Charlotte Vandenberghe
charlotte.vandenberghe@epfl.ch +41 21 693 76 15 https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-vandenberghe-65a31737/
EPFL ENAC SSIE-GE
GR A2 402 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 76 15
Office: GR A2 402
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EPFL QSE
PH D2 389 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 76 15
Office: PH D2 389
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Expertise
research and innovation funding advice
sustainability in education
inter-and transdisciplinary research collaborations
organization of outreach events
scientific writing and communication
biodiversity and ecology
quantum science and engineering
Mission
- 1. as educational coordinator of the minor "Engineering for Sustainability", in collaboration with the "Sustainability in Education" team - website minor and website sustainability in education.
- 2. as project manager by launching and supporting activities to promote the bachelor and master studies in "Environmental Sciences and Engineering (SIE)" in close collaboration with the "Education Outreach Department (SPE)" - website
- 3. as research and innovation manager at the "Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) Center"
by supporting the center's initiatives, managing the QSE grants, and creating an innovation seed grant program - website
Working days
Education
PhD research in Ecology
|2003 – 2006 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne EPFL
Post graduate project (Erasmus) in Ecology
|2002 – 2002 Wageningen University
B.Sc. and M.Sc. Biology-Zoology
|1997 – 2001 Ghent University
Professionals experiences
Project officer
Program manager international research funding
Program coordinator
Researcher and lecturer
Lecturer: "Ecology and Biodiversity" - Bachelor course (BA3)
Postdoctoral fellow (SNF)
PhD research assistant
Selected publications
16. Optimising carbon storage within a spatially heterogeneous upland grassland through sheep grazing management.
Smith, S., Vandenberghe, C., Hastings, A., Johnson, D., Pakeman, R., van der Wal, R., Woodin, S.
Published in 2013, Ecosystems, DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9731-7. in
15. Subordinate plant species enhance community resistance against drought in semi-natural grasslands
Mariotte P., Vandenberghe C., Kardol P., Hagedorn F., Buttler A.
Published in 2013, Journal of Ecology, 101: 763-773. in
14. Subordinate plant species impact on soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: findings from a removal experiment
Mariotte P., Vandenberghe C., Meugnier C., Rossi P., Bardgett R., Buttler A.
Published in 2013, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 15: 77-85. in
13. Exclusion of root competition increases competitive abilities of subordinate plant species through root-shoot interactions.
Mariotte P., Buttler, A., Johnson D., Th�bault A. and Vandenberghe C.
Published in 2012, Journal of Vegetation Science 23(6): 1148-1158 in
12. Restoration of threatened arable weed communities in abandoned mountainous crop fields
Kohler F., Vandenberghe C., Imstepf R. & Gillet F.
Published in 2011, Restoration Ecology, 19: 62-69. in
11. Effect of dung deposition on small-scale patch structure and seasonal vegetation dynamics in mountain pastures
Gillet F., Kohler F., Vandenberghe C. & Buttler A.
Published in 2010, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 135: 34-41. in
10. Influence of livestock grazing on meadow pipit foraging behaviour in upland grassland.
Vandenberghe C., Prior G., Littlewood N., Brooker R. & Pakeman R.
Published in 2009, Basic and Applied Ecology, 10: 662-670. in
9. Does the strength of facilitation by nurse shrubs depend on grazing resistance of tree saplings?
Vandenberghe C., Smit C., Pohl M., Buttler A. & Frel�choux F.
Published in 2009, Basic and Applied Ecology, 10: 427-436. in
8. The influence of competition from herbaceous vegetation and shade on simulated browsing tolerance of coniferous and deciduous saplings.
Vandenberghe, C., Frel�choux, F. & Buttler, A.
Published in 2008, Oikos, 117: 415-423 in
7. Nurse plants, tree saplings and grazing pressure: decreasing facilitation along a biotic environmental gradient.
Smit C., Vandenberghe C., den Ouden J. and M�ller-Sh�rer H.
Published in 2007, Oecologia, 152: 265-273.
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6. Short-term effects of cattle grazing on tree sapling growth in mountain wooded pastures.
Vandenberghe C., Frel�choux F., Moravie M-A., Gadallah F. & Buttler A.
Published in 2007, Plant Ecology 188: 253-264. in
5. Competitive effects of herbaceous vegetation on tree seedling emergence, growth and survival: does gap size matter?
Vandenberghe C., Frel�choux F, Gadallah, F. & Buttler A.
Published in 2006, Journal of Vegetation Science, 17: 481-488. in
4. Foraging behaviour of donkeys grazing in a coastal dune area in temperate climate conditions.
Lamoot I., Callebaut J., Demeulenaere E., Vandenberghe C. & Hoffmann M.
Published in 2005, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 92(1-2): 93-112. in
3. Grazing behaviour of free-ranging Donkeys and Shetland ponies in different reproductive states.
Lamoot I., Vandenberghe C., Bauwens D. & Hoffmann M.
Published in 2005, Journal of Ethology, 23: 19-27. in
2. Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures.
Bakker E.S., Olff H., Vandenberghe C., De Maeyer K., Smit R., Gleichman J.M. and Vera F. W. M.
Published in 2004, Journal of Applied Ecology, 41: 571-582. in
1. Eliminative behaviour of free-ranging horses: do they show latrine behaviour or do they defecate where they graze?
Lamoot I., Callebaut J., Degezelle T., Demeulenaere E., Joy Laqui�re J., Vandenberghe C. & Hoffmann M.
Published in 2004, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 86(1-2): 105-121. in