Curriculum Vitae
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Bachelor
Master
PhD
PostDoc
Internship/Technician
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#
Lecturer | ETH Zürich | 2025–2026
- Plant Ecology (2 hours, Master’s, Biology and Environmental Sciences)
- Advanced Ecological Processes (2 hours, Master’s, Ecology and Evolution)
- SeminarKurse (6 hours, Master’s, Ecology and Evolution)
Graduate Tutor | University of Melbourne | 2023–2024
- Analysis of biological data (25 hours, School of Mathematics)
- Ecology in changing environments (10 hours, 2 semesters, 3rd-year, School of BioSciences)
Private Tutor | High School Students | 2017–2020
- Biology, chemistry, mathematics, and study methodology
Leadership#
- EEFI Steering Committee (As of Sept 2026) - Part of the steering Committee of the European Ecological Forecasting Initiative; a collective of professionals from various sectors working together to create and utilize ecological forecasts to enhance ecological theory and inform decisions aimed at mitigating environmental change.
Invited Talks#
- Eco-Onco Exchanges series (Jun 2026, Online) - 20 min presentation, ``Species interactions: transferring ecological theory to oncology research’’, joint with Dr. Jeff Maltas
- IITE Theoretical Ecology Seminar Series (May 2026, Online) - 1-hour presentation, ``Moving beyond non-linear interactions''
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)