Doctors of ecology, botanists, wildlife specialists and multilinguals
A team of passionate people putting their skills and knowledge at your service
Direction / Management
Director Belgium-Luxembourg
Julien
Director Belgium-Luxembourg of Biotope and specialised in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. He has participated in several studies on the implementation of environmental policies in Belgium and abroad. Julien has a very good knowledge of the Walloon regulatory context related to the protection of species and habitats. Julien has also participated in several studies aimed at highlighting the services provided by ecosystems in Europe and Africa.
Administrative & HR Manager / Administrator
Mélanie
Administrative HR Manager and Administrator at Biotope Environnement, Mélanie has a degree in Public Relations, a diploma in executive secretarial work and is trained in coaching. Passionate about nature in the broadest sense of the word, she provides organisational skills and support in business management.
Executive assistant
Mélanie
Mélanie graduated from UCLouvain in Management Sciences. Her interest in the environment also pushed her to train in the field of sustainable finance. After 20 years spent in financial services in Luxemburg, she joined Biotope Environnement to provide administrative support (commercial, accounting and HR) as well as communication.
Office managers
Ecology project manager and Business developer
David
David has a degree of bioengineer in Environmental Sciences and Technologies from the Faculté agronomique de Gembloux (Belgium). He is an ecology project manager at Biotope Environnement Luxembourg. He has over 12 years’ experience in forestry and environmental studies in Luxembourg
Agency Manager
Olivier
Heading the Brussels-Flanders office, Olivier holds a degree in bio-engineering from the University of Ghent. He has 15 years of experience in forest management and certification in the Congo Basin. He has also led the sustainable development and occupational safety department for 70k ha of agro-industrial plantations where he developed and implemented impact studies and environmental and social management plans. He is currently undergoing training to become an environmental coordinator (Type A).
Project managers
Tropical Forest Project Manager
Arthur
Arthur, a graduate of Gembloux Agro Bio Tech (Université de Liège), feels passionate for tropical forests and their concerted, reasoned management and holds the position of “Tropical Forests” Project Manager at Biotope Environment. His years of experience abroad have enabled him to study the forests of Madagascar and the Congo Basin, and to analyze in depth the management and protection systems applied to them.
Biodiversity and Innovation project manager
Leslie
Biodiversity and innovation project manager at Biotope environment, Leslie has a PhD and a Bioengineer degree from Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (Liège University). She specialised in species ecology and wildlife conservation issues.
Leslie gained extensive experience abroad (mainly in Madagascar) conducting her PhD on one species of lemur, then working for a wildlife conservation NGO. In addition to the scientific aspects, project and team management, she has developed expertise in population monitoring, species reintroduction and action plan development.
Leslie is also a member of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (Africa – Madagascar section).
Ecologist and innovation project manager
Marlène
A statistician and geographer by training, Marlène is an ecologist and innovation project manager at Biotope Environnement. Marlène obtained her PhD from the University of Luxembourg, where she specialized in urban ecology, with a particular interest on the impact of urban vegetation characteristics on ecosystem services and carbon balance. She then worked on wildlife in the Brussels region.
Project manager in agro-ecology
Magali
Bio-engineer by training with a degree from University of Brussels (ULB), Magali is project manager in agro-ecology at Biotope Environnement. Magali is specialized in helping farms in their diversification and transition to more sustainable farming practice.
Field Officers
Coraline
Coraline
With a degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Liège, Coraline is a wildlife research officer at Biotope Environnement. She is interested in all fauna taxa, enabling her to gain an overall understanding of the fauna issues at stake in habitats and to integrate them as effectively as possible into the implementation of a wide range of projects.
Wildlife researcher
Renaud
Renaud is in charge of wildlife studies at Biotope Environnement, specialising in the identification and ecology of birds and bats. A biologist by training with a degree from the University of Liege, Renaud has carried out numerous ecological diagnoses as part of environmental impact studies for wind farm projects
Wildlife researcher
Fabian
Wildlife researcher at Biotope Environnement. A biologist by training, Fabian graduated from UCLouvain. Fabian specialises in bird observation and study. He has carried out numerous initial diagnoses as part of environmental impact studies for wind farm projects in the Wallonia Region.
Chiropteran researcher
Marine
As a wildlife researcher at Biotope Environnement, Marine is specialised in the acoustic identification of bats and in the identification of the roosts of the different species. Marine has also carried out numerous studies on the identification of the potential for hosting these species and in the characterisation of the ecological issues for this group in Wallonia.
Botanist researcher
Sebastiaan
Sebastiaan graduated from the University of Leuven (KUL) in biology and is a botanist researcher at Biotope Environnement. Specialised in the identification of species and natural habitats, Sebastiaan is involved in numerous diagnostics in Wallonia, France and Luxembourg.
Mission officer
Mission Officer
Nicolas
Graduated with a master’s degree in Agroecology from Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (University of Liège) and AgroParisTech, Nicolas is now in charge of ecological missions at Biotope Environnement. He has been involved in a research project studying the effect of agricultural practices on bee diversity and on the ecosystem service of pollination in Tanzania. He now uses his naturalistic and general knowledge to contribute to various studies related to biodiversity conservation.
Mission Officer
Nicolas
With a Master’s degree in Ecological Engineering from the University of Poitiers, Nicolas is now in charge of ecology at Biotope Environnement Luxembourg. With a multi-taxonomic profile, he is interested in the conservation of biodiversity from all angles, enabling him to understand the faunistic challenges on site and to integrate them as effectively as possible into the implementation of various projects.
Mission Officer
Quentin
Graduated from Lille University in nature study and management, Quentin is Mission Officer at Biotope Environnement. After taking part in a research project studying how linear transport-infrastructures impact terrestrian mammals and in a waterways renaturation on a polder territory in the North of France, he is now focusing on using his generalist background about ecosystems and fauna in order to protect them.
Forestry Mission Officer
Marie
With a degree in bioengineering from UCLouvain, Marie is in charge of forestry projects at Biotope Environnement Luxembourg. After studying the effect of species mixture on the architectural properties of oak, she continues her passion for forestry by taking part in the production of forest management plans in Luxembourg.
Mission officer
Eva
Eva graduated from Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (University of Liège) with a bioengineering degree in nature and forest management and is now in charge of missions at Biotope Environnement. After several experiences in Africa and Brazil, where she contributed to the development of an agroforestry project and studied tropical forests, birds and primates, Eva is now focusing on the management of natural areas in Belgium. Thanks to her generalist background and her naturalist interests, Eva is involved in the production of all types of projects.
Mission officer
Martin
Martin holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Liège and in Organismal Biology and Ecology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. As part of his work for Biotope Environnement Luxemburg, he participates in the production of studies as well as in entomological, botanical and hydrobiological assessments.