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Hire Lucie B.

France

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Ethnobotanist consultant with 10+ years of experience. Specialized in remote and multicultural goal-oriented projects.

Profile Summary

For the past 12 years, I have been involved in international projects related to surveying and developing the uses of wild edible plants in several contexts and countries. In sub-urban European towns, as well as African villages or with traditional Pygmies hunter-gatherers. I also provide advice and literature reviews to non-specialised professionals as well as academic researchers in related fields (ecology, anthropology, sociology, etc.). I know how to adapt the ethnobotanical and scientific language to a non-specialised audience. I also have a strong implication in popularization of science in general and ethnobotany in particular, in order to disseminate reliable information for people who would like to introduce wild edible plants in their daily diet. My current project consists on surveying the foraging behaviours in contemporary Europe, in order to help other communities increase self-sufficiency and food security and to build comprehensive responses to local nutrition issues.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Botany
• ★ Ethnobotany
• ★ Ecology
• ☆ Herbal Medicine
• ☆ Supply Chain & Logistics
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Research

Research Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Project Engineer

L'Institut Agro - Agrocampus Ouest

November 2020 - Present

Ethnobotanist - expert consultant

Freelance

March 2018 - Present

Scientific adviser and proofreader for academics and popularization science

Freelance

February 2012 - Present

Guest researcher - Ethnoecology - France, Croatia

Max Planck Institure for Evolutionary Anthropology

August 2019 - March 2020

Research fellow - Ethnoecology - Congo

Max Planck Institure for Evolutionary Anthropology

October 2018 - July 2019

Research assistant - Field manager, data collection and managment - Congo

Max Planck Institure for Evolutionary Anthropology

March 2017 - October 2018

Professional wild edible plants harvester, freelance

Les Délices D'Artémis

January 2015 - February 2017

Guest researcher - Botany - Chile

Investigation center for Patagonian ecosystems

December 2013 - January 2014

Education

Masters degree in Ecological engineering and biodiversity management

Montpellier University of Science

September 2008 - September 2010

Certifications

• Professional coach

  Linkup Coaching

  September 2021 - Present

Publications

CONFERENCE PAPER

L. Benoit and {\'{E}}. Olmedo and B. Chen(2021). 23. Eco-anthropological tools to improve food self-sufficiency through the use of wild edible plants . Justice and food security in a changing climate. Wageningen Academic Publishers