Joseph Gaudard
MSc Environmental Science
Field ecologist who likes to code.
My work is focused on ecosystem gas fluxes in alpine and arctic ecosystems, and the effect of global changes on those. I developped the Fluxible R package to process ecosystem gas flux data in a reproducible and efficient way. Combining my experience as a military leader, field scientist, scout leader and outdoor sports regular, I started the BIOutside platform to provide guidelines for safe and inclusive fieldwork. When not at work, you might find me going up and down mountains.
Currently
PhD Candidate
Effects of global change drivers on alpine grasslands carbon dynamics
University of Bergen (UiB) and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), Bergen, Norway May 2020 — Present
Natural Sciences
Researcher
Setting up the ecosystem gas fluxes work package in the TERRA project
University of Bergen (UiB) / The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Svalbard June 2024
Master student and field assistant
Measuring CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a tundra fertilisation experiment
Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland June 2018 — September 2018
Intern
Participation in scientific and management activities of the preserve
Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik (Ecological preserve), Severoouralsk, Russia July 2017 —- September 2017
Education
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, Nuuk, Greenland 2023
Arctic in a Changing Climate (5 ECTS)
University of Gothenburg (GU), Gothenburg, Sweden 2022
Snow and Snow Cover (6 ECTS)
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, USA (online) 2021
Ecological Climatology (10 ECTS)
University of Oslo (UiO), Oslo, Norway (online) 2021
Arctic Winter Ecology (10 ECTS)
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbeen, Norway 2019
European Double Master in Environmental Science (enveuro.eu)
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria 2017 — 2019
European Double Master in Environmental Science (enveuro.eu)
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Copenhagen, Denmark 2016 — 2017
Bachelor of Science in Geosciences and Environment
Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland 2010 — 2013
Student exchange program
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Chicoutimi, Canada 2012 — 2013
Teaching
PhD level
Plant Functional Traits Course 6 (5 ECTS)
Leading ecosystem functioning group
University of Bergen, University of Arizona 2022
Master level
Current Topics in Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology (10 ECTS)
Leading module on global change experiments 2023, 2024
Course responsible 2022
University of Bergen
Supervision
Other
Which landscape does this soil sample come from?
Popular science collaboration
VilVite (Science museum for children), Bergen 2022
Military engagements
1LT officer (NATO OF1), Swiss Armed Forces
Peace support operation
Liaison and Monitoring Team (LMT) Leader
Swisscoy contingent 33, Kosovo 2015 — 2016
Officer training
Rescue platoon leader
Military Disaster Relief Rapid Response Command, Switzerland 2013 — 2015
Languages
French
Native speaker
English
Professional working proficiency
Certificate in Advanced English, CEFR Level C1 (2016)
German
Limited working proficiency
Military activities mainly conducted in German
Russian
Elementary proficiency
6 weeks language internship, Irkutsk State Linguistic Universtiy (2016)
Norwegian (Bokmål)
Elementary proficiency
Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 1 (2021)
Peer-reviewed publications
Conferences & Talks
Fluxible: an R package to do the boring part of my work
Seminar
Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group, University of Bergen 2024
Building time traveling field experiments
Guest talk
Guides Eve (Svalbard Guide Association) 2024
Fieldwork leadership, inclusivity and safety – the blind spot of “easy” fieldwork
Seminar
Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group, University of Bergen 2024
Fluxible: An R package to calculate ecosystem gas fluxes in a reproducible and automated workflow
Poster
European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria 2024
Mitigation effects of grazing on climate change impacts in alpine grasslands
Oral presentation
Research school on changing climates in the coupled earth system (CHESS) annual meeting, Vikersund, Norway 2023
A story of curves: calculating ecosystem gas fluxes
Seminar
Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group, University of Bergen 2023
Carbon fluxes in alpine grasslands
Guest seminar
Unité Mixte de Recherche METIS (Milieux environnementaux, transferts et interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les sols), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France 2023
BIOustide: guidelines for fieldwork that is safe, comfortable and inclusive
Seminar
Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group, University of Bergen 2023
Could grazing mitigate effects of climate change on CO2 fluxes in alpine grasslands?
Oral presentation
International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck, Austria 2022
Effect of warming on carbon fluxes in alpine grasslands
Poster
5th Conference of Nordic Society OIKOS, Aarhus, Denmark 2022
Carbon fluxes response to warming in alpine grasslands
Poster
Research school on changing climates in the coupled earth system (CHESS) annual meeting, Tromsø - Bergen (on board Hurtigruten), Norway 2022
CO2 fluxes in alpine grasslands in the context of climate change
Seminar
Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group, University of Bergen 2022
Carbon ecosystem-atmosphere exchange in arctic tundra in response to environmental changes
Poster pitch
Arctic Week, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Paris, France 2019
Carbon ecosystem-atmosphere exchange in arctic tundra in response to environmental changes
Poster pitch
Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden 2019
Impacts of climate change on the carbon cycle in the arctic tundra during the growing season
Oral presentation
Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference, Wageningen University \& Research, Wageningen, Netherlands 2018
EuvEuro workshop
Organizer
Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference, Wageningen University \& Research, Wageningen, Netherlands 2018
EuvEuro workshop
Organizer
Euroleague for Life Sciences Scientific Student Conference, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2017
Other publications
Funding (170’000 NOK)
Fluxible: an R package to calculate ecosystem gas fluxes from closed loop chamber systems in a reproducible and automated workflow
800 USD
Li-COR Connect 2025 Travel Grant Award 2025
Fluxible: an R package to calculate ecosystem gas fluxes using a reproducible and automated workflow
17’202 NOK
Bergens Myrdyrkningsfond 2024
Environmental monitoring in the arctic, with a particular focus on greenhouse gas flux studies: Part 2 (BEFLUX)
8’000 DKK
Course travel grant 2023
Warmer climate, novel plant species and CO2 fluxes in alpine grasslands
80’000 NOK
Bergens Myrdyrkningsfond 2022
Winter ecosystem respiration in alpine ecosystems
7’500 NOK
Olaf Grolle Olsen og Miranda Bødtkers legat 2022
Travelling grant for sustainable travel (I cycled Bergen - Aarhus and back) to the OIKOS (Nordic ecological society) conference
9’000 NOK
Klima og Energiomstilling 2021
Carbon fluxes in alpine grasslands in a warming climate
15’000 NOK
Olaf Grolle Olsen og Miranda Bødtkers legat 2021
PhD student education fund
20’000 NOK
University of Bergen (UiB) 2020
References
Dr Aud H Halbritter
aud.halbritter@uib.no
PhD main supervisor
Departement of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Prof Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis.Vandvik@uib.no
PhD co-supervisor, lab leader
Departement of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Dr Joachim P Töpper
joachim.topper@nina.no
PhD co-supervisor
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Prof Lise Øvreås
lise.ovreas@uib.no
TERRA project
Departement of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen