Formation and Scientific career

Professional experiences

2022 - 2024 Post-doctoral position at CRNS SETE, France
Phenotypic and dispersal plasticity facing thermal changes
(Supervisors: Dr Staffan JACOB and Dr Delphine LEGRAND, CNRS)

  • experiments in microcosms (with flow cytometry and microscopy)
  • rearing of Tetrahymena system in laboratory
  • field work in mountains
  • organization of seminars
  • internship supervision

    • 2021 - 2022 Post-doctoral position at Biology Center CAS, Czech Republic

  • experiments in microcosms
  • rearing of Drosophila-parasitoid system in laboratory
  • training of new colleagues

    • 2020 - 2022 Data manager for the LifeWebs project (host-parasitoid interaction data)

    2017-2021 PhD thesis at the Laboratory of Experimental Ecology, University of South Bohemia and Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic
    Mechanisms structuring host-parasitoid communities in a global warming perspective
    (Supervisors: Dr Jan HRCEK, Biology Centre CAS and Prof. Owen LEWIS, University of Oxford)

  • experiments in microcosms
  • rearing of Drosophila-parasitoid system in laboratory
  • molecular methods (PCR)
  • internship supervision

    • 2020 Erasmus traineeship at iDiv, Germany (3 months)
    Stability-complexity domain in host-parasitoid networks
    (Collaborators: Prof. Ulrich BROSE, Dr Benoit GAUZENS, and Dr Benjamin ROSENBAUM)

  • modeling network dynamics

    • 2017 Fieldwork in North Queensland, Australia (7 months)
    (Collaborator: Dr Megan HIGGIE, James Cook University)

  • collection of live insects in Australian rainforests
  • establishment and rearing of Drosophila-parasitoid system in laboratory
  • experiment in situ

    • 2016-2017 Civic volunteer service at Estuaire, France (6 months)

  • odonate survey as indicators of wetlands quality
  • coordination of citizen science projects "L'Observatoire des vers luisants" and "L’Observatoire des Bourdons"

    • 2016 Volunteer project at Cloudbridge Natural Reserve, Costa Rica (4 months)

  • diurnal and nocturnal bird surveys to assess the effect of reforestation on bird communities
  • mammal survey using camera trapping
  • mapping of the reserve (GIS)

    • 2015 Volunteer mission at the peruvian marin institute IMARPE, Peru (2 months)

  • water and animal samplings in the sea
  • formation in R for the people working at the institute

    • 2015 Volunteer mission at the cloud forest reserve La Hesperia, Ecuador (2 months)

    2015 MSc thesis at UMR Biogeco, The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France
    Effect of local and landscape factors on butterfly communities (DIVA 3 Levana project)
    (Supervisors: Dr Marie-Lise BENOT, Bordeaux University and Dr Inge VAN HALDER, INRA)

  • plant and butterfly surveys
  • big datasets and GIS analyses
  • scientific paper writing

    • 2014 Volunteer mission at Archelon, Greece (2 months)

  • monitoring of sea turtle population
  • public awareness at beach entrances and in hotels

    • 2014 MSc project at Nature Midi-Pyrénées, France
    (Supervisor: Pierre-Olivier COCHARD)

  • creation of an identification key for the ladybugs

    • 2013 Volunteer internship at The French Biodiversity Agency, France (1 month)

  • monitoring of bighorn sheep population via mark-recapture and remote sensing
  • European nightjar survey for Natura 2000

    • 2012 Volunteer internship at The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France (2 months)
    (Supervisors: Dr Virginie STEVENS, Dr Jean CLOBERT, and Dr Sylvain MOULHERAT)

  • monitoring of viviparous lizard populations and their dispersal via mark-recapture
  • rearing of lizards in laboratory

    • Moulis Mouflon Archelon1 Archelon2 INRA CloudBridge Odonate Vers Luisant Australia Lab Ganaspis Tetrahymena

    All animal manipulations present on the pictures are in accordance with the animal ethical rules. All autorizathions relating to the capture, marking, transportation, detention, use and release of protected animal species and animal testing have been obtained.

    Education

    2022 PhD in Ecology, University of South Bohemia, Czechia

    2015 MSc in Ecology and Biodiversity Management, Aix-Marseille University, France

    2013 BSc in Ecology and Biology of Organisms, Montpellier 2 University, France

    2013 CREPUQ exchange, Bishop’s University, Canada

    Prices and awards

    2021 IBERA from the Czech Academy of Sciences. Budget awarded: ~ 1 620 EUR

    2020 Erasmus traineeship fellowship. Budget awarded: 1 724 EUR

    2019 Principal investigator on GAJU grant n°04-134/2019/P: Is the stabilizing effect of parasitoids on host-parasitoid networks reduced under global warming scenarios? Budget awarded: ~ 5 085 EUR (1-year-project)

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