Dominique Caron
PhD student, McGill University.
Quantitative Biodiversity Lab,Department of Biology
Stewart Biology Building Office N7/19
1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue
Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 1B1
dominique.caron@mail.mcgill.ca - (+1) 514-433-2947
Education
January 2020 - present
McGill University
- PhD in Biology
September 2017 - December 2018
Université de Montréal
- MSc in Quantitative and Computational Biology
September 2014 - May 2017
Université de Montréal
- BSc in Biological Sciences
October 2012 - May 2014
Polytechnique Montréal
- B.Eng. in Civil Engineering (unfinished)
Grants, Honors, and Awards
2023
Graduate Research Ehancement and Travel Award, Department of Biology, McGill University.
2023
QCBS Excellence Award, Quebec Cener for Biodiversity Science, QCBS.
2023
Best Poster, Gordon Research Conference on Predictive Ecology, GRC.
2020-2022
Learning and Development Award (LeaDA), Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, QCBS.
2020
Best Short Presentation, QCBS symposium 2020, QCBS.
2017
Undergraduate Student Research Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, NSERC.
2017
Supplements of the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies, FRQNT.
2017
Intensive Courses Award, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, QCBS.
2015 - 2017
Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Arts and Science: Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Fall 2016 and
Winter 2017., Université de Montréal.
Talks
2023
Caron, D., Brose, U., Lurgi, M., Blanchet F.G., Gravel, D., Pollock, L.J. Transferability of trophic interaction models across space. GRC on Predictive Ecology. Stonehill College, Massachusetts (USA). Poster
2023
Caron, D., Jousse, M., Eckert I., Pollock, L.J. Trophic niche and seasonality shape the structure of avian diversity. Species on the Move conference. Bonita Springs, Florida (USA).
2022
Caron, D., Maiorano, L., Thuiller, W., Pollock, L.J. Tackling knowledge gaps about food webs with trait-based models. Ecological Society America (ESA) & Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) joint meeting. Montréal (Canada).
2022
Caron, D. What are Muad’Dibs eating? Predicting Dune’s metaweb using functional traits. Ecological Society America (ESA) & Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) joint meeting. Montréal (Canada).
2021
Caron, D., Maiorano, L., Thuiller, W., Pollock, L.J. Predicting trophic interactions to fill the Eltonian shortfall. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) Annual Meeting. Online
2020
Caron, D., Pollock, L.J. Doing a lot with “a little”: (Re)Building a large food web with sparse data. Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) Annual Symposium. Online
2019
Caron, D., Chavaillaz, Y., Roy, P. Évolution d’indicateurs d’exposition à la chaleur et conséquences pour la santé des travailleurs extérieurs. Ouranos Seminar. Montréal (Canada).
2018
Caron, D. & James, PMA. L’échelle d’autocorrélation spatiale de données génétiques chez un insecte ravageur de l’Ouest canadien : capacité de dispersion importante et historique de colonisation complexe. Symposium de sciences biologiques de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal (Canada).
2017
Caron, D. & Poisot, T. Les données ouvertes sur la biodiversité au Québec : forces, faiblesses et défis. Symposium de sciences biologiques de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal (Canada).
Publications
Journals
In Review
Caron, D., Brose, U., Lurgi, M., Blanchet F.G., Gravel, D., Pollock, L.J. Trait-matching models predict pairwise interactions across regions, not food web properties. doi:10.32942/X29K55.
2023
Eckert, I., Brown, A., Caron, D., Riva, F., Pollock, L.J. (2023). 30×30 biodiversity gains rely on national coordination. Nature Communications, 14(7113). doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42737-x.
2023
Strydom, T., Bouskila, S., Banville, F., Barros, C., Caron, D., Farrell, M. J., … Poisot, T. (2023). Graph embedding and transfer learning can help predict potential species interaction networks despite data limitations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Early View. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.14228
2022
Strydom, T., Bouskila, S., Banville, F., Barros, C., Caron, D., Farrell, M. J., … Poisot, T. (2022). Food web reconstruction through phylogenetic transfer of low-rank network representation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(12). doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13835.
2022
Caron, D., Maiorano, L., Thuiller, W., Pollock, L.J. (2022). Addressing the Eltonian shortfall with trait-based interaction models. Ecology Letters, 25(4). doi:http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13966.
2021
Strydom, T., Catchen, M. D., Banville, F., Caron, D., Dansereau, G., Desjardins-Proulx, P., … & Poisot, T. (2021). A roadmap towards predicting species interaction networks (across space and time). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1837), 20210063. doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0063.
2019
Caron, D., Lessard, V., Wu, Q., & Poisot, T. (2019). [Re] Insect natural enemies as regulating factors. Rescience, 5(1): 1. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2598793.
Technical report
2020
Després-Einspenner, M.L., Caron, D, Dubuc, G. Plan pour la connectivité des Laurentides 2020-2025. Éco-corridors Laurentiens
Software
Rousseu, F., Christin, S., Caron, D., Roy, C., Lavoie, R., Beaumont, M., Bolduc, F. (2021) BiRdEmergency v3.2 :Canadian Wildlife Service decision tool to explore information during environmental emergencies.
Roy, P., Caron, D., Smith, T.J., Nolet-Gravel, É., Kelman, T., Forget G., TagBot, J., Thomet F., & Saba E. (2020). JuliaClimate/ClimateTools.jl: v0.22.0 (v0.22.0). Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3836872
Teaching
Teaching Assistant
2023
BIOL206 - Methods in Biology of Organisms Lab coordinator, McGill, Montréal, Canada
2021 & 2022
BIOL206 - Methods in Biology of Organisms, McGill, Montréal, Canada
2018
BIO2041 - Biostatistics I, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Teaching Development Fellow
2020
BIOL206 - Methods in Biology of Organisms, McGill, Montréal, Canada
Workshop Presentor
2020
QCBS R Workshop 3 - Introduction to ggplot2
2018 & 2020
QCBS R Workshop 2 - Loading and manipulating data
Workshop Developer
2020-2021
QCBS R Workshop 1 - Introduction to R
2022
QCBS R Workshop 7 - Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Tutor
2018
BIO2041 - Biostatistics I, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2018
BIO1434 - Biodiversity 2, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Supervision
Undergraduate interns
2021
Madeline Hutcheson, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
2021
Tyffany Patrier, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Other Experiences
2019 - 2022
Software Developper, Environment and Climate Change Canada
2019
Conservation Planning Assistant, Éco-corridors Laurentiens
2019
Wildlife Technician, Environment and Climate Change Canada
2018
MSc Research Intern, Poisot Lab, Université de Montréal
2018
MSc Research Assistant Ouranos Inc.
2017
MSc Research Intern, James Lab, Université de Montréal
2017
Field Assistant, Bélanger Lab, TÉLUQ
2016
Technical Assistant for the Collections of Marine Invertebrates, Institut québécois de la biodiversité (IQBIO)
2016
Undergraduate Research Intern, Poisot Lab, Université de Montréal