Sandra Lavorel#
| Membership Number: | 3175 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www-leca.ujf-grenoble.fr/membres/lavorel.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2003: Senior Research Scientist (Directeur de Recherche ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Grenoble, France. Group leader: ‘Functional traits and dynamics of alpine ecosystems’, 12 permanent staff (9 scientists, 3 technical), 6 postdocs, 12 PhD.
- Promoted to ‘First Class Senior Research Scientist’ (Directeur de Recherche 1ère classe) from 1/3/ 2011
- 2005-9: Associate science director of the Joseph Fourier Alpine Research Station, CNRS
- Since 2008: Funder and co-coordinator of the French Alpine Long Term Socio-Ecological Research Site
- 10/1994-2002: Research Scientist (Chargé de Recherche 1ère classe), CNRS, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France
- 07/1991-08/1994: Postdoctoral fellow, Ecosystem Dynamics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Fields of Scholarship
- Dynamics of biodiversity
- Functional ecology - plant functional trait responses to environment and impacts on ecosystem functioning
- Global change: climate, land use and biodiversity including invasions
- Interdisciplinary research on ecosystem services
Honours and Awards
- 1998: CNRS Bronze Medal (award for young scientists)
- 2006: Foulon Prize in Biology, French Academy of Sciences
- 2006: Zayed International Prize for the Environment, shared with all contributors to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
- 2008: Co-nominee of the Cozzarelli Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.
- 2009: Co-nominee of the Sustainability Science Award of the Ecological Society of America.
- 2009: Jean Dufrenoy Prize of the French Academy of Agriculture
- 2012: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, French government
