Joseph Gaudard

MSc Environmental Science

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen

Currently

2020 Bergen, Norway PhD in Alpine Ecology, Carbon fluxes response to environmental warming in alpine grasslands (University of Bergen (UiB), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR))

Natural sciences

2024 Longyearbyen, Svalbard Responsible for ecosystem gas fluxes measurements in the TERRA project (https://terra.w.uib.no/) (University of Bergen (UiB) / The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS))

2018 Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland Fieldwork (3 months), master thesis and field assistant for a PhD student (Arctic Station)

2017 Ural, Russia Internship (3 months), participation in scientific and management activities of the preserve (Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik)

Education

2023 Nuuk, Greenland Environmental monitoring in the arctic, with a particular focus on greenhouse gas flux studies: Part 2 (BEFLUX) (3 ECTS) (Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Greenland Institute for Natural Resources)

2022 Gothenburg, Sweden Arctic in a Changing Climate (5 ECTS) (University of Gothenburg (GU))

2021 Fairbanks, USA (online) Snow and Snow Cover (6 ECTS) (University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF))

2021 Oslo, Norway (online) Ecological Climatology (10 ECTS) (University of Oslo (UiO))

2019 Longyearbeen, Norway Arctic Winter Ecology (10 ECTS) (The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS))

2017-2019 Vienna, Austria European Double Master in Environmental Science (enveuro.eu) (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU))

2016-2017 Copenhagen, Denmark European Double Master in Environmental Science (enveuro.eu) (University of Copenhagen (UCPH))

2010-2013 Lausanne, Switzerland Bachelor of Science in Geosciences and Environment (Université de Lausanne (UNIL))

2012-2013 Chicoutimi, Canada Student exchange program (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC))

Teaching

2023, 2024 Bergen, Norway Current Topics in Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology (10 ECTS) (University of Bergen (UiB))

  • leading module on global change experiments

2022 Aurland, Norway Plant Functional Traits Course 6 (5 ECTS) (University of Bergen (UiB), University of Arizona)

  • Leader of the ecosystem functioning group

2022 Bergen, Norway Current Topics in Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology (10 ECTS) (University of Bergen (UiB))

  • Course responsible

2022 Bergen, Norway Soil lab activity (VilVite (Science museum for children))

  • Popular science collaboration

Supervision

1.
Belde, V. (2024). Title TBD [Master’s thesis]. University of Bergen (UiB) / The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS).
2.
Little, E. (2022). Effect of climate warming on alpine soil decomposition in western norway using the tea bag index and soil respiration along an altitudinal gradient [Master’s thesis]. University of Bergen (UiB) / Delft Technical University (TU Delft).

Military experiences

1LT officer (NATO OF1), Swiss Armed Forces

2015-2016 Kosovo Liaison and Monitoring Team (LMT) Leader (Swisscoy contingent 33)

2013-2015 Bremgarten AG, Switzerland Rescue platoon leader (Military Disaster Relief Rapid Response Command)

Outdoor and sports

2009-2019 Gryon, Switzerland Snowboard, ski and telemark instructor (kids and adults) (Swiss Ski and Snowboard School)

2011-2014 Cugy VD, Switzerland Scout (non religious and non political) deputy group leader, Supervisor of activities for 7 to 11 y o and equipment manager (Groupe scout La Croisee)

2013 Chicoutimi, Canada Wilderness first responder (80h of training) (Sirius Wilderness Medicine)

2012 Chicoutimi, Canada Founder member and vice-president (UQAC outdoors activities club)

Languages

Native French speaker

English Professional working proficiency (Certificate in Advanced English, CEFR Level C1)

German Limited working proficiency (Military activities mainly conducted in German)

Russian Basics (6 weeks language internship (2016), Irkutsk State Linguistic Universtiy)

Norwegian Elementary proficiency (Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 1 (2021))

Conferences & Talks

2024 Bergen, Norway Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group (EECRG) (seminar)

  • Fluxible: an R package to do the boring part of my work
  • Fieldwork leadership, inclusivity and safety – the blind spot of “easy” fieldwork

2024 The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) Guides Eve (Svalbard Guide Association) (Guest talk)

  • Building time traveling field experiments

2024 Vienna, Austria European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (poster)

  • Fluxible: An R package to calculate ecosystem gas fluxes in a reproducible and automated workflow

2023 Vikersund, Norway Research school on changing climates in the coupled earth system (CHESS) annual meeting (oral presentation)

  • Mitigation effects of grazing on climate change impacts in alpine grasslands

2023 Bergen, Norway Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group (EECRG) (seminar)

  • A story of curves: calculating ecosystem gas fluxes
  • BIOustide: guidelines for fieldwork that is safe, comfortable and inclusive

2023 Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France Unité Mixte de Recherche METIS (Milieux environnementaux, transferts et interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les sols) (Guest seminar)

  • Carbon fluxes in alpine grasslands

2022 Innsbruck, Austria International Mountain Conference (oral presentation)

  • Could grazing mitigate effects of climate change on CO2 fluxes in alpine grasslands?

