Stéphanie Morelon
PhD
stephanie.morelon@unine.ch
D219
+41 12 345 67 89
Research area
Phylogeography study on a model species consists in trying to understand its spatial and temporal History.
For doing that, several technics can be used, such as the evaluation of the current geographic repartition of the model species, of its ecological range as welle as the evaluation of its genetic and/or chemical identity.
Main Thematics
- Phylogéography
- Botany
- Genetics
- Metabolomics
- Spatial Modelisation
PhD thesis project
The majority of phylogeographic studies on alpine plants limit their research area to the Alps sensu stricto. Meanwhile, interesting alpine relicts occur at lower elevations, in peripheral massifs. Indeed, both the Jura and the Swabian Jura, situated on the northern periphery of the Alps, comprise various cold microclimatic stations, where more than 70 alpine species have been recorded.
How and when did they get there ?
…Also, what if some of the common alpine flora observed nowadays in the Alps originated from these regions ?
Let’s not forget that during past ice ages (Pleistocene), the central Alps were covered by meters of ice, making it impossible for most of plants to survive there!
In my project, I try to answer these question by using the Primula auricula as a model species, which extends all across the Laps and peripheral massifs.
Student supervision
2022-2023 T.Bulliard, MSc en Biogéosciences, University of Neuchâtel
Vulgarisation
Program «Les microbes vont à l’école 2022-2023» :
- Scientific outreach in schools : Soil macro and micro fauna exploration
- Co-writing of the RTS broadcast capsule «La Nature va à l’école», episode “La guêpe” (https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/video/-?urn=urn:rts:video:13492907)
Event «Nuits des musées 2024», at the Museum of Natural History in Neuchâtel :
- Discovery stand on Botany
Awards
2016 Price “Les Pionnières » – from the « Buisness and Professionnal Women (BPW) Switzerland » organization
Publications
libra.unine personal page : https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/1050
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