Detailed CV (PDF file)

Research interests

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, resilience of agricultural systems, ecological restoration of abandoned agricultural land, spatial patterns and processes in plant communities.

Academic training

2007-...         PhD (Ecology), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

2004-2006    M.Sc. (Ecology), Université de Montréal, Canada

1998-2002     B.Sc. (Botany), McGill University, Canada

Participation in workshops

Human-influenced countrysides and plant traits, ARC-NZ Vegetation Function Network. (Organizer: Margaret Mayfield, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)

Scholarships and awards

2010           Graham Whyte Forestry Prize, University of Canterbury

2008-2011   New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarship

2007-2010   University of Canterbury International PhD Scholarship

2007-2010   FQRNT PhD Research Scholarship

2007-2010   NSERC PhD Postgraduate Scholarship (declined)

2006           M.Sc. Thesis Bursary, Université de Montréal

2006           Jacques Rousseau Bursary, IRBV

2001           Jardine Bursary, McGill University

Media coverage 

Education New Zealand. International PhD scholarships benefit NZ. Media release, 21 october 2008.

Robert-Sauvé, M. 2004. Deux botanistes rêvent de reboiser les îles-de-Boucherville. FORUM Université de Montréal (39):6.