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Curriculum vitae January 2016

Guillaume de Lafontaine, Ph.D.

Professional affiliation: Department of Plant Biology 265 Morrill Hall 505 S Goodwin Avenue University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

Languages: Fluent in French and English with basic Spanish

Programming languages: C++, Java, R, SQL

Academic training

Since 2015

Postdoc Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

Supervisor: Feng Sheng Hu

2012-2015

Postdoc Genomic and biogeographic analysis of the introgression between

black spruce and red spruce. Department of wood science and forest, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Supervisor: Jean Bousquet

2010-2012

Postdoc Integrating genetics and palaeoecology to uncover the late

Quaternary history of European beech at its warm distribution edge.

INRA & Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Supervisor: Rémy J. Petit

2005-2010

Ph.D. The holocene origin and recent dynamics of subalpine white spruce

and balsam fir stands in eastern Canada.

Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Supervisor: Serge Payette

2003-2004

M.Sc. Species richness along a production gradient: a multivariate

approach.

Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Supervisor: Gilles Houle Dean’s list 2005

1999-2002

B.Sc. Biology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2013-2016

Minor program

Software development TÉLUQ, Université du Québec, Canada

Peer-reviewed publications

21. de Lafontaine G, Bousquet J. (submitted) Asymmetry matters: a genomic assessment of directional biases in gene flow between hybridizing spruces.

20. Warren E, de Lafontaine G, Gérardi S, Senneville S, Beaulieu J, Perron M, Jaramillo-Correa J-P, Bousquet J. 2016. Joint inferences from cytoplasmic DNA and fossil data provide evidence for glacial vicariance and contrasted postglacial dynamics in tamarack, a transcontinental conifer. Journal of Biogeography, in press.

19. de Lafontaine G, Prunier J, Gérardi S, Bousquet J. 2015. Tracking the progression of speciation: variable patterns of introgression across the genome provide insights on the species delimitation between progenitor-derivative spruces (Picea mariana × P. rubens). Molecular Ecology, 24, 5229–5247.

18. Sitzia L, Bertran P, Bahain J-J, Bateman MD, Hernandez M, Garon H, de Lafontaine G, Mercier N, Leroyer C, Queffelec A, Voinchet P. 2015. The quaternary coversands of southwest France. Quaternary Science

Reviews, 124, 84–105.

17. Cinget B, de Lafontaine G, Gérardi S, Bousquet J. 2015. Integrating phylogeography and paleoecology to investigate the origin and dynamics of hybrid zones: insights from two widespread North American firs. Molecular Ecology, 24, 2856–2870.

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16. de Lafontaine G, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Ducousso A, Sánchez-Goñi M-F, Petit RJ. 2014. Beyond skepticism: inferring cryptic refugia using multiple lines of evidence. New Phytologist, 204, 450–454.

15. de Lafontaine G, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Ducousso A, Petit RJ. 2014. Cryptic no more: soil macrofossils uncover Pleistocene forest microrefugia within a periglacial desert. New Phytologist, 204, 715–729.

14. Gavin DG, Fitzpatrick MC, Gugger PF, Heath KD, Rodríguez-Sánchez F, Dobrowski SZ, Hampe A, Hu FS, Ashcroft MB, Bartlein PJ, Blois JL, Carstens BC, Davis EB, de Lafontaine G, Edwards ME, Fernandez M, Henne PD, Herring EM, Holden ZA, Kong W-S, Liu JQ, Magri D, Matzke NJ, McGlone MS, Saltré F, Stigall AL, Tsai YHE, Williams JW. 2014. Climate refugia: joint inferences from fossil records, species distribution models, and phylogeography. New Phytologist, 204, 37–54.

13. de Lafontaine G, Ducousso A, Lefèvre S, Magnanou E, Petit RJ. 2013. Stronger spatial genetic structure in recolonized areas than in refugia in the European beech. Molecular Ecology, 22, 4397–4412.

12. de Lafontaine G, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Ducousso A. 2013. L’anthracothèque de Bordeaux: une collection de référence pour l’identification taxonomique des charbons de bois macrofossiles provenant des Landes de Gascogne et leur périphérie. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 148, 241–248.

11. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2012. How climate and fire disturbances influence contrasted dynamics of Picea glauca alpine tree lines in Atlantic and continental eastern North America. Ecotones between forest

and grassland (ed. by R.W. Myster), chapter 13: 299–312. Springer, New York.

10. de Lafontaine G, Asselin H. 2012. Soil charcoal stability over the Holocene - Response to comments by Mikael Ohlson. Quaternary Research, 78, 155–156.

9. Lefèvre S, Wagner S, Petit RJ, de Lafontaine G. 2012. Multiplex kits of microsatellite markers for genetