Antonina Internicola

I am interested in various and interactive fields of study such as ecology, evolution and conservation. I particularly enjoy dealing with applied ecology and experimental research. My PhD project aims to study the effect of several ecological conditions on the reproductive success of food-deceptive orchids. Fundamentally, I am interested in identifying and delimiting how ecological factors such as the characteristics of the biotic environment of food-deceptive orchids can interact and play a role in their maintenance and evolution. In particular, I am investigating the effect of rewarding and deceptive plant species characteristics on pollinator learning and behaviour, and the feed-back that have pollinators on the reproductive success of deceptive plants.

From 2006
Teaching assistant in Ecology, Ecole Supérieure de la Santé, Lausanne, Switzerland.

From 2005
PhD thesis under the supervision of Prof. Giorgina Bernasconi and Dr. Luc D. B. Gigord: Investigation of ecological factors involved in the evolution and maintenance of food-deceptive orchids. DEE, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

2004
MSc thesis under the supervision of Dr. Luc D. B. Gigord: Density-dependent reproductive success in a rewardless orchid: an experimental approach. DEE, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

1998-2003
Undergraduate studies in Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.