As a passionate ornithologist and entomologist, I focus my work on the conservation of different species and habitats in Switzerland. During my master thesis I studied the saproxylic beetles and fungi communities in Swiss forest reserves of the Alps, in relation with forest structures like tree-related microhabitats. As a PhD student, I am now working on the conservation of high-alpine alluvial zones, released by melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps. This project combines biodiversity surveys and spatially explicit modelling on a multitaxonomic approach to assess the biodiversity value of the existing high-alpine alluvial habitats. In addition, the aim is to project this biodiversity value on the high-alpine alluvial zones that will form as a consequence of melting glaciers over two global warming horizons: 2050 and 2100. Beside my studies, I am also involved in several local nature conservation and study associations.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gilles-Hauser
