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Structure(s)

Laboratory or team

UMR 7263 IMBE - Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology EECAR

Component and department

Biological Engineering Department
Institute of Agrosciences, Environment and Health
Avignon University Institute of Technology

Research topics

The main objectives of my research are to gain a better understanding of community assembly theories. In particular, the aim is to be able to answer fundamental questions concerning the explanation of species richness in communities, their structuring and long-term dynamics. The results are then applied to the conservation management or ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems.

Biography

Currently

• Jan. 2012 - present: Senior Lecturer (CNU 68), within UMR CNRS 7263 IRD - IMBE: Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology, Avignon University.
  PES - October Scientific Excellence Award 2009-2025.
  Index H (01/2025) = 29
• Sept. 2015 - present: Head of International Relations, Biological Engineering Department at the Avignon IUT.

Course

• 2 June 2023 - appointed Knight of the National Order of Merit by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion
• Sept. 2020 - Aug. 2021 : Part-time CNRS delegation within the UMR CNRS IRD AMU - IMBE.
• Sept. 2019 - Aug. 2020 : CNRS delegation within the UMR CNRS IRD AMU - IMBE, with a 4-month stay at UC Davis, USA (France-Berkeley Fund grant).
• Sept. 2009 - Dec. 2018: Head of Agronomy option, Biological Engineering Department at IUT Avignon, DUT Agronomy option (L1 and L2 level; 52 students/year).
• Sept-Dec 2015: Chair at the Federal University of Minas Gerais & French Embassy in Brazil. 45 days
• Feb-March and Nov. 2014: São Paulo State Universities Chair & French Embassy: UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil. 2 months.
• Oct. 2012 - April 2013: CRCT
• May-July 2012: São Paulo State Universities Chair & French Embassy: UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil. 45 days.
• Jul. 5 2011: HDR - Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse. "Community and restoration ecology - Importance of disturbance, natural resilience and assembly rules'.
• Jan. 2008- Dec. 2011 - Leader of the PCP - Populations, Communities, Landscape research team at the IMEP - UMR CNRS IRD (Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et Paléoécologie): 6 permanent researchers, 3 ATER, 16 PhD students.
• Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2011: Senior Lecturer (CNU 68), at the CNRS IRD - IMEP joint research unit: Mediterranean Institute of Ecology and Palaeoecology, University of Avignon and the Pays de Vaucluse. assembly rules, biotic interactions, restoration ecology.
• Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2007: Senior lecturer (CNU 68), in the restoration ecology team at the Avignon IUT, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse. assembly rules, biotic interactions, restoration ecology.
• 2005-2006: ATER (part-time) - University of Nice, EA 3156 Laboratoire LEML Laboratoire d'Ecologie Marine et Littorale. Biological invasions and their effects on biodiversity, trophic relationships and implications for the reintroduction of species.
• 2004-2005: ATER (part-time) - Université Paul Cézanne, UMR CNRS 6116 - IMEP Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et Paléoécologie. Resilience and restoration of herbaceous ecosystems.
• 2001-2005: Doctoral student, Université Paul Cézanne. "Ecological restoration of Mediterranean herbaceous plant communities: examples in south-east France and on the Californian coast (USA)". Paul Cézanne University.
• 2000-2001: D.E.A. Biosciences de l'Environnement, Chimie, Santé, Université Paul Cézanne: "Les friches post-culturales en Crau peuvent-elles se restaurer à partir de leurs bordures avec des pelouses sèches relictuelles? Paul Cézanne University.
• March 2000 - July 2000: Ecologist - Volunteer - Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda & Pronatura Vera Cruz (Mexico).
• June 1999- Feb. 2000: Restoration Project Manager - 9-month fixed-term contract - US National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, USA.
• 1998-1999: Master's degree in Population and Ecosystem Biology. University of Paris XI at Orsay on exchange with San Francisco State University (USA).
• 1998: Degree in Organismal Biology. University of Paris XI at Orsay.
• 1997: DEUG B Life Sciences. Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg.

Other training courses

• 2019 : NITROX Diver, Fédération Française d'Etude et de Sports Sous-Marins.
• 1999: Wetland Delineation Certificate, US Army Corps of Engineers.
• 1998: Certified diver for underwater research, Moss Landing Laboratories, SFSU - San Francisco State University, California, USA.
• 1998: Level 3 diver, Fédération Française d'Etude et de Sports Sous-Marins.
• 1996: Brevet d'Initiateur à la plongée sous-marine, Fédération Française d'Etude et de Sport Sous-Marins.