Sandra Lavorel - Curriculum Vitae#
Training
- 1984-7: Diplôme d’Ingénieur Agronome de l’Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, France. Graduate degree in agronomic and biological sciences
- 1987 : Master’s Degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc (USTL), Montpellier, France
- 1991 : PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, USTL, Montpellier, France
- 1999 : Habilitation in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, USTL, Montpellier, France
Teaching and supervision
- 20 PhDs (6 single supervisor, 6 main supervisor, 8 co-supervised), 20 Master’s, and 9 postdocs
- I teach graduate courses in Ecology and at European schools (one per year)
National and international leadership (selected)
- 2008- : Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Land Project (IGBP/IHDP/Diversitas)
- 2007- : Member of the Steering Committee of the Diversitas BIODISCOVERY project
- 2007- : Co-coordinator of the TRY international network
- 2003-6: Member of the Steering Committee of the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP)
- 1997-2003: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems project (IGBP).
- 1997- : Coordinator of CNRS international research projects on global change, plant functional diversity and ecosystem services with : Australia (since 1997), South Africa (since 1999), Argentina (since 2000), and EU countries (Spain, Czech Rep., Austria, UK).
Expert activities (selected)
- 2004-5: Review Editor for the Biodiversity cluster of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
- 2007-8: Lead author in the review commissioned by the French government on: Agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services
- 2010: Member of the scientific committee for the French national assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity
- Since 2010: Member of the scientific advisory committee to the Environment Minister on biodiversity and natural resources (Conseil Scientifique du Patrimoine Naturel et de la Biodiversité)