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Current research

Tropical rainforests are the most diverse biomes in the world. Using different spatial and temporal scales, I study the evolution of African tropical rainforests. I focus on the Annonaceae, a diverse family of trees, shrubs and lianas restricted to tropical rainforests. I use different approaches, from taxonomy (revision of the Uvariopsis and Uvariodendron genera) and phylogeny (tribe Monodoreae), to macro-evolution and biogeographic history of the African rainforests.

Scientific interests

botany, taxonomy, phylogeny, macroevolution, biogeography, tropical ecosystems

Publications

Dagallier LMJ, Janssens SB, Dauby G, Blach‐Overgaard A, Mackinder BA, Droissart V, Svenning J, Sosef MSM, Stévart T, Harris DJ, Sonké B, Wieringa JJ, Hardy OJ, Couvreur TLP (2020) Cradles and museums of generic plant diversity across tropical Africa. New Phytologist 225: 2196–2213. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16293

Janssens S, Couvreur TLP, Mertens A, Dauby G, Dagallier L-P, Abeele SV, Vandelook F, Mascarello M, Beeckman H, Sosef M, Droissart V, Bank M van der, Maurin O, Hawthorne W, Marshall C, Réjou-Méchain M, Beina D, Baya F, Merckx V, Verstraete B, Hardy O (2020) A large-scale species level dated angiosperm phylogeny for evolutionary and ecological analyses. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e39677. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e39677

Formation

2018-

PhD in Ecology and Biodiversity

Supervisors: Thomas L.P. Couvreur (UMR DIADE, IRD), Fabien Condamine (UMR ISEM, CNRS)

Subject: Diversification of the tropical African flora : spatial and temporal apporoaches.

2016-2018

MSc in Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution (track: Plant biodiversity and the management of tropical ecosystems) at Montpellier University and AgroParisTech

Supervisors: Thomas L.P. Couvreur

Subject: Phylogenetic diversity and endemism of the tropical African angiosperms.

2015-2016

Volunteer in the Cutervo National Park (Peru)

2012-2015

BSc at Université Lyon 1, Population and Organism Biology