1. Research Interests

My research activities fall in the disciplines of stress ecophysiology (including ecotoxicology), biological invasions and polar ecology. I am particularly interested in examining the responses to environmental stresses in insect species, the impacts of biological invasions on biodiversity, and the effects of climate change on the distribution of species, in particular in polar regions. My researches include the study of :

• the behavioral, metabolic and physiological responses settled by arthropods to survive in fluctuating environmental conditions (thermal fluctuations, humidity, availability of trophic resources, pollutants) and how these parameters determine the geographical range of insect species,

• the importance of the geographical isolation as one driver in the development of adaptive responses in insects’ populations,

• the importance of phenotypic plasticity in the invasive success of alien insects (dispersal ability, dispersal ecology, reproductive potential, behavioral flexibility, characterization of their morphotype / physiotype),

• the effects of climate change on the spatio-temporal distribution of native and non-native species 

• the impact of invasive species on the diversity of native species within arthropod communities.

My main scientific skills encompass population ecology, polar ecology, ecophysiology, biological invasions, environmental stress, metabolomics.

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