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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the institute of ecology of the Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany).
In December 2015, I received my PhD Degree in agricultural sciences and biological engineering from the University of Liège (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Belgium). During my PhD, I worked on root-emitted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their roles in belowground plant-plant interactions. Since November 2015, I have been working in Prof. Vicky Temperton’s group on interactions between plants in grassland ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on the influence of priority effects during plant community assembly on ecosystem structure and functioning (particularly below the soil surface). |
Research interests
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I am a plant community ecologist investigating the mechanisms behind priority and diversity effects in dry grasslands. I am particularly interested in understanding how plant species richness and assembly history interactively affect mechanisms allowing species to coexist (complementarity, rhizosphere metabolome, and plant-soil feedbacks), as well as the functioning of plant communities (both aboveground and belowground). My research is located at the intersection of different, yet complementary, scientific disciplines: functional and chemical ecology, plant physiology, and modelling.
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