Theodore Lefebvre
Position:
Postdoc
Supervisor:
Professor Krzysztof Schmidt
Education and scientific degrees
  • 2024: Deep learning/AI; Fidle, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France.
  • 2023: Ph.D. Plant-animal ecology and evolution; Center for integrative conservation, XTBG, China.
  • 2017: M.Sc. Plant biology and tropical ecosystem management; University of Montpellier; France.
  • 2015: B.Sc. Ecology and biology of organisms; University of Montpellier; France.
Research profile

Specializes in functional ecology and evolution, and computational science, with a background primarily in plants and vegetation that I later extended to mammal ecology. My current focus revolves around understanding the evolution of past ecosystems, their present functioning, and forecasting their future dynamics.

International experience
  • 2026-2027: Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. Postdoctorat
  • 2024-2025: Aarhus University, Denmark. Postdoctorat
  • 2019-2023: Center for integrative conservation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, XTBG, China. PhD student
  • 2017: Center for integrative conservation, XTBG, China. Internship
  • 2016: UMR botanic and modellisation of plant architecture and vegetation — IRD, France. Internship
  • 2016: UMR botanic and modellisation of plant architecture and vegetation — CIRAD, France. Internship

Publications list:

Tomlinson, K.W., Yu, F., Wang, X., Yao, X., Yu, C.-C., Charles-Dominique, T., Anest, A., Zhao, Y., Prasetyo Agung, A., Adi Putra, A., Lapuz, R.S., Lefebvre, T., Davies, T.J., Hempson, G.P., Bezeng, B.S., Daru, B.H., Kabongo, R.M., Maurin, O., Muasya, A.M., van der Bank, M., Bond, W.J., Armani, M. and Gélin, U. (2025), The macroecology of spines on woody plants. Biol Rev, 100: 2396-2419. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70051

Théodore Lefebvre, Tristan Charles-Dominique, Kyle W Tomlinson, Trunk spines of trees: a physical defence against bark removal and climbing by mammals?, Annals of Botany, Volume 129, Issue 5, 11 April 2022, Pages 541–554, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac025