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Julien ENGEL
Forest Engineer, Amazonian Botanist
Skills
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Botanical expert, specialized in the Amazonian flora
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Experimental devices and permanent plots setting
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Data collection
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Botanical identification, Herbariums management
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Database management and incrementation
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Scientific coordination, logistic support
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Tools development to support scientific collaborations, knowledge mutualization, and botanical education (electronic identification key, online collaborative platform for morphospecies standardization)
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Cartography GIS
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Communication & Teaching
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Languages: French, English, Portuguese
Education
2000 - DEA (Postgraduate degree (1 year) following my master) in 'Spatial and environmental systems : Environmental resources management. Applications in tropical and mediterranean areas' (University of Strasbourg, France)
1999 - Master’s Degree in 'Populations and Ecosystems Biology' (University of Lille, France)
1998 - Licence in Biochemistry (University of Strasbourg, France)
1994 - Bachelor's degree in Science (Strasbourg Academy, France)
Work Experience
2012 - 2016 : Forest Engineer, botanical supervisor responsible of the Guyafor network.
CNRS, UMR AMAP (Montpellier, France) & UMR EcoFoG (Kourou, French Guiana). Funded by the CEBA labex
2011 : Forest Engineer, botanical supervisor responsible of the Guyafor network.
INRA, UMR EcoFoG (Kourou, French Guiana)
2009 - 2011 : Forest Engineer, botanical supervisor responsible of the Guyafor network.
CIRAD (through Fiderim agency), UMR EcoFoG (Kourou, French Guiana)
2007 - 2008 : Forest Engineer, botanical supervisor responsible of the BRIDGE project and responsible of the logistic support of associated field missions.
Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse, France), UMR EcoFoG (Kourou, French Guiana)
2005 - 2007 : GIS Technician.
IRD (Cayenne, French Guiana)
2001 - 2003 : Responsible of study and sector leader.
Eco-emballages (Strasbourg, France)
Publications
Communication & Teaching
2016 : Participation to the ATBC Congress (Montpellier, France).
Poster 'GuiaTreeKey: a multi-access eletronic key to identify tree genera in French Guiana'
2015 : Botanical course at the workshop REDD+ 'Improving knowledge sharing on tree species identification in the Guiana shield' organized by the ONF (Tonka island, Suriname)
2014 : Botanical course for the TREBEDIV project 'Collaborative training for the study of beta-diversity in tropical forests' (Manaus, Brazil)
2013 : Botanical course during the Master's 'Tropical Forest' Course (FTH) organized by AgroParisTech and the UMR EcoFoG (Kourou, French Guiana)
2013 : Botanical courses at the Agricultural Secondary School of Matiti (Matiti, French Guiana)
2008 : Participation to the ATBC Congress (Paramaribo, Suriname).
Poster 'Patterns of tree floristic composition in French Guiana'
Other Scientific productions
GuiaTreeKey : a multi access electronic key to identify tree genera in French Guiana
please visit the project page 'GuiaTreeKey'
ATDN tree morphospecies website : an online collaborative platform to standardize tree morphospecies in Amazonia
please visit the project page 'Morphospecies'
Field missions
Since 2007, I have participated to numerous field & herbarium missions.
During field missions, I am in charge of:
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protocols/sampling strategy conception
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experimental devices and permanent plots setting
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trees labelling and cartography
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forest inventories, including botanical identification, tree growth and ecophysiological traits measurements (height, diameter, LMA etc.)
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herbarium collections (averruncator, shotgun) and management
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database incrementation and management
The table below lists an overview of the different field missions.
I have also worked with different Herbariums including the Herbarium of Cayenne (2007-2016, Cayenne, French Guiana) and the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Herbarium in 2012 (Saint-Louis, USA).
Study plot (location)
Inventory area
Approx. nr of days
Associated scientific project(s)
Acarouany (Guiana shield)
6ha
10 days
Bridge, Guyafor
Arbocel
(Guiana shield)
6.25ha
10 days
Guyafor
Bafog
(Guiana shield)
1ha
5 days
Bridge, Guyafor
Camopi
(Guiana shield)
1ha
10 days
Couac, Teko-Botany
Guyaflux
(Guiana shield)
1ha
5 days
Bridge
Kaw
(Guiana shield)
2ha
10 days
Guyafor, Guyaspase
Laussat
(Guiana shield)
6ha
25 days
Guyafor, Ontofun
Lavilette
(Guiana shield)
6ha
10 days
Bridge, Guyafor
Montagne tortue
(Guiana shield)
1ha
5 days
Bridge, Guyafor
Régina
(Guiana shield)
1ha
5 days
Couac
Tibourou
(Guiana shield)
6ha
10 days
Guyafor
Trésor
(Guiana shield)
1ha
5 days
Bridge, Guyafor
Trinité
(Guiana shield)
4ha
15 days
Guyafor, Diadema
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