
I study plant adaptation to changing environments,
with a specific focus on mixed mating systems.
The seemingly simple task of determining mating
patterns in plants is rendered complex by the
environment-dependent variation inherent to most
plant mating systems, the dependence of plants on
pollen vectors and vice-versa (especially
animal-pollinated plants), and the feedback between
mating strategies, genetic diversity, and
populations dynamics. Moreover, anthropogenic
environmental modifications present a new challenge
for present-day taxa to rapidly adapt to selective
pressures occurring at higher intensity, larger
spatial scales, and faster pace than ever before.
To understand these complex eco-evolutionary dynamics between plants, biotic and abiotic environmental variation including anthropogenic ones, and intra- and inter-specific interactions, I use a variety of tools and methods. I combine fieldwork, common garden, and transplant experiments, with quantitative genetics, population genetics, and genomic tools, ecological epigenetics, and landscape ecology.
As a postdoc, I have worked in research teams of various sizes and with different levels of responsibility, ranging from data analyses and publication (2016-2017) to the design and execution of entire experimental studies (2013-2017). Beyond plant mating systems, I have also worked on projects investigating population genetics of invasive species, plant adaptation to climate change thought adaptive differentiation in traits and their plasticity, conservation genetics of endemic species, and contributed to de novo genome assembly in tripanosomatids. Whenever possible, my work covers data and samples gathered from broad geographic ranges, which allows to infer general patterns about species parallel evolution, or to compare environmental factors that result in divergence along environmental clines.
- The study of adaptive plastic cleistogamy as a unique model for mixed mating
- Using the resurrection method for the study of rapid plant adaptation to climate change and pollinator decline
- Plant adaptation to pollinator variation in urban environments