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Stéphanie Saussure

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Integrated pest management and biocontrol of insects
  • Effect of agroecological practices on biodiversity (pollinators and natural enemies)
  • Modelling trophic interactions

Projects

Training / professional career

  • Since 2023 Senior Scientist at FiBL Switzerland
  • 2022 - 2023 Researcher at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, Finland
  • 2021 - 2022 Postdoc at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, Finland
  • 2015 - 2019 PhD in Entomolgy, biocontrol and invertebrate pathology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
  • 2012 - 2014 Research Engineer at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), Rennes, France
  • 2010 - 2011 Engineer at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), Rennes, France
  • 2008 - 2010 M.S.c. in Agronomical sciences  - Plant Protection and Environment, l’Institut Agro Montpellier, France

Teaching

  • Teaching experience in courses at M.Sc. and B.Sc. levels, e.g. Biological control program, Entomopathogenic fungi as natural enemies, Ecology field course habitat, plant protection

Awards

  • 2004 Prize of scientific and technical vocation of the women of Lorraine

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Saussure S., Jensen A.B., Davey M.L., Folkedal Schjøll A., Westrum K., Klingen I. (2023). Entomophthoralean fungi overwinter with the bird cherry-oat aphid on bird cherry trees. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 200, 107971.
  • Saussure S., Roer Hjelkrem A.G., Klingen I., Meadow R., Holst N. (2023). Are fungal epizootics a sign of successful biological control of cereal aphids? Journal of Pest Science, 1-16.
  • Eilenberg J., Saussure S., Fekih I. B., Jensen A. B., Klingen I. (2019). Factors driving susceptibility and resistance in aphids that share specialist fungal pathogens. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 33, 91-98.
  • Saussure S., Westrum K., Hjelkrem A. G. R., Klingen I. (2019). Effect of three isolates of Pandora neoaphidis from a single population of Sitobion avenae on mortality, speed of kill and fecundity of S. avenae and Rhopalosiphum padi at different temperatures. Fungal Ecology, 41, 1-12.
  • Britton N. F., Bulai I. M., Saussure S., Holst N., Venturino E. (2019). Can aphids be controlled by fungus? A mathematical model. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 4(1), 79-92.
  • Buonomo B., Giannino F., Saussure S., Venturino E. (2019). Effects of limited volatiles release by plants in tritrophic interactions. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 16(5): 3331-3344.
  • Schausberger P., Davaasambuu U., Saussure S., Christiansen I. C. (2018). Categorizing experience-based foraging plasticity in mites: age dependency, primacy effects and memory persistence. Royal Society open science, 5(4), 172110.
  • Saussure S., Plantegenest M., Thibord J. B., Larroudé P., Poggi S. (2015). Management of wireworm damage in maize fields using new, landscape-scale strategies. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 35(2), 793-802.