Alexandre Budria: CV

Alexandre S. J. Budria

alexandre.s.j.budria@gmail.com

ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0655-1797

Research interests

- Global Change Biology - Marine and Freshwater Ecology - Environmental Policing

Academic education and professional experience

2024 onwards Group leader - Direction départementale des territoires de la Haute-Marne, Chaumont, France.

“Policing of aquatic environments and policies of natural risks"

2022-2024     Project manager - Office Français de la Biodiversité, Orléans/Dry, France.

                        “National management of environmental police"

2019-2021     Project manager - Direction départementale des territoires d'Eure-et-Loir, Chartres, France.

                        “Wastewater management policies"

2018     Post-doctoral researcher (Independent Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow) - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands.

                        “Underwater noise pollution and disease in marine invertebrates" link

2017       Project manager - Agence Française pour la Biodiversité, Brest, France.

                        “Implementation of MSFD monitoring programmes in France: pelagic habitats and eutrophication"

2016     Post-doctoral researcher - Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Wimereux, France.

                        “Development of 'Good Ecological Status' indicators under MSFD for pelagic habitats in the North East Atlantic" link

2015     Research assistant - Ecological Genetics Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Finland.

                   “Trapping methods in stickleback fisheries” link

2015     Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Sciences - Helsinki Stickleback Group, University of Helsinki, Finland.

  “Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and parasites of the threespine stickleback”   link

2009       M.Sc. "Genes, Selection, Adaptation" - University of Burgundy & University Claude Bernard - Lyon I, France.

2006       B.Sc. "Biology of organisms" - University of Burgundy, France & University of Leeds, UK.

Direction of students and teaching experience

2020 Mélliéha Crosnier. Discovery of french environmental policies. 1 week internship (secondary school student).

2017-2018 Modelling biological systems: from molecules to ecosystems, M.Sc. students. University of Mainz, Germany. Total: 12 hours, in English.
Lead for practicals on game theory.

2011-2016 Principles in Evolutionary Biology, B.Sc. students. University of Helsinki. Total: 26 hours, in English.
Lead for practicals on sexual selection.

2011 B.Sc. Sophie Renard. Eutrophication and parasite diversity in the Baltic. 2 months project. Co-direction: Dr. U. Candolin, University of Helsinki.

2006-2007 Tutoring of first year students. University of Burgundy. Total: 16 hours, in French.

Publication list

(9) Berkhout B.W., Budria, A., Thieltges, D.W.T., Slabbekoorn, F.D.P. (2023) Anthropogenic noise pollution and wildlife diseases. Trends in Parasitology. 39(3):181-190 link

(8) Ostle, C., Paxman, K., Graves, C.A., Arnold, M., Artigas, F., Atkinson, A., Aubert, A., Baptie, M., Bear, B., Bedford, J., Best, M., Bresnan, E., Brittain, R., Broughton, D., Budria, A. et al. (2021) The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: A digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data. Earth System Science Data. link

(7) Bedford, J., Ostle, C., Johns, D., Budria, A., McQuatters-Gollop (2020) The influence of temporal scale selection on pelagic habitat biodiversity indicators. Ecological Indicators. 114:106311 link

(6) Budria, A. (2017) Beyond troubled waters: the influence of eutrophication on host-parasite interactions. Functional Ecology. 35(7):1348-1358. link

(5) Candolin, U., Johanson, A. & Budria, A. (2016) The influence of stickleback on the accumulation of primary production: a comparison of field and experimental data. Estuaries and Coasts. 39(1):248-257. link

(4) Budria, A., DeFaveri, J. & Merilä, J. (2015) Comparison of catch per unit effort among four minnow trap models in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) fishery. Scientific Reports. 5:art.18548. link

(3) Budria, A. & Candolin, U. (2015) Human-induced eutrophication maintains high parasite prevalence in breeding threespine stickleback populations. Parasitology. 142(5):719-727. link

