Elsa Abs
PI – GAMEchange
CNRS Researcher, LSCE
Expertise: soil microbes, microbial evolution, biogeochemical cycles, climate modeling
Approach: multi-scale models (from cell to globe), micro-explicit models, Earth System Models
Other engagement: founder of the IPSL early-career researchers’ engagement group
Mathilde Bourreau
Postdoc – WP1
Topic: mechanisms of microbial adaptation to climate change
Methods: metagenomic time series, evolution, carbon-related functional traits
Education: PhD in evolutionary biology & paleoceanography (ENS-PSL), MSc Sorbonne University
Elisa Richard
PhD student – WP2
Topic: ecological strategies of soil microbes at the global scale
Methods: environmental genomics, spatial analyses, machine learning
Education: AgroParisTech × ENS-PSL, agrégation in SV-STU
Other activity: teaching (teaching assistant, ENS-PSL)
Thomas Cortier
Postdoc – WP3
Topic: how microbial adaptation alters soil carbon fluxes
Methods: microbial soil models, parameterization using genomic data from WP1 and WP2
Education: PhD in epidemiology (Pasteur), MSc ENS-PSL
Former members
Tess Feyen
Project manager (May–Oct 2025)
Current position: International project management (UVSQ)
Background: PhD in linguistics (USA–France)