Vincent Tolon

Professor and Researcher in Biostatistics

Expertise

Data science applied to agroecology and biodiversity analysis.

Unité de recherche

Keywords

Data, biodiversity, R software, ADE4, ARCGIS, QGIS, ecology, geographic information system, agroecology, behavior.

Ongoing or recently completed projects

Teaching activities

  • Inferential statistics: probability laws, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, linear models in the first and second years (head of the Fundamental Science and Tools Teaching Unit).
  • Multifactorial analyses on quantitative variables (ACP), cumulative variables (AFC), and qualitative variables (ACM), ascending hierarchical classification (CAH) in the third year (initial training and apprenticeship).
  • Geographic information system in the 3rd, 4th (DA SITER, Strategies, Innovation, and Governance of Sectors and Territories) and 5th years (MSc Agroecology).
  • Statistical Process Control (SPC) in the 4th year (DA IPAD, Innovation in Sustainable Food Products).

Professional experience and education

  • Depuis 2017 : enseignant-chercheur à l’Isara.
  • 2014-2017 : consultant indépendant, R&D en sciences de l’environnement.
  • 2011-2014 : post-doctorat (Centre d’Etude Biologique de Chizé UMR CNRS/Université de La Rochelle ; ONCFS) en écologie spatiale et comportement animal.
  • 2010-2011 : attaché temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche (Université Lyon 1 et Lyon 2).
    2004: Habilitation, University of Greifswald, Germany, thesis: Land use and resource conservation in rural areas of different developing countries.
    1998: Ph.D., University of Hohenheim, Germany, thesis: Fallow cultivation system and management possibilities in semi-arid Niger, West Africa,
    1993: Diploma (MSc) Geoecology, University of Karlsruhe, Germany,
    2006-2010 : Thèse de doctorat en Ecologie à l’Université de Savoie (UMR CNRS 5553 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine) et l’Université Lyon 1 (UMR CNRS 5558 Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive).
    2005 : Diplôme Universitaire – Université Lyon 1.
    2004 : Diplôme d’Etude Supérieure Spécialisé – Ethologie Appliqué.

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