2015- current : – Assistant professor – IMBE-UMR CNRS 7263 – IRD 237, Avignon University 2014– 2015 – Post-doctoral researcher : Invasive ants and Global change. Grant : ANR Biodiversa. – Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Evolution, Univ. Paris-Sud, France 2013– 2014 – Post-doctoral researcher : Personality in ants : colony performance and biological invasions. Grant : Fyssen foundation – Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain 2012–2013 – Teaching assistant – IMBE–UMR CNRS 7263 – IRD 237, Aix Marseille university. 2011 – Post-doctoral researcher : Understand the structure, composition and sensibility of ant communities in urban context. Grant : ANR (French National Research Agency) Green and Blue Infrastructures – IMBE–UMR CNRS 7263 – IRD 237, Aix Marseille university

2010 – PhD. Thesis “Extent and ecological consequences of the invasion of the Corsican coast by the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, Mayr).” – IMBE–UMR CNRS 7263 – IRD 237, Aix Marseille universi

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Research interests Ecology of native and invasive invertebrates Effects of environmental change on insect populations and communities Biotic interactions involving ants Role of species’ traits in determining ecological functions Restoration ecology and Agroecology My research focuses on the effects of environmental change on arthropod populations and communities and their restoration. I am particularly interested (i) in the role of invertebrates as ecosystem engineers and their use in restoration ecology, (ii) in the restoration of arthropod specific and functional diversity in agrosystems, and (iii) in the dynamics of invasive species and their effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

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Research interests

Ecology of native and invasive invertebrates
Effects of environmental change on insect populations and communities
Biotic interactions involving ants
Role of species' traits in determining ecological functions
Restoration ecology and Agroecology

My research focuses on the effects of environmental change on arthropod populations and communities and their restoration. I am particularly interested (i) in the role of invertebrates as ecosystem engineers and their use in restoration ecology, (ii) in the restoration of arthropod specific and functional diversity in agrosystems, and (iii) in the dynamics of invasive species and their effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Positions held

2015- current : - Assistant professor - IMBE-UMR CNRS 7263 - IRD 237, Avignon University
2014- 2015 - Post-doctoral researcher: Invasive ants and Global change. Grant : ANR Biodiversa. - Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Evolution, Univ. Paris-Sud, France
2013- 2014 - Post-doctoral researcher: Personality in ants: colony performance and biological invasions. Grant : Fyssen foundation - Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
2012-2013 - Teaching assistant - IMBE-UMR CNRS 7263 - IRD 237, Aix Marseille university.
2011 - Post-doctoral researcher: Understanding the structure, composition and sensibility of ant communities in urban context. Grant : ANR (French National Research Agency) Green and Blue Infrastructures - IMBE-UMR CNRS 7263 - IRD 237, Aix Marseille university

Curriculum

2010 - PhD. Thesis "Extent and ecological consequences of the invasion of the Corsican coast by the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, Mayr)." - IMBE-UMR CNRS 7263 - IRD 237, Aix Marseille universi

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Areas of expertise

Invasion Biology
Restoration Ecology
Agroecology
Behavioral Ecology
Entomology
Myrmecology

Projects in progress

– VineAdapt (2020-2025, Life project, PI Anita Kirmer, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, co-responsible of one action)

- SCALED (2020 - 2025, ERC project, PI Cécile Albert, IMBE, co-responsible for a task)

- Biogeography of ants on small Mediterranean islands (2021 - 2024, PACA Region, Port-Cros National Parc, OEC, PI : Olivier Blight & Elise Buisson IMBE)

- Eradication of the Little Fire Ant in France (2024 - 2026)

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