VITAE

Expertise Areas

My research addresses different aspects of the ecology of terrestrial ecosystems. It has been developed in a large international network including diverse direct collaborations and involvement in research groups and societies. 

My research on plant interactions occurs mainly in collaboration with Prof. Richard Michalet (Plant Ecologist, University of Bordeaux) and Jean-Jacques Brun (Soil Ecologist, IRSTEA, Grenoble). Through this focus, I collaborated with the international Ecogradients Research Team (Alpine Pals) led by Prof. Ragan Callaway (Plant Ecologist, University of Montana) and more particularly with Rob Brooker (Plant Ecologist, James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen) and Lohengrin Cavieres (Plant Ecologist, University of Concepcion).

  The manipulative experiments developed at the Laboratory of Alpine Ecology (LECA, Grenoble) and the Lautaret Alpine Station (SAJF) involved Sandra Lavorel (Functional Ecologist, LECA), Jean-Christophe Clément (Biogeochemist, University Savoie-Mont-Blanc), Wilfried Thuiller (Numerical Ecologist, LECA), Cécile Albert (Numerical Ecologist, IMEP, Aix-en-Provence), Jean-Francois Soussana (AgroEcologist, INRA), Franck Poly (Microbiologist, University of Lyon), Florent Domine and Samuel Morin (Snow experts, LGGE, Meteo-France), Roberto Geremia and Jean-Marc Bonneville (Microbiologists, LECA), Lucie Zinger (Microbiologist, ENS, Paris), Julien Roy (BioInformatic specialist, Berlin), Sébastien Lavergne (Evolution Ecologist, LECA) and Sébastien Ibanez (Plant-Pollinator Ecologist, LECA). This work also included collaborations with the international Biocatch research group led by Prof. Christian Körner (Plant Ecologist, University of Basel) and including Prof. Michaël Bahn and Ulrike Tappeiner (Biogeochemists, University of Innsbruck). This background in field manipulative experiments favoured my involvement in the TRANSPLANT research group led by Prof Jake Alexander (Plant Ecologist, University of Lausanne) which is gathering the results from vegetation transplant experiments throughout the world. My expertise in alpine ecology, functional ecology and field instrumentation have favoured my work as a member of the GLORIA Co-ordination Team and my implication in the European MicroClim project led by Prof. Stefan Dullinger (Plant Ecologist, Univ. of Vienna) which focuses on the importance of microclimatic patterns on alpine aspects for the vegetation response to global changes. This focus is in line with my implication in the SoilTemp initiative developed by Jonas Lembrechts to provide an accessible worldwide database of soil temperature as an indicator of microclimate. This interest for the importance of microclimate motivates my integration in the department of GeoEcology of the Czech Academy of Sciences where I investigate the ecological implication of the snow cover in mild-cold ecosystems. My interest in functional ecology also drove my participation in the TraitDivNet project led by Carlos P Carmona (University of Tartu) investigating the decoupling of above- and below-ground plant functional traits in diverse biomes. Similarly, concerned by the methodological question in science, I joined the Many Eco Evo Analyst project initiated by Tim Parker (Whitman College) exploring the divergence of analyses by different researchers of the same data set. 

The investigations of long-term patterns of subarctic mountain tundra in the Risto Virtanen’s group at the University of Oulu also involved Anu Eskelinen and Tuija Maliniemi and implied collaborations with the Nordic Center of Excellence TUNDRA. My research with the Czech Centre for Polar Ecology includes internal collaborations with Jan Leps & Francesco de Bello’s group from the Department of Botany, University of South Bohemia and external collaborations with Esther Frei (WSL, Zurich) and ITEX network. My polar network also includes the French Polar Institute (IPEV) and in particular Yves Frenot, Marc Lebouvier (CNRS, Rennes) and Maurice Hullé (INRA, Rennes) who led the BIOSOL program on the Subantarctic French Islands.

   Finally, I am a member of the French Ecological Society (SFE²), the International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientist (APECS), and I joined the ShrubHub and WinterNet networks.