I am a community ecologist working at the interface of empirical and theoretical ecology. My main research aims at understanding the structure, functioning and stability of ecological communities and how they are affected by multiple global change drivers such as habitat loss, defaunation and climate change. 

Along my career, I have particularly focused on mutualistic plant-animal interactions and derived ecosystem functions such as pollination, seed dispersal and forest regeneration. During my PhD, I focused on unravelling the mechanisms driving species interactions in highly fragmented temperate forests, and the mechanisms underpinning the consequences of animal loss in plant-frugivore networks for forest regeneration. 

Within the framework of community ecology, over the last years, I have progressively expanded the focus on my research in order to combine empirical trait-based studies of interaction networks (tropical and temperate ones), with theoretical and simulation models to develop potential future scenarios of ecological communities and ecosystem functions under anthropogenic impacts. 

I have used a diverse set of methodological approaches, ranging from field observations and sampling, to complex modelling and simulations including large datasets. This integrative approach has set the course for my career, in which I have worked with leading experts of diverse backgrounds such as field ecologists, theoretical ecologists, and physicists. 

The ultimate goal of my research line is to improve predictions of how communities respond to global change and to provide insight into how biodiversity loss impacts the functioning of ecosystems. Understanding how human activities impact the link between biodiversity and ecosystem is crucial to develop evidence-based strategies to restore functional plant and animal communities, and to enable sustainable human-nature relationships.