Current address
Agroscope - Site ChanginsGrazing Systems GroupRoute de Duillier 50 - CP 10121260 NyonSwitzerland
Research
06/2019- present: Deputy Head - Grazing Systems Group - Agroscope Site Changins, Nyon, Switzerland.
08/2016-05/2019: Postdoctoral Researcher - Interactive effects of altitude and management on resistance and resilience of permanent grasslands to drought: combining agronomic, functional and ecophysiological approaches (GrassAlt project) - Laboratory of Ecological Systems (ECOS), EPFL & WSL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Collaborator: Prof. Alexandre Buttler
04/2016-07/2016: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Swiss NSF) - Return Phase in Switzerland. Amount: 34'454 CHF
Collaborators: Prof. Alexandre Buttler and Ass. Prof. Feike Dijkstra
10/2014-03/2016: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Swiss NSF) - Climate change impacts on soil
N:P stoichiometry and consequent feedbacks on plant-microbe interactions in
Australian grasslands - The University of Sydney, Centre for Carbon, Food and Water, Camden campus, Sydney, Australia. Amount: 95'250 CHF.Collaborators: Ass. Prof. Feike Dijkstra and Prof. Mark Adams
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03/2013-09/2014: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Swiss NSF) - Plant-soil feedbacks and plant invasion in californian grasslands - Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Amount: 93'700 USD.
Collaborator: Prof. Katharine Suding
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06/2008-06/2012: PhD Research - Effects of subordinate plant species on plant and soil community structure and ecosystem functioning (SubFunc project) - Laboratory of Ecological Systems (ECOS), EPFL & WSL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Supervisor: Prof. Alexandre Buttler; Examiners: Prof. Richard Bardgett (UK), Prof. Wim van der Putten (NL), Prof. Ansgar Kahmen (CH).
Education
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2008: M.s.c year 2 project - Pseudomonas aeruginosa: opportunistic and pathogenic bacteria - Laboratory of Hospital Hygiene, CHU Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France - 6 months.
Supervisor: Prof. Xavier Bertrand
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2007: M.s.c year 1 project - Effects of temporary high-perched water table on root system morphology of Quercus robur. Evaluation of a planting method on raised hillock - Laboratory of Chrono-Environment, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France - 4 months.
Supervisor: Dr. Eric Lucot
Skills
Knowledge domain: above and belowground interactions, plant-soil
feedback effects, community ecology, climate and land-use changes, ecosystem functioning,
mycorrhizas, soil microbial communities, C:N:P stoichiometry, isotope
labelling, nutrient cycling.
Field experience: leaves and root traits, plant
surveys, stem counting, biomass sorting by species, root collecting, soil respiration,
litter decomposition, removal and drought experiment, isotopes (13C,
15N, 32P), soil nutrient cycling analysis.
Measuring devices: Licor 8100A/Licor 6400XT Automated
Soil CO2 flux system, EGM-4 Environmental Gas Monitor, CIRAS-2 Leaf
Gas exchange, mini-containers system of litter decomposition, Autoanalyser
SmartChem140 (dissolved inorganic nitrogen).
Microbial analysis: T-RFLP, PLFA, PFGE, root mycorrhizal colonization.
Computing: R (GLM, LME, PCA-RDA-MFA,
Meta-analysis, SEM lavaan), IT manager (4 years, ECOS lab, CH), website and
editing (WordPress, Webs, IMovie, Inkscape), Journal of Ecology blog editor.
Languages: English and French.
Knowledge domain: above and belowground interactions, plant-soil feedback effects, community ecology, climate and land-use changes, ecosystem functioning, mycorrhizas, soil microbial communities, C:N:P stoichiometry, isotope labelling, nutrient cycling.
Field experience: leaves and root traits, plant surveys, stem counting, biomass sorting by species, root collecting, soil respiration, litter decomposition, removal and drought experiment, isotopes (13C, 15N, 32P), soil nutrient cycling analysis.
Measuring devices: Licor 8100A/Licor 6400XT Automated Soil CO2 flux system, EGM-4 Environmental Gas Monitor, CIRAS-2 Leaf Gas exchange, mini-containers system of litter decomposition, Autoanalyser SmartChem140 (dissolved inorganic nitrogen).
