Phd Candidate
CurrentSubject: Development of characterization factors to assess land-use impacts on ecosystem services in life cycle assessment.Scientific field:Ecological EconomicsUniversity delivering the PhD:Vrije Universit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) / School of Business and Economics - Supervision: Prof. Cees Withagen and Ass. Prof. Reinout HeijungsOverarching project:VALUES, coordinated by Dr. Benedetto Rugani (LIST) and funded by FNR LuxembourgMain achievements:- Conduct of a bibliographical review on land use and ecosystem services in LCA:Othoniel B., Rugani B., Heijungs R., Benetto E. & Withagen C. (2016). Assessment of Life Cycle Impacts on Ecosystem Services: Promise, Problems, and Prospects. Environment. Science & Technology, 50 (3), 1077–1092.- Development of an integrated model to predict land cover changes and their impact on ecosystems services in Luxembourg. Article under submission.- Development of a global integrated model to predict land cover changes.Side achievements:- Participation to a biobliographical review on the analysis of uncertainty in ecosystem services models:Baustert P., Othoniel B., Rugani B. & Leopold U. (2018). Uncertainty analysis in integrated environmental models for ecosystem service assessments: Frameworks, challenges and gaps. Ecosystem Services, 33, 110–123.- Partcipation to the redaction of scientific reports for the Luxembourg Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infratsructures (MDDI).- Guest-editor for the special issue “Human-Nature nexuses” (2018), Ecosystem Services, 30(B), 193-338.- Reviews of research articles for several journals. Developed skills:- System dynamics modelling (software: Simile);- GIS data treatment, analysis and visualization (software: QGIS, Grass, R);- Data treatment, statistical analysis and visualization (software: R);- Redaction of research articles;- Several aspects of project managements.