Florian joined the FGES on 30 March and has been working in the Ecology & Biodiversity team as a teacher-researcher in ecology, working on current and future research projects in urban and peri-urban ecology.
After a master’s degree in ecophysiology and ethology at the University of Strasbourg, where his internship* focused on the biology of the great hamster in a semi-natural environment, Florian did a civic service at the Groupe d’Etude et de Protection des Mammifères d’Alsace (GEPMA). For one year he studied the monitoring of badger populations and carried out various actions related to chiropteran populations. This experience allowed him to discover the associative environment. Florian continued his professional experience by working for the Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS**) on the effect of agricultural practices on great hamster populations. In parallel with this mission, he remained in contact with the researchers he met during his internship and with whom he developed his thesis topic: “Feeding of the great hamster (Cricetus cricetus), effect on its biology and links with agricultural practices and biodiversity”. This thesis was carried out within a broader framework, taking into account the needs of farmers and the great hamster, to the point of promoting the general biodiversity of the environment. Finally, after three years of reflection and work on the great hamster, Florian left for a post-doctorate at the Ecole Nationale du Génie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement in Strasbourg (ENGEES). He joined a multidisciplinary research team working on muddy water flows on the subject of agroforestry as a means of combating erosion in agricultural plots. His topic consisted of a bibliographic synthesis on the link between agroforestry and biodiversity in arable crops.
*Internship at the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien in Strasbourg: https://www.iphc.cnrs.fr/
**ONCFS: this institution has been merged into the Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB) since 2019.