Microbial analysis: T-RFLP, PLFA, PFGE, root mycorrhizal colonization.
Computing: R (GLM, LME, PCA-RDA-MFA, Meta-analysis, SEM lavaan), IT manager (4 years, ECOS lab, CH), website and editing (WordPress, Webs, IMovie, Inkscape), Journal of Ecology blog editor.
Languages: English and French.
Organization of conference
Member of organizing commitee7th Conference of Plant community Ecology (ECOVEG 7)
30th March - 1st April 2011, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne (Switzerland)http://ecos.epfl.ch/ecoveg7/
Session organizer: Plant-soil feedbacks: bridging natural and agricultural sciences5th International EcoSummit (EcoSummit2016)29th August - 1st September 2016, Le CorumMontpellier (France)www.ecosummit2016.org
Session organiser: Plant-soil-microbe interactions in multi-species grasslandsEGF-Eucarpia 2019 Joint Symposium24-27th June, ETHZZurich (Switzerland)www.egfeucarpia2019.ch
Teaching
May 2017, 2018, 2019 – Second
Hand Construction (Co-organiser): Bachelor project for EPFL engineers and
architects – Reusing construction materials in architectural projects – 1 week
(Smart Living Lab, Blue Hall, Fribourg) – 58 hours.
Spring 2017, 2018, 2019 – General
Ecology (Course organiser and teacher): Functional ecology, plant and soil
community ecology, climate and land-use change impacts, urban ecology –
Bachelor 2nd year – 31 hours.
Spring 2012 – General
Ecology (Teacher): Biodiversity, species coexistence, biotic interactions,
ecosystem functioning, conservation policy – Bachelor 2nd year – 15
hours.
May 2017, 2018, 2019 – Second Hand Construction (Co-organiser): Bachelor project for EPFL engineers and architects – Reusing construction materials in architectural projects – 1 week (Smart Living Lab, Blue Hall, Fribourg) – 58 hours.
Spring 2017, 2018, 2019 – General Ecology (Course organiser and teacher): Functional ecology, plant and soil community ecology, climate and land-use change impacts, urban ecology – Bachelor 2nd year – 31 hours.
Spring 2012 – General Ecology (Teacher): Biodiversity, species coexistence, biotic interactions, ecosystem functioning, conservation policy – Bachelor 2nd year – 15 hours.
Student assistantship
Amarante Vitra (PhD, EPFL-WSL, Switzerland, 2015-2019, Co-supervisor), Lucas Freund (Msc. SIE, EPFL, Switzerland, 2017-2018), Alberto Canarini (PhD, University of
Sydney, Australia, 2016), Mathilde Cassani (Msc. SIE, EPFL, Switzerland, 2015-2016), Janina Milkereit (Msc. University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom,
2011), Katrijn Sabbe (Msc. KHKempen, Belgium, 2010-2011), Claire Meugnier (Msc. BGS,
Unine, Switzerland, 2009-2010), Michaël Vanbriel (Msc. KHKempen, Belgium,
2009-2010), Ruben Vangeel (Msc. KHKempen, Belgium, 2009-2010), Stéphanie Pilet (Msc. SIE,
EPFL, Switzerland, 2008-2009).
Amarante Vitra (PhD, EPFL-WSL, Switzerland, 2015-2019, Co-supervisor), Lucas Freund (Msc. SIE, EPFL, Switzerland, 2017-2018), Alberto Canarini (PhD, University of Sydney, Australia, 2016), Mathilde Cassani (Msc. SIE, EPFL, Switzerland, 2015-2016), Janina Milkereit (Msc. University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 2011), Katrijn Sabbe (Msc. KHKempen, Belgium, 2010-2011), Claire Meugnier (Msc. BGS, Unine, Switzerland, 2009-2010), Michaël Vanbriel (Msc. KHKempen, Belgium, 2009-2010), Ruben Vangeel (Msc. KHKempen, Belgium, 2009-2010), Stéphanie Pilet (Msc. SIE, EPFL, Switzerland, 2008-2009).