Insects are beautiful and fascinating, aren’t they? Therefore, my research interests focuses on questions in ecology, conservation and evolution that can be answered by using insects as model systems. This includes applied research such as biological control, integrated pest/weed/invasive species management, conservation, as well as fundamental research such as behavior and evolution of reproductive modes.
2015 - 2019:
PhD: Parthenogenesis in mayflies
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Zoology Museum of Lausanne, Switzerland
Supervisors: Prof. Tanja Schwander & PD Michel Sartori
2014: Job
Agronomist, Research Engineer: The palmivorous pest Paysandisia archon (Lepidoptera: Castniidae): a radio-telemetry study
CIRAD, Agricultural research for development, Montpellier, France
Scientific department: Biological System
Internal Research Unit (UPR): Pests and Diseases: Risk Analysis and Control
2009-2013: Double degree
Agronomist, agricultural engineer with a specialization in Crop Protection (PROTEC)
ENSAIA (National School of Agronomy and Food Industries), University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
MSc in Biology and Ecology for the Forest, Agronomy and Environment (FAGE) with a specialization in Biology of Plant-Environment Interactions (IPE)
Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
Master thesis: How understanding ecological interactions provides tools for the integrated management of the weedy leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL), Montpellier, France
Board of Agriculture of Ain (Chambre d’Agriculture), Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Supervisors: Matthew Augé, René Sforza & Jean-Marc Contet
2011-2012: Gap year
Internship (5 months: Aug.-Dec.) in Madagascar with Madagascar National Parks
Manongarivo: Burnt land vs. paddy field, how to improve management of rice cultivations in the nature reserve
Tsimanampetsotse: Biology and ecology for the monitoring of species and habitats, biodiversity of turtles and plants of the national park
Internship (6 months: Feb.-July) in England on Integrated Diseases Management in Cereals
University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, UK
Department of Plants and Crop Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Rumiana Ray
