Research experience

Postdoctoral position – Climate-smart indicators of rewilding dynamics (1 Nov. 2023 – )

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany

Climate-smart rewilding aims at addressing the twin threats of climate change and biodiversity loss, I am currently developping quantitative indicators to characterise rewilding contexts and outcomes under the climate-smart framework of the wildE project

PhD in Environmental Geography (8 Oct. 2018 – 5 Jan. 2023)

Laboratory of physical and environmental Geography, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

• Land-use and land-cover changes mapping
• Agricultural abandonment and old fields under vegetation succession characterization
• Social evaluation of ecosystem services and disservices associated to old fields through semi-structured interviews and surveys
• Ecological evaluation of ecosystem services change induced by agricultural abandonment and vegetation succession (carbon stock, soil fertility and erosion prevention) through field samplings

Research internship on the implications of ecological restoration for biodiversity offsetting (8 Jan. – 21 Aug. 2018)

Centre for Ecology and conservation sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France

Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences, Paris, France                                                          

• Analysis of biodiversity offsetting in development projects
• Evaluation of projects impacts and offsetting measures restoration potential

Research internship on the vegetation dynamic of restored riverbanks (3 Jan. – 30 June 2017)

National Institute of Agricultural and environmental Research (INRAe), Grenoble, France

• Seed identification and vegetation surveys for riverbanks restoration evaluation
• Testing of restoration methods in experimental set-up

Research internship on the effects of nutrient enrichment on aquatic communities (25 April – 10 June 2016)

Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Paris, France                                                                                                   

• Macrocosms’ phytoplankton and zooplankton communities’ identification
• Analysis of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities’ temporal dynamics

Teaching experience

Lecturer

BA Geography and planning, Université Clermont Auvergne

• Environmental issues and questions (7h lecture / year)  (2019-2022)                                                                    
• Environmental management (4h lecture and 3h of practicals / year) (2019-2021))                                                           

MEnvSc Environmental management, Université Clermont Auvergne

• Landscape ecology and biodiversity (2h lecture and 3h of practicals / year) (2018-2022)

MGeogSCI Geoenvironment, Université Clermont Auvergne

• Environmental trajectories (3h lecture / year) (2019-2021)                                                                          

Masters thesis co-supervision 

Laboratory of physical and environmental Geography, Université Clermont Auvergne

• Characterizing agricultural abandonment and vegetation succession and their effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services (2020)
• Biodiversity and ecosystem services: defining stakeholders’ demand in a multifunctional area (2019)              

Masters intern co-supervisor 

Laboratory of physical and environmental Geography, Université Clermont Auvergne

• Land-use and land-cover changes in Auvergne, 1946 – 2019 (2021)                     
• Mapping and characterizing agricultural evolution (2020)                    

French national aerospace research centre (ONERA)

• Automatic Land Use Maps from Historical Images (2023)

Tutor

MGeogSCI Geoenvironment, Université Clermont Auvergne

• Students’ project tutoring (8h / year) (2019-2021)

Admin experience

Doctoral candidates delegate (2019-2021)

Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Université Clermont Auvergne

Representation of doctoral candidates at the doctoral school council, link between doctoral candidates and Head of doctoral school, doctoral candidates support

Engagement and science outreach

National Confederation for Early Stage Researchers (CJC)

French delegate at the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (2021-current)

Regional monthly Science radio show (moteur de recherche)

Producer, writer (2021- 2023)

Regional Association for Junior Researchers (Doct’Auvergne)

Vice-presidency (2021)

Presidency (2020)

Education

Masters in European Affairs, specialization in Energy, Resources and Sustainability (2015 – 2018)

Schools of public affairs, Sciences Po, Paris, France

• Environmental policies, law and economics
• Energy transition and electricity production issues, case study on the French national debate on Energy 
• European Union political system and constitutional foundations

Masters in Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution (2015 – 2017)

Faculty ‘Earth, Environment, Biodiversity’, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

• Global changes and their effects on biodiversity
• Field courses in plant physiology and limnology
• Populations dynamic and community ecology

Bachelor – dual degree in Biology and Social Sciences (2012 – 2015)

Sciences Po & Sorbonne Université, Paris, France                                                                                                                                                 

Baccalauréat (Sciences), with highest honor 2012                                                                                                                                          

Skills

R, Qgis

Language