(2) Budria, A. & Candolin, U. (2015) Do algae blooms dilute the risk of trematode infections in threespine sticklebacks? Current Zoology. 61(6): 991-995. link

(1) Budria, A. & Candolin, U. (2014) How does human-induced environmental change influence host-parasite interactions? Parasitology. 141(4):462-474. link

-- European deliverables --

Budria, A., Aubert, A., Ostle, C., Rombouts, I., Artigas, L. F., Goberville, E., Johns, D., Corcoran, E., Padegimas, B. & McQuatters-Gollop, A. 2017. WP1 Pelagic Habitats – Deliverable 1.4 Report “Cross-linking plankton indicators to better define GES of pelagic habitats.” OSPAR Commission. link

Aubert, A., Rombouts, I., Artigas, L. F., Budria, A., Ostle, C., Padegimas, B. & McQuatters-Gollop, A. 2017. WP1 Pelagic Habitats – Deliverable 1.2 Report “Combining methods and data for a more holistic assessment of the plankton community.” OSPAR Commission. link

Ostle, C., Artigas, L. F., Atkinson, A., Aubert, A., Budria, A., Graham, G., Helaouët, P., Johansen, M., Johns, D., Padegimas, B., Rombouts, I., Widdicombe, C. & McQuatters-Gollop, A. 2017. WP1 Pelagic Habitats – Deliverable 1.3 “Spatial representativity of plankton indicators.” OSPAR Commission. link

Ostle, C., Aubert, A., Artigas, L.F., Rombouts, I., Budria, A., Graham, G., Johansen, M., Johns, D., Padegimas, B. & McQuatters-Gallop, A. 2016. WP1 Pelagic Habitats – Programming outputs for constructing plankton lifeform indicator from disparate data types. OSPAR Commission. link

Elliott, S.A.M., Arroyo, N.L., Safi, G., Ostle, C., Guérin, L., McQuatters-Gallop, A., Aubert, A., Artigas, L.F., Budria, A., Rombouts, I., Pesch, R., Schmitt, P., Vina-Herbon, C., Meakins, B., Gonzàlez-Irusta, J., Preciado, I., Lopez-Lopez, L., Punzon, A., Torriente, A., Serrano, A., Haraldsson, M., Capuzzo, E., Claquin, P., Krompkamp, J., Niquil, N., Judd, A., Padegimas, B. & Corcoran, E. 2017. WP4 Ecosystem Perspective – Deliverable 4.1 Report “Proposed approaches for the integration of pelagic, benthic and food web indicators.” OSPAR Commission. link

Referee activities

Since 2021 - Evaluator/Expert to the Horizon Europe - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships programme (Horizon-MSCA-PF).

Peer-reviewing: Acta Ethologica ; BMC Ecology ; Behavioral Ecology ; Boreal Environment Research ; Canadian Journal of Zoology ; Ecology of Freshwater Fish ; Evolution ; Freshwater Biology ; Functional Ecology ; Global Change Biology ; International Journal for Parasitology ; Journal of Fish Biology ; Parasitology ; Peerage of Science ; Peer J ; PLOS One ; Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Grants and awards

2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (165,598.80€)
Nomination for Haldane Prize for early career researchers

2015 Oikos Finland (115€)

University of Helsinki dissertation grant (1,000€)

2014 Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Helsinki's dissertation completion grant (3,600€)

2013 Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation (11,250€)

Chancellor of the University of Helsinki's travel grant (1,193€)

2012 Chancellor of the University of Helsinki's travel grant (1,430€)

Price for second best talk at the 22nd Spring Symposium (80€)

2011 LUOVA doctoral school (520€)

2008 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (£220)

Invited lectures

2017 Budria, A. Parasites getting into trouble in murky waters. Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III (France).

