Education:

Ph.D. Oceanography, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Qc, Canada, 2014-Present

M.Sc. Geography, Planning & Environment, Concordia University, Qc, Canada, 2009-2012

B.Sc. Biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Qc, Canada, 2006-2009

Research Interests

• Community ecology
• Cumulative impacts
• Systematic planning
• Theoretical ecology
• Interaction networks
• Environmental stressors

 

Social and scientific profiles

GitHub: https://github.com/david-beauchesne

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=8YPeWfgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Impact story: https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-3590-8161

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-beauchesne-16683353/

ORCID: (https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-3590-8161

Research gate: https//www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Beauchesne

Twitter: [@d_beauchesne](https://twitter.com/d_beauchesne)

 

Grants

[3] 2015-2018 – Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (PSG D) – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (CRSNG; 21 000$/year for 3 years)

[2] 2015 – Frances Wilson grant for the progress of scientific knowledge (2 500$)

[1] 2014-2017 – Doctoral research scholarship - Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT; 20 000$/year for 3 years)

 

Prizes

[2] 2016 – Public prize – The link between machine learning, networking, pokemon and ecology – Québec Océans’s 15th Annual General Assembly, 8-9th November 2016, Rimouski, Canada

[1] 2016 – Best oral presentation – The link between machine learning, networking, pokemon and ecology – Québec Océans’s 15th Annual General Assembly, 8-9th November 2016, Rimouski, Canada

 

Published articles

[5] Beauchesne D, Desjardins-Proulx P, Archambault P, Gravel D (2017) Thinking outside the box – predicting interactions in data-poor environments. Life & Environment. 66(3-4):333-342

[4] Beauchesne D, Grant C, Gravel D, Archambault P (2016) L’évaluation des impacts cumulés dans l’estuaire et le golfe du Saint-Laurent : vers une planification stratégique de l’utilisation et de l’exploitation des ressources. Le Naturaliste Canadien. 140(2):45-55

[3] Beauchesne D, Jaeger JAG, St-Laurent M-H (2014) Thresholds in the capacity of female caribou to cope with cumulative disturbances. Biol Cons 172:190-199.

[2] Beauchesne D, Jaeger JAG, St-Laurent M-H (2013) Disentangling female woodland caribou movements in response to clearcuts and roads across temporal scales. PLoS ONE e77514

[1] St-Laurent M-H, Renaud L-A, Leblond M, Beauchesne D (2012) Synthèse des connaissances relatives aux impacts des routes sur l’écologie du caribou. Le Naturaliste Canadien 136:42-47

 

Book chapters

[1] Schloss IR, Archambault P, Beauchesne D, Bourgault D, Cusson M, Dumont D, Ferreyra G, Levasseur M, Pelletier É, St-Louis R, Tremblay R (in revision) Impacts potentiels cumulés des facteurs de stress liés aux activités humaines sur l’écosystème marin du Saint-Laurent. Notre Golfe network.

 

Oral presentations

[8] Beauchesne D, Desjardins-Proulx P, Archambault P, Gravel D (2016) Using machine learning to predict biotic interactions. Guest lecturer, Midi numérique, Biology Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. February 27th 2017.

[7] Beauchesne D (2017) An “homage” to 50 years of cumulative effects assessment or Why are we still not managing resources systematically? Guest lecturer, Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec. February 1st 2017.

[6] Beauchesne D, Desjardins-Proulx P, Archambault P, Gravel D (2016) Thinking outside the box – predicting biotic interations in data-poor environments. Annual meeting of the Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science (QCBS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 15th-16th.

[5] Beauchesne D, Desjardins-Proulx P, Archambault P, Gravel D (2016) The link between machine learning, networking, pokemon and ecology. Québec Océans’s 15th Annual General Assembly, Rimouski, Canada, 8-9th November 2016

[4] Beauchesne D, Gravel D, Archambault P (2015) Évaluation des impacts cumulés sur les communautés de l’estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent. Annual meeting of the Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science (QCBS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 29th-30th.

[3] Beauchesne D, Faille G, Grant C, Archambault P, Brêthes J-C (2015) Biodiversité et exploitation des ressources naturelles : vers une structuration du milieu marin. 83rd Acfas conference, Rimouski, Qubec, Canada, May 25th-29th

[2] Monpert C, Grant C, Rondeau M-H, Grelon D, Stoeffler C, Beauchesne D (2015) Méthodes de cartographie des herbiers marins à l’aide de l’acoustique sous-marine. 83rd Acfas conference, Rimouski, Qubec, Canada, May 25th-29th

[1] Beauchesne D, Faille G, Grant C, Archambault P, Brêthes J-C (2015) Building the bridge between the preservation of biodiversity and human activities. 44th annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Québec, Québec, Canada. March 4th-7th

 

Posters

[3] Beauchesne D, Gravel D, Archambault P (2015) Évaluation des impacts cumulés sur les communautés benthiques et pélagiques de l’estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent. 14th Québec-Océan Annual General Assembly, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, November 10th-11th. DOI : 10.13140/RG.2.1.2209.8961

[2] Beauchesne D, Gravel D, Archambault P (2015) Évaluation des impacts cumulés sur les communautés de l’estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent. Annual meeting of the Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science (QCBS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 29th-30th.

[1] Beauchesne D, Faille G, Grant C, Archambault P, Brêthes J-C (2014). Identification de milieux d’intérêt pour la conservation dans un contexte de protection du milieu marin et côtier. 13th Québec-Océan Annual General Assembly, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada, November 17th-19th

 

Implications

[8] Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe) - Data Management Committee (2015-Present)

[7] Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe) – Co-president of CHONe Student Network (2015-Present)

[6] Québec Océan Student Committee – Co-president (2015-Present)

[5] Student association (NÉMO) of the Institut des sciences de la mer (ISMER) – Ph.D. students representative (2014-2015); Vice-president (2015-Present)

[4] Québec Océan Administrative Committee – Quebec universities student representative (2014-Present)

[3] Committee for the joint Ph.D. program between Université du Québec à Rimouski and Université Laval – Ph.D. students reprensetative (2014-2016)

[2] Oceanography program committee of the Institut des sciences de la mer (ISMER) – Ph.D. students representative (2014-2015)

[1] Comité d’Action de l’UQAR sur les Changements Climatiques (CADUCC) – Assistant coordinator (2006-2007); Coordinator (2007-2008)