Charlotte Vandenberghe

Project Administrator
charlotte.vandenberghe@epfl.ch +41 21 693 76 15 https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/homepage-enac/sustainability-challenges/
Working days
70% each dayFields of expertise
international research funding advise
organization of outreach events
scientific writing and communication
biodiversity and sustainability
plant and animal ecology
experimental design and statistics
inter-and transdisciplinarity
Mission
ENAC is EPFL’s school for the sustainable development of the natural and built environments. My work aims at promoting and supporting ENAC initiatives and innovative, inter-and transdisciplinary projects in three strategic focus areas: climate change, digitalization and urbanization. With combined expertise in architecture, civil engineering and environmental engineering, ENAC has a unique capability and responsibility to put forward a vision for the future, and to develop innovative, inclusive solutions to make it happen. At a time of immense societal and environmental upheaval, the mission is to address some of the biggest challenges facing the world today: the threat of ecosystem collapse; infrastructure upkeep and renewal; rapid urbanization; and energy-intensive lifestyles.Professional course
Program manager international research funding
Research Office
EPFL
March 2014 - February 2021
Program coordinator
Laboratoire Leenaards-Jeantet d'imagerie fonctionnelle et m�tabolique, EPFL
Swiss National Competence Center for Biomedical Imaging (NCCBI)
September 2010 - March 2014
Researcher and lecturer
Ecological Systems Laboratory
EPFL and Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
May 2008 - June 2011
Postdoctoral fellow (SNF)
The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland
2007
PhD research assistant
Ecological Systems Laboratory
EPFL and Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
February 2003 - October 2006
Education
PhD research in Ecology
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne EPFL
2003-2006
Post graduate project in Ecology
Wageningen University
2002
B.Sc. and M.Sc. Biology-Zoology
Ghent University
1997-2001
Publications
Selected publications
Smith, S., Vandenberghe, C., Hastings, A., Johnson, D., Pakeman, R., van der Wal, R., Woodin, S. 2013, Ecosystems, DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9731-7. |
16. Optimising carbon storage within a spatially heterogeneous upland grassland through sheep grazing management. |
Mariotte P., Vandenberghe C., Kardol P., Hagedorn F., Buttler A. 2013, Journal of Ecology, 101: 763-773. |
15. Subordinate plant species enhance community resistance against drought in semi-natural grasslands |
Mariotte P., Vandenberghe C., Meugnier C., Rossi P., Bardgett R., Buttler A. 2013, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 15: 77-85. |
14. Subordinate plant species impact on soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: findings from a removal experiment |
Mariotte P., Buttler, A., Johnson D., Th�bault A. and Vandenberghe C. 2012, Journal of Vegetation Science 23(6): 1148-1158 |
13. Exclusion of root competition increases competitive abilities of subordinate plant species through root-shoot interactions. |
Kohler F., Vandenberghe C., Imstepf R. & Gillet F. 2011, Restoration Ecology, 19: 62-69. |
12. Restoration of threatened arable weed communities in abandoned mountainous crop fields |
Gillet F., Kohler F., Vandenberghe C. & Buttler A. 2010, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 135: 34-41. |
11. Effect of dung deposition on small-scale patch structure and seasonal vegetation dynamics in mountain pastures |
Vandenberghe C., Prior G., Littlewood N., Brooker R. & Pakeman R. 2009, Basic and Applied Ecology, 10: 662-670. |
10. Influence of livestock grazing on meadow pipit foraging behaviour in upland grassland. |
Vandenberghe C., Smit C., Pohl M., Buttler A. & Frel�choux F. 2009, Basic and Applied Ecology, 10: 427-436. |
9. Does the strength of facilitation by nurse shrubs depend on grazing resistance of tree saplings? |
Vandenberghe, C., Frel�choux, F. & Buttler, A. 2008, Oikos, 117: 415-423 |
8. The influence of competition from herbaceous vegetation and shade on simulated browsing tolerance of coniferous and deciduous saplings. |
Smit C., Vandenberghe C., den Ouden J. and M�ller-Sh�rer H. 2007, Oecologia, 152: 265-273. |
7. Nurse plants, tree saplings and grazing pressure: decreasing facilitation along a biotic environmental gradient. |
Vandenberghe C., Frel�choux F., Moravie M-A., Gadallah F. & Buttler A. 2007, Plant Ecology 188: 253-264. |
6. Short-term effects of cattle grazing on tree sapling growth in mountain wooded pastures. |
Vandenberghe C., Frel�choux F, Gadallah, F. & Buttler A. 2006, Journal of Vegetation Science, 17: 481-488. |
5. Competitive effects of herbaceous vegetation on tree seedling emergence, growth and survival: does gap size matter? |
Lamoot I., Callebaut J., Demeulenaere E., Vandenberghe C. & Hoffmann M. 2005, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 92(1-2): 93-112. |
4. Foraging behaviour of donkeys grazing in a coastal dune area in temperate climate conditions. |
Lamoot I., Vandenberghe C., Bauwens D. & Hoffmann M. 2005, Journal of Ethology, 23: 19-27. |
3. Grazing behaviour of free-ranging Donkeys and Shetland ponies in different reproductive states. |
Bakker E.S., Olff H., Vandenberghe C., De Maeyer K., Smit R., Gleichman J.M. and Vera F. W. M. 2004, Journal of Applied Ecology, 41: 571-582. |
2. Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures. |
Lamoot I., Callebaut J., Degezelle T., Demeulenaere E., Joy Laqui�re J., Vandenberghe C. & Hoffmann M. 2004, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 86(1-2): 105-121. |
1. Eliminative behaviour of free-ranging horses: do they show latrine behaviour or do they defecate where they graze? |