Key-words: Modelling of ecological systems, biostatistics, biotic interactions, functional traits, time series modelling, global changes, demography, ecological forecasting, species distribution modelling
My research mainly aims to characterize and understand spatial and temporal changes at different level of biological organization (e.g. populations, species and communities). For this purpose, I use different statistical approaches such as populations’ dynamics models, multivariate analyses, multi-model inferences, trait-based approaches and so on. Although most of the research I have performed in the past was based on a frequentist approach, my current research projects strongly relies on Bayesian analyses.
Currently, I am using environmental-based niche modelling to study different questions. For instance, I am using joint Species Distribution Models to study the spatial scaling of environmental filtering and biotic interactions on plant communities (collaboration with Heidi Mod). I am also using simulations to assess the extent to which niche truncation provides biased estimates of species occurrence probabilities over space and time and how this problem can be accounted for by using Bayesian hierarchical models.
2018 - Post-doc.
On the use of hierarchical Bayesian approaches to better inform species distribution models.
University of Lausanne. Department of Ecology and Evolution, Lausanne, Switzerland. Antoine Guisan group.
2017-2018 - Post-doc (24 month).
Developing and applying hierarchical multivariate models to population data from the Swedish Breeding Bird Survey to study population and community trends across space and time.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, Uppsala, Sweden. Collaboration with Jonas Knape.
2015- 2016 - Post-doc (24 month).
Spatio-temporal variations of functional and taxonomic diversity and impact on ecosystem functioning: the case of the tonal Sap lake (Cambodia).
University Paul Sabatier, Department « Evolution & Diversité Biologique », Toulouse, France.
Collaboration with Sovan Lek.
2011-2014 - PhD in Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution (36 month)
Impact of climate change on freshwater fish populations at the French scale: highlighting the determinants of observed variations.
University Paul Sabatier, Department « Evolution & Diversité Biologique », Toulouse, France.
2009-2011 - Master’s degree in Ecology, Evolution, Biodiversity and Biometrics.
- Master 2 project (6 month): Evolution of bet-hedging strategies under eco-physiological constraints. University Claude Bernard, Department « Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive », Lyon, France. Supervised by Frédéric Menu and Etienne Rajon.
- Master 1 project (3 month): Co-evolution of two bet-hedging strategies in stochastic environments: dormancy and iteroparity. University Claude Bernard, Department « Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive », Lyon, France. Supervised by Frédéric Menu and Marine Ginoux.
2007-2009 - Bachelor’s degree in Biodiversity.
- Bachelor’s project (2 month). Evolution of trophic interactions between two invasive species and an endemic species:
Reynoutria japonica as a troyan horse for the invasion of Lasius niger by Lasius neglectus. University Claude Bernard, Lab « Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés », Lyon, France. Supervised by Bernard Kaufmann
