Curriculum vitae
Dr Pascal Vittoz
Institut des dynamiques de la surface terrestre
Université de Lausanne
Bâtiment Géopolis
CH – 1015 Lausanne
Tel : + 41 (0)21 692 43 67
E-mail : pascal.vittoz@unil.ch
ORCID ID : orcid.org/0000-0003-4218-4517
Personal page and publications
Coordinator of the PERMANENT.PLOT.CH project
Married, one child
2015-
Senior lecturer (Maître d’enseignement et de recherche), in Faculty of geosciences and environment, University of Lausanne
2009-2014
Senior lecturer (Maître d’enseignement et de recherche), in Faculty of biology and medicine, University of Lausanne
2000-2009
Different, successive employments (junior lecturer, lecturer) in Faculty of geosciences and environment and Faculty of biology and medicine, University of Lausanne
1999-2000
Post-doctorate in dendrochronology and forest dynamics, Lincoln University (New Zealand)
1992-1998
PhD in botany and vegetation ecology, University of Lausanne; teaching assistant in botany and vegetation ecology
1991-1992
Studies on models in ecology in University of Osnabrück (Germany)
1987-1991
Studies in biology (University of Lausanne), with specialisation in botany and plant physiology
Teaching
Ecologie végétale : lectures in Bachelor Géosciences et environnement (3rd semester) ; introduction to vegetation ecology and the main plant communities in Switzerland.
Floristique théorique : lectures and practicals in Bachelor Biologie (6th semester) ; introduction to plant taxonomy.
Analyse des habitats : lectures in Bachelor Biologie (6th semester) ; methods for studying plant communities and vegetation, main problems in biodiversity conservation.
Relations sols-végétation : excursions in Master in Biogeosciences (8th semester) ; description of vegetation and soils, relationships between these two components of the ecosystems (in collaboration with Claire Le Bayon).
Analyse du paysage naturel – cartographie : excursion in Master in Biogeosciences (8th semester) ; maps of vegetation, soil et geology of the same area (in collaboration with Eric Verrecchia and Stéphanie Grand).
Biologie : lectures in Bachelor Géosciences et environnement (3rd semester) ; introduction to biology for students in geosciences.
Travaux pratiques intégrés : excursions in Bachelor Biologie (6th semester) ; introduction to botany, entomology and vertebrate studies in the field (in collaboration with Tanja Schwander and Philippe Christe).
Phytosociologie et synsystématique : lectures in Master in Biogeosciences (8th semester) ; historical development and modern use of central European phytosociology, other important methods for the description of plant communities.
Sols et végétation des Alpes : excursion in Master in Biogeosciences (8th semester); description of vegetation and soils in the Alps (in collaboration with Stéphanie Grand).
Main research interests
- Methodology for vegetation samplings
- Impact of climate change on vegetation (projects PERMANENT.PLOT.CH and GLORIA )
- Forest dynamics
- Classification and changes of plant communities
- Ecology and conservation of Saxifraga hirculus in the Jura Mountains
- Pasture management in Jura Mountains
- Protection and management plans of wetlands, ecological management plans
- Scientific popularization by teaching or booklets
Memberships
- Forum biodiversité suisse
- Scientific committee of Info Flora
- Scientific committee of the Parc naturel périurbain du Jorat
- International Association for Vegetation Science
- Swiss Botanical Society , member of the committee for VEGETATIO HELVETICA
- Bryolich (Swiss association for bryology and lichenology)
- Cercle vaudois de botanique , member of the scientific committee