Interest
I am an ecologist with a broad interest in plant-insect interactions. I use a combination of observational and experimental approaches, in the field and the lab, to understand bottom-up and top-down forces driving tree resistance to insect herbivores. Over the last years, I developed a strong personal interest for citizen science as a way to co-construct ecological knowledge and engage the public with the process of scientific research.
Education
2013 - present | Researcher, INRAE - University of Bordeaux
2012-2103 | Post-doctoral researcher, Royal Holloway College University of London
2009-2012 | PhD, University of Bordeaux
Projects
Principal investigator
Tree Bodyguards, Fondation BNPP – Climate & Biodiversity initiative (235 k€), 2020-2022
Latitudinal gradients in bottom-up and top-down forces driving insect herbivory 2.0 (LAGRIBOT 2.0), LABEX COTE (14 k€), 2018-2019
Latitudinal gradients in bottom-up and top-down forces driving insect herbivory (LAGRIBOT), Financement LABEX COTE (30 k€), 2018-2019
Projet de collaboration franco-québécoise – Nouvelles collaborations de recherche, Fonds France Canada pour la Recherche (13 k€), 2017-2018
Biodiversitu and productivity of forests: effects of biotic interactions under climatic constraints (BIOPICC), Financement GIP-ECOFOR (110 k€), 2014-2018
Principal investigator
Edu Oak Bodyguards (Développer les compétences professionnelles des enseignants et les apprentissages des élèves lors de la mise en œuvre d’un projet de sciences participatives), Maison des sciences de l’homme de Bretagne, 2020-2021, Collaborator
Holistic management of emerging forest pests and diseases (HOMED), H2020, 2018-2022, Task leader
Diversity and Productivity of trees under climate change (DIPTICC), ANR, 2017-2020, Task leader
Unraveling the potential of spontaneous forest establishment for improving ecosystem functions and services in dynamic landscapes (SPONFOREST), BIODIVERSA, 2017-2020, Collaborator
Geographic Variation in the Impacts of Land Use Changes on Ecosystem Stability (GILES), ERANET-LAC, 2016-2019, Collaborator
Functional significance of forest biodiversity (FUNDIV Europe), FP7, 2012-2015, Collaborator
PhD supervision
Elena VALDES CORRECHER (2020) | Effects of the genetic structure of spontaneously established oak stands on the structure of insect communities and herbivory, Co-supervision : Arndt HAMPE (INRA-UMR BIOGECO)
Thomas DAMESTOY (2019) | Effets de la diversité génétique et spécifique des peuplements forestiers sur la résistance des chênes à la chenille processionnaire Thaumetopoea processionea, Co-supervision : Christophe PLOMION (INRA-UMR BIOGECO)
Pilar FERNANDEZ CONRADI (2017) | Diversité des arbres et résistance des forêts aux invasions biologiques : Application au châtaigner et son complexe de bio-agresseurs exotiques, chancre (Cryphonectria parasitica) et cynips (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) , Co-supervision : Hervé JACTEL & Cécile ROBIN (INRA-UMR BIOGECO)