2022 Aarhus, Denmark 5th Conference of Nordic Society OIKOS (poster)

  • Effect of warming on carbon fluxes in alpine grasslands

2022 Tromsø - Bergen (on board Hurtigruten), Norway Research school on changing climates in the coupled earth system (CHESS) annual meeting (poster)

  • Carbon fluxes response to warming in alpine grasslands

2022 Bergen, Norway Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group (EECRG) (seminar)

  • CO2 fluxes in alpine grasslands in the context of climate change

2019 Paris, France Arctic Week (poster)

  • Carbon ecosystem-atmosphere exchange in arctic tundra in response to environmental changes

2019 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference (poster)

  • Carbon ecosystem-atmosphere exchange in arctic tundra in response to environmental changes

2018 Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference (oral presentation)

  • Impacts of climate change on the carbon cycle in the arctic tundra during the growing season

2018 Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference (organizer)

  • EuvEuro workshop

2017 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference (organizer)

  • EuvEuro workshop

Fundings (148’702 NOK)

2024 Bergens Myrdyrkningsfond (17’202 NOK)

  • Fluxible: an R package to calculate ecosystem gas fluxes using a reproducible and automated workflow

2023 Environmental monitoring in the arctic, with a particular focus on greenhouse gas flux studies: Part 2 (BEFLUX) (8’000 DKK)

  • Course travel grant

2022 Bergens Myrdyrkningsfond (80’000 NOK)

  • Warmer climate, novel plant species and CO_2_ fluxes in alpine grasslands

2022 Olaf Grolle Olsen og Miranda Bødtkers legat (7’500 NOK)

  • Winter ecosystem respiration in alpine ecosystems

2021 Klima og Energiomstilling (9’000 NOK)

  • Travelling grant for sustainable travel (I cycled Bergen - Aarhus and back) to the OIKOS (Nordic ecological society) conference

2021 Olaf Grolle Olsen og Miranda Bødtkers legat (15’000 NOK)

  • Carbon fluxes in alpine grasslands in a warming climate

2020 University of Bergen (UiB) (20’000 NOK)

  • PhD student education fund

Peer-reviewed publications

1.
Maes, S. L., Dietrich, J., Midolo, G., Schwieger, S., Kummu, M., Vandvik, V., Aerts, R., Althuizen, I. H. J., Biasi, C., Björk, R. G., Böhner, H., Carbognani, M., Chiari, G., Christiansen, C. T., Clemmensen, K. E., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Elberling, B., Faubert, P., … Dorrepaal, E. (2024). Environmental drivers of increased ecosystem respiration in a warming tundra. Nature, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07274-7
2.
Halbritter, A. H., Vandvik, V., Cotner, S. H., Farfan-Rios, W., Maitner, B. S., Michaletz, S. T., Oliveras Menor, I., Telford, R. J., Ccahuana, A., Cruz, R., et al. (2024). Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in puna grasslands, perú. Scientific Data, 11(1), 225.
3.
Gaudard, J., Telford, R., Vandvik, V., & Halbritter, A. H. (2024). Fluxible: An R package to calculate ecosystem gas fluxes in a reproducible and automated workflow.
4.
Belien, E., Rossi, S., Morin, H., Deslauriers, A., & Gaudard, J. (2014). Testing foliar absorption in black spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP] saplings. American Journal of Experimental Biology, 1, 52–60.

Other publications

1.
Gaudard, J., & Telford, R. J. (2024). Fluxible: Calculate ecosystem gas fluxes from raw data. https://cran.r-project.org/package=fluxible
2.
Gaudard, J., & Soulé, J. (2022). BIOutside: Field safety for biologists in the wild. https://bioutside.w.uib.no
3.
Gaudard, J. (2021). Décrypter: Cycle du carbone dans les écosystèmes froids (Vol. 63). Carnets d’Aventures.
4.
Cotner, S., Enquist, B. J., Chacon, J., Maitner, B., Farfan-Rios, W., Michaletz, S., Garen, J., Gauthier, T.-L. J., Vandvik, V., Gya, R., Halbritter, A., Gaudard, J., Hošková, K., Pierfederici, M. E., Quinteros-Casaverde, N. L., Diaz, E. S., Jessup, L., Strydom, T., & Oppen, J. V. (2020). International scientists need better support during global emergencies. Times Higher Education.
5.
Gaudard, J. (2019). Carbon ecosystem-atmosphere exchange in arctic tundra in response to environmental changes. Effects of increased water and phosphorus availability on carbon dioxide and methane fluxes [Master’s thesis]. University of Copenhagen (UCPH) / University of Life Sciences in Vienna (BOKU).

References

Dr Aud H Halbritter Departement of Biological Sciences (UiB), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research ()

  • PhD main supervisor

Prof Vigdis Vandvik Departement of Biological Sciences (UiB), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research ()

  • PhD co-supervisor, lab leader

Dr Joachim P Töpper Norwegian Institute for Nature Research ()

  • PhD co-supervisor

Lt Col (NATO OF4) Sébastien Neuhaus Commander Disaster Relief Readiness Battalion ()

  • Main instructor of my officer training and colleague on peace support operation