Budria, A. From plankton to fish parasites - Responses of marine organisms to human-induced environmental changes and their use as bioindicators. INRA, Rennes (France). link

2016 Budria, A. Beyond troubled waters: the influence of eutrophication on parasites in the Baltic Sea. MREN/Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Wimereux (France). link

Conference papers

2017 Ostle, C., Aubert, A., Budria, A., Rombouts, I., Artigas, L.F., Atkinson, A., Graham, G., Helaouët, P., Johansen, M., Johns, D., Padegimas, B. & McQuatters-Gollop, A. Suggested approach for the integration of Pelagic Habitat and Food Web Indicators. Final EcApRHA Conference, London (UK).

2016 Artigas, L.F., Louchart, A., Budria, A., Aubert, A., Duflos, M., McQuatters-Gollop, A., Ostle, C., Rombouts, I., de Blok, R., Créach, V., Lefebvre, A., Lizon, F., Rijkeboer, M., Tyberghein, L., Wacquet, G. & Veen, A. On the use of automated approaches for addressing Pelagic Habitat Indicators for MSFD, North Sea Open Conference, Osteend (Belgium).

Rombouts, I., Budria, A., Aubert, A., Ostle, C., Johansen, M., Duflos, M., Padegimas, B., McQuatters-Gollop, A. & Artigas, L.F. A holistic assessment fo plankton diversity under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive – Approaches developed for defining plankton indicators of GES in OSPAR regions, DEVOTES Final Conference, Brussels (Belgium).

Budria, A., Duflos, M., Artigas, L.F., Ostle, C., Aubert, A., Rombouts, I., Graham, G., Johansen, M., Johns, D., Padigamas, B. & McQuatters-Gollop, A. Indicators of pelagic habitats: approaches developed under OSPAR, SOMLIT Intercomparison meeting, Dinard (France).

2015 Budria, A., Blanchet, F.G. & Candolin, U. Eutrophication and parasitism in the Baltic Sea: a matter of scale, Oikos meeting, Joensuu (Finland).

2014 Budria, A., Blanchet, F.G. & Candolin, U. Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and parasites of the threespine stickleback – local vs. regional patterns, Aura symposium, Turku (Finland).

Budria, A., Blanchet, F.G. & Candolin, U. Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and parasites of the threespine stickleback – local vs. regional patterns, Ecology and evolution of marine parasites and diseases, Texel (The Netherlands).

Budria, A., Blanchet, F.G. & Candolin, U. Epizootics of tapeworm infections in Baltic stickleback populations, 22^nd Spring Symposium, Helsinki (Finland).

2012 Budria, A. & Candolin, U. Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea: can parasite reveal human impact on the environment?, 20^th Spring Symposium, Helsinki (Finland).

2011 Budria, A. & Candolin, U. Eutrophication-mediated trade-off between reproduction and defence against parasites, Life History Workshop, Schiermonnikoog (The Netherlands).

Budria A. & Fournier, D. Evolution by means of natural selection, Evolution workshop: evolutionary concepts applied to medicine, Berlin (Germany).

Budria A. Infectious diseases – the importance of population evolution, Evolution workshop: evolutionary concepts applied to medicine, Berlin (Germany).

Budria, A. & Candolin Fish parasites: the role of human-induced eutrophication in the Baltic Sea, Seminar series in Ecology and Evolution for post-graduate students, Helsinki (Finland).

2010 Budria, A. & Candolin Research plan: Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea: effects of parasites on threespine stickleback populations, Contemporary evolution workshop: humans as agents of selection, Bergen (Norway).

Organisation of scientific events

2015 Parasites in aquatic ecosystems, Helsinki (Finland)

2012-2014 Seminars for post-graduate students (HY), Helsinki (Finland)

2012 21st Spring Symposium, Helsinki (Finland)

2011 Evolution workshop, Max Delbrück Centre for Biomedical Research (Berlin, Germany)

Popularization of science

2017 Budria, A. Parasites getting into trouble in murky waters. Lay summary for the website of Functional Ecology. link
Interviewed for the blog "Functional Ecologists". link

2012 Interviewed for "Evolution in action" short educational movie series. link

2010 onwards Maintenance of the present research blog.