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I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in how organisms adapt to their environment.
Currently, I am a post-doc at Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE, CNRS, Moulis, France) with Simon Blanchet. During my previous post-doctorates at Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE, CNRS, Moulis, France) with Delphine Legrand and Hervé Philippe and at Colorado State University (Colorado, USA) with Ruth Hufbauer, I aim to improve our understanding of the evolutionary response of populations to environmental change. More specifically, I study the conditions that allow declining populations in stressful environments to adapt and grow, a phenomenon called evolutionary rescue. I am studying the effects of different eco-evolutionary factors on evolutionary rescue, including the role of density dependence. To do that, as in my PhD, I am using experimental evolution and population genomics. During my PhD, I studied processes of adaptation and more especially the effect of environmental heterogeneity on an organism’s ability to adapt. I worked with the invasive species Drosophila suzukii, which used a large range of host as biological system. More precisely, my research focused on local adaptation of this crop pest Drosophila suzukii to different host plants, in wild and experimental populations. I received my PhD in Ecology and Evolution from the University of Montpellier (France) in 2019. |
Some keywords of my research:
Adaptive processes, Evolutionary rescue, local adaptation, plant insect interaction, biological invasion, experimental evolution, reciprocal transplant experiment
Adaptive processes, Evolutionary rescue, local adaptation, plant insect interaction, biological invasion, experimental evolution, reciprocal transplant experiment