Alex Fournier-Level

I am broadly interested in understanding how organisms develop strategies to successfully adapt to their environment.​

This is me... in 2012 :P

​ ​​I am originally from France, where I did a PhD on the genetic basis of grape color, using quantitative and population genetics tools in the laboratory of Diversity and Adaptation of Grape and Mediterranean Plant Species at SupAgro Montpellier. I then moved to the the Schmitt Lab at Brown University (now moved to UC Davis) to conduct postdoctoral research on plant adaptation to local climate, developing new skills in computational biology, ecology and evolution.
I then moved to the University of Melbourne, thanks to the award of a Human Frontier in Science fellowship to study the cost of climate adaptation in the capacity of flies to develop insecticide resistance in the Robin Lab at the University of Melbourne. Since 2015, I am heading the Adaptive Evolution Lab at the University of Melbourne where I work on the research projects presented here, focusing on developing and implementing new methods to support biosecurity and the use of biodiversity through genomics.
Students interested in joining the group can contact me and discuss opportunities.

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