Dr. Coline Royaux
Research interests
My research focuses on studying the processes underlying the distribution of biological diversity from genes to communities in relation to biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic factors. I primarily work on freshwaters and planktonic crustaceans but I enjoy working on biodiveristy at large. I usually work with interdisciplinary approaches combining computational sciences, ecology and organisms biology. I am also interested in investigating solutions to the challenges faced by the ecological sciences community regarding open science and the pereniallity of knowledge.
Dispersion is a major challenge for water-obligate species inhabiting lentic freshwaters (i.e., lakes, ponds, puddles) as it requires to cross a hostile dry environment. My current post-doctoral position aims at studying the inter- and tele-couplings between freshwater zooplankton and the animals responsible for their dispersal (e.g., terrestrial mammals, birds) using barcoding and movement data.
Main areas of interest
- Diversity distribution from the gene to the community
- Dispersion dynamics and strategies
- Interdisciplinary methods
- Open science, knowledge pereniallity
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Dr. Coline Royaux
Dr. Coline Royaux
Academic career
since 2025– PostDoc researcher, Universität Potsdam
2021-2024– Sorbonne Université, PhD student in Population biology & Ecology
2020-2021– Scientific computation ingeneer supporting research, Pole National de Données de Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
2015-2020– Sorbonne Université, Bachelor's degree in Biological sciences & Master's degree in Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution
Publications
Royaux C, Mihoub JB, Jossé M, et al. 2025. Guidance framework to apply best practices in ecological data analysis: lessons learned from building Galaxy-Ecology. GigaScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giae122
Royaux C, Charpin N, Mary N, Busson F, Bonillo C, & Rabet N. 2025. Remarkable genetic and specific diversification in Boeckella (Copepoda: Calanoida) from New Caledonia suggests strong micro-endemism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf054
Royaux C, Charpin N, & Rabet N. 2024. Genetic variability of New Caledonian Boeckella de Guerne & Richard, 1889 (Copepoda: Calanoida), with the description of a new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruae001 - Open archive [https://hal.science/hal-04681440]
Abueg LAL, Afgan E, Allart O, et al. 2024. The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible, and collaborative data analyses: 2024 update. Nucleic Acids Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae410
Hiltemann S, Rasche H, Gladman S, et al. 2022. Galaxy Training: A Powerful Framework for Teaching! PLoS Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010752