MODELING IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
24/05 - 26/05 | MONTPELLIER
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These individuals have made significant contributions to the understanding and application of modeling in ecology and evolution, and we are honored to have them share their knowledge and expertise with us.
Sonia Kéfi
Sonia Kéfi combines mathematical modeling and field data analysis to study how natural ecosystems cope with perturbations.
She holds a PhD in ecology and has won several awards for her research, including the Van Marum Prize in environmental sciences. She leads the department CHANGE at ISEM and has authored more than 80 scientific articles, including a highly influential study on the importance of the diversity of interaction types between species for the response of ecological communities to environmental changes .
Luís Filipe Silva
Luís Silva received his Biology degree in 1989 from Lisbon University. He earned his PhD in Plant Ecology from the University of the Azores in 2001. His interests include plant ecology, biodiversity, molecular ecology, species distribution modelling, forest ecology, and Bayesian statistics. Presently, he holds a UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity and Sustainability in Atlantic Islands .
Sophie Lanco Bertrand
Sophie Lanco Bertrand is a marine ecology researcher at IRD. She is interested in studying how birds, fish, mammals, and fishermen occupy space in the sea, using techniques such as biologging and ecological movement models. The aim of her research is to understand whether rules for managing human activities at sea, such as Marine Spatial Planning, could enable better coexistence between animals and humans. Sophie has spent 15 years studying the coastal ecosystem in Peru in collaboration with the Peruvian Institute of the Sea. She is currently expanding her research in the tropical Atlantic region, focusing on the Northeast of Brazil and Cuba .
