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Research Experience


Jun 2020 – Feb 2021 : Project manager

Cybelle Planète, Cybelle Méditerranée Program, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, 34 750, France

Director : Céline Arnal

Research: Analysis of the spatial distribution of marine fauna based on georeferenced citizen science observations in the Mediterranean Sea over 12 years

Methods: Occupancy analysis, GLMMs , GAMs and mapping in R

**Written reports: ** Co-authoring of assessments and recommendations aimed at future citizen science initiatives in marine ecosystems

Jun 2016 – nov 2018 : Post-doctoral research

INRA Bordeaux-Aquitaine, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, collaborating with Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé (UMR 7372), France

Advisors: Adrien Rusch, Vincent Bretagnolle

Research: Quantifying the influence of green infrastructures on biotic control while accounting for landscape structure and agricultural dynamics in a Long Term Socio-Ecological Research area in mid-west France

Methods: spatio-temporal models in R, QGIS

Mar 2012-Mar 2016: Ph.D research

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Advisors: Jason M. Tylianakis, Daniel B. Stouffer

Thesis: Linking the structure of ecological networks to functional diversity and ecosystem processes in changing environments

Statistical methods used in R: General Linear Models, Linear Mixed Effects Models, Principal Coordinates Analysis, multimodel inference and averaging, network analysis, null models, phylogenetic analyses (4th corner analysis, phylogenetic signal detection).

Jan – Jun 2011: M.sc 2nd year research internship

French Institute of Pondichery, India

Advisor: Cedric Gaucherel

Thesis title: Spatial modelling of population dynamics in linear habitats

Statistical methods (Matlab): population dynamics modelling, landscape simulation

Mar-Jun 2010: M.sc 1st year research internship

Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISEM, UMR 5554), France

Advisors: Elsa Canard, Nicolas Mouquet, David Mouillot

Thesis title: Mutualism or parasitism: roles of interaction type and spatial aggregation in structuring neutral interaction networks

Methods (R): simulation of community dynamics using a high performance computing remote station, network analysis

Education


2012-2016: Ph.D. in ecology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

2009-2011: M.sc. in ecosystem functioning, Université Montpellier 2, France

2006-2009: B.sc. in organism biology, Université Montpellier 2, France;

2009: spent in Universität Hamburg, Germany (Erasmus exchange program)

Publications


  1. Perrot, T., Rusch, A., Coux, C., Gaba, S., Bretagnolle, V. Proportion of Grassland at Landscape Scale Drives Natural Pest Control Services in Agricultural Landscapes. - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2021)
  2. Coux, C., Donoso, I., Tylianakis, J.M., García, D., Martínez, D., Dehling, D.M., Stouffer, D.B. Tricky partners: native plants show stronger interaction preferences than their exotic counterparts - Ecology (2021)
  3. Cirtwill, A., Dalla Riva, G.V., Gaiarsa, M.P., Bimler, M., Cagua, F., Coux, C., Dehling, D.M. A review of species role concepts in food webs. - Food Webs (2018)
  4. Gaba, S., Alignier, A., Aviron, S., Barot, S., Blouin, M., Hedde, M., Jabot, F., Vergnes, A., Bourgeois, B., Bonthoux, S., Bretagnolle, V., Catarino, R., Coux, C., Gardarin, A., Giffard, B., Legal, A., Lecomte, J., Miguet, P., Piutti, S., Rush, A., Zwicke, M., Couvet, D. Ecology for sustainable and multifunctional agriculture: biotic interactions, landscape heterogeneity & socio-ecological systems. - Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (2018)
  5. Coux, C., Rader, R., Bartomeus, I. & Tylianakis, J. M. Linking species functional roles to their network roles. Ecology Letters. (2016). https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12612
  6. Tylianakis, J.M. & Coux, C. Tipping points in ecological networks. Trends Plant Science (2014)

Presentations and poster sessions


2017: Ecology across Borders, Gand, Belgium - BES, GfÖ, NecoV,EEF. Invited talk for symposium: Using species traits to understand the structure and function of interaction networks

2017: Ecology and Behaviour, CEBC, FR - Presentation.

2015: New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Christchurch, NZ - Invited talk for symposium: Frontiers in ecological networks

2013-2015: Annual Biology Conference, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

2014: Joint British & French Ecological Societies Annual Meeting, Lille, France - Poster.

Teaching experience and public outreach


University of Canterbury

2015 - Workshop organising: Introduction to the study of ecological networks.

Cirtwill, A., Coux, C., Dalla Riva, G.V., Gaiarsa, M.P. New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Meeting.

3-hour introduction to methods for analysing and simulating the structure of bipartite and complex networks, followed by interactive practice in R.

2014 - Interactive seminars on programming in R

I led 1 among 7 sessions. Introduction to programming (‘for’ loops, writing functions) followed by interactive practical exercises

Demonstrating in laboratory classes

2013: ‘Ecology’ (BIOL270), including a 3-day field trip.

2012-2013: ‘Experimental design and data analysis for biologists’ (BIOL 309).

Training and supervision of a succession of 2 undergraduate students and 4 postgraduate students to assist my field and laboratory work.

Via local student association l’Ouvre-Tête, Université Montpellier 2

2010: Environmental education as fortnightly outreach in a primary school from an Educational Priority Zone (‘ZEP’)

Member of the organising committee for the 3rd edition of a week-long festival on campus and around the city focusing on ecology, including talks, interactive workshops with the public, and eco-friendly festivities

Field Experience


Sep 2012 – Apr 2013

Herbivorous insect sampling in remote NZ native forest.

Conception, logistical planning, equipment management for the collection, storage, identification (microscope, ID key), measuring and weighing (scale) of insect specimens.

Jun 3–9 2009

University practical field course in Pevestorf, Germany.

Conception of a small experiment testing optimal foraging of ants.

Mar 16-26 2009

University practical field course in Heligoland Island, Germany.

Sampling of algae biodiversity.

Skills


Computational:

R: advanced statistics, programming, simulation, data manipulation, analysis and visualisation.

Basics in Matlab, notions in Python.

Familiar with Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Vector drawing: Inkscape.

Laboratory

Morphological insect identification, DNA extraction, PCR

Languages

french: native speaker

english: bilingual

german and spanish: conversational

Also studied in high school: latin, ancient greek and russian.

Service & leadership

School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, NZ:

Member of the Student Postgraduate Committee (2013-2015)

Postgraduate student representative in departmental staff meetings