The Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology
IMBE's research is structured around 5 transversal thematic axis and 8 research teams
IMBE organizes its operational facilities around 5 technical departments
Training is, of course, the courses offered at the University (L, M, D) but also training through research (internships).
The dissemination of our scientific results is at the heart of our mission: it enables us to share and make research advances accessible to a wider audience. In addition to publications in specialist journals, the IMBE deploys a wide range of resources to popularise knowledge and make it understandable and attractive to a wide range of audiences. Through concrete actions and innovative tools, we are committed to bringing science closer to everyone, in order to establish an ongoing dialogue between science, research and the general public, especially young people.

My research focuses on the role of local abiotic and biotic variations in the distribution of biodiversity, combining approaches at the population, community and functional levels. The projects I worked on during my training, whilst at LESSEM and subsequently during my PhD, have given me particular familiarity with Mediterranean ecosystems and mountain environments. In particular, I have developed expertise in forest ecosystems. By first examining soil food webs in mountainous areas and then the response of plants to microclimates in the Mediterranean region, I have studied the importance of the tree layer as a structuring element in forest functioning: from the nature of the litter layer, through the creation of habitats associated with dead and living trees (essential supports for forest biodiversity), to local climate modification (the canopy as a microclimatic forcing factor)
My thesis examines the concept of biodiversity refuges in the context of current climate change. A microclimatic monitoring system in the Sainte-Baume massif, combined with vegetation surveys, has enabled me to analyse the diversity of the site’s microclimatic characteristics, assess the response of plant populations and communities to these microclimatic contrasts, and shed light on the functional strategies of plants at the margins of their range.