Belz Elodie

Activity areas

Biological control in cabbage fields through the promotion of beneficials (natural enemies)

Since 2009: PhD student at Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland)
2007 - 2008: MSc degree (2nd year) in Behavioural Ecology and diploma thesis at University of Burgundy (Dijon, France), lab "Biogéosciences". Thesis subject: "Pre-mating sexual conflicts and evolution of resistance in females Gammarus pulex (Crustacea, Amphipod)"
2006 - 2007: MSc degree (1st year) in Biology of organisms, populations and ecosystems at University of Rennes 1 (Rennes, France) and diploma thesis at National Research Institute for Agronomy (INRA, Rennes, France). Thesis subject: "Influence of the habitat on the defence behaviors in aphids (Variation in the defensive response to alarm pheromone between host races in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum)"
2006: BSc degree in Biology, specialising in Environmental Science at University of Brittany-South (Vannes, France) and diploma thesis at Séné Marshes Nature Reserve (Séné, France). Thesis subject: "Reproduction and territoriality in avocet Recurvirostra avosetta"
2003: French high scool graduation diploma, specialising in Biology