Bio

Adresse professionnelle

Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique
Université Paul Sabatier – CNRS – IRD
Bâtiment 4R1, bureau 20
118, route de Narbonne
31062 TOULOUSE Cedex 4 – France

Professional experience

  • 2019 : Habilitation à diriger les recherches (Université Paul Sabatier)
  • 2014 : delegated at CNRS in UMR EcoFoG for 6 months (Kourou, Guyane).
  • 2009/2010 : post-doctoral project on functional diversity of ectomyocrrhizal fungi in Europe (INRA Cestas Pierroton).
  • 2008/2009 : ATER (teaching) at Université Montpellier 2
  • 2005-2009 : PhD in ecology and evolution of mycoheterotrophy by orchids, Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Montpellier, supervised by M.-A. Selosse.

Thèmes actuels

My research projects focus on plant-fungi interactions, more specifically ectomycorrhizal symbioses. Those symbioses result in network, that are supposed to be involved in ecosystem resilience and forest dynamic. I was particularly interested in the distribution of such networks, and their importance in pristine and ancient forest, in Europe, in the Amazon and in the boreal forest of Canada. I know develop projects both in Canada and Argentina, where mycorrhizal symbioses are probably involved in tree migration and facilitation along climatic gradients and at ecotones.

Mots clés​

symbioses, ectomycorhiza, metabarcoding, fungi, network

Site Web

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