering) studies, agronomy at the Avignon IUT (2021-2024) - Head of Team 4 IMBE: Restoration Engineering of Natural and Cultural Heritage (2018-2023, with Gérald Culioli) - Member of the Board of Directors of the Société Française d'Ecologie et d'Evolution (SFE²), 2017-2024. - SFE² delegate on the board of the European Ecological Federation (EEF), since 2017. - Member of the Council of the Avignon IUT, since 2015.
  • Agroecology
  • Ecological restoration
  • Plant ecology
  • Population ecology
  • Community ecology
  • Plant - arthropod interactions

6 projects including

  • ESEB Impacts of European solar energy infrastructure on biodiversity, 2025-2027. CESAB-ITTECOP.
  • Sustainable Viticulture for Climate Change Adaptation (LIFE VineAdapt), international EU LIFE project (4 countries), 2020-2025.
  • Ecosystem services of forest fragments in sugarcane dominated landscapes of Sao Paulo State, CAPES Brazil, with UNESP.
  • REMEDE Ecological Interaction and Multifunctionality Networks for Virtuous Photovoltaic Energy, 2022-2026, ADEME.