Bio

Christelle Hély

Professional adress

Mail : Université de Montpellier – Site Triolet
Institut des Science de l’Évolution (UMR 5554)
2 Place Eugène Bataillon 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5 – France

E-mail (optionnal) : christelle.hely@ephe.psl.eu
Phone (optionnal) : 04 67 14 42 88

Academic background

  • 2011 – Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France.
  • 2000 – PhD, Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec in Montréal, Canada.
  • 1994 – Master, Biology Sciences, University of Rennes, France.

Professionnal experience

2014 – present: Associated Professor at UQAT, Canada
2012 – present: Professor at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Montpellier, France
2004-2011: Research Scientist at CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France
2002-2004: Post-doctoral fellowship (2 years), CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000-2002: Post-doctoral fellowship (2 years), University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, USA

Area of expertise

Current themes : My research aims at characterizing vegetation dynamics and disturbance regimes (mainly fires) based on field measurements, modelling, and comparisons with Holocene paleoecological records.

Key words : vegetation dynamics, models, wildfire, boreal forest, tropical forest, climate change, holocene

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