Jonathan Lesven, PhD in paleoecology - Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement

Bio

Jonathan Lesven

Professional address

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Address : 445 Bd de l’Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 5E4, Canada
Mail : jo*************@**at.ca

Academic background

2024 – 2025: Post-doctorate in paleoecology, and coordination of the International Research Laboratory of Cold Forests.
2020 – 2024: PhD in paleoecology co-supervised by the Université de Franche-Comté (France) and University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (QC, Canada).
2018 – 2020: M.Sc. Ocean Geosciences, option « Sedimentology and Paleoenvironment » – European University Institute of the Sea (IUEM) & Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Plouzané, France).
2014 – 2018: B. Sc. Living and Earth Sciences – Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Brest, France)

Professional experiences

January 2020 – June 2020: 6-month paleoclimatology and palynology internship at EPOC laboratory – University of Bordeaux (France). Climatic variability of MIS 7 interglacial (~250 – 185 ky) in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
April 2019 – June 2019: 2-month paleoclimatology and palynology internship at EPOC laboratory – University of Bordeaux (France). Study of the impact of Heinrich Stadial (HS) 5, ~47 – 50 ka, on the balearic islands.
June 2018 – July 2018: 2-month paleoclimatology and dendrochronology internship at the University of Liverpool (United Kingdom). Analysis of the relationship between tree-ring width, North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the amount of rainfall in England during the last centuries.

Current themes: Interactions between fire, climate and vegetation in eastern Canadian boreal forests, based on Holocene lacustrine paleoecological records (pollen grains, macrocharcoals, chironomids).

Keywords: paleoecology, wildfire, vegetation, climate, boreal forest, Holocene, pollen, macrocharcoal, chironomid