Curriculum Vitae
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Academic Experience#
PostDoc | Plant Ecology Group led by Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, ETHZ, Zurich | 2025–2026
PhD in Ecology | Mayfield lab led by Margaret Mayfield, University of Melbourne, Australia | 2022–2025
- Title: “The Role of Facilitation in Community Dynamics: Insights from Natural Communities”
- International collaboration with Shoemaker lab (USA), Hallett lab (USA), and MESSY lab (Spain).
- Cosupervised by Peter Vesk, University of Melbourne
Field Technician | MESSY lab led by Oscar Godoy and Ignasi Bartomeus, UCA, Spain | Sept 2020–Sept 2021
- Led large-scale experiment at Doñana National Park
- Conducted weekly assessments of plant community dynamics and multitrophic interactions across 324 plots
M.Sc. in Ecology | Summa cum laude | Namur University & UC Louvain, Belgium | 2018–2020
- Thesis: “Niche and fitness differences across environmental conditions and ecosystem types”
- Conducted microcosm experiments with Synechococcus strains and meta-analysis of niche/fitness definitions
- Exchange Student | McGill University, Canada | Fall 2018 | Mercator Scholarship recipient
- Research Internship | MESSY lab, UCA, Spain | Spring 2020 | Erasmus-funded Masters internship
B.Sc. in Biology | Cum laude | UC Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 2015–2018
- Major focus on biology of organisms and ecosystems
- Research Internship| Lake Ecosystem Dynamics Group, Helsinki University, Finland | Summer 2018 | Project on lake water quality improvement projects
Teaching Experience#
Graduate Tutor | University of Melbourne | 2023–2024
- Analysis of biological data (School of Mathematics)
- Ecology in changing environments (3rd-year, School of BioSciences)
Private Tutor | High School Students | 2017–2020
- Biology, chemistry, mathematics, and study methodology
Conference Presentations#
- Ecological Society of Australia (Dec 2024, Melbourne) - 5-min talk
- Ecological Society of America (Aug 2024, Long Beach) - 15-min talk
- Gordon Research Conference (July 2024, Manchester) - Poster
- Ecological Society of America (Aug 2022, Montreal) - 15-min talk
- AEET (Nov 2021) - 15-min talk
- BES Festival of Ecology (Dec 2020) - 15-min talk
- Women in Science Ecology Conference (Nov 2020) - Attendee
Awards & Grants#
- David Ashton Scholarship, University of Melbourne (2024) - AUS$3,550
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, ESA & Equity Trustees (2023) - AUS$7,260
- G.A.M. Scott Research Award, University of Melbourne (2022) - AUS$2,750
- Adrian Bauchau Award Finalist, Masters thesis competition, Belgium (2022) - €500
- Erasmus Scholarship (2020)
- Mercator Scholarship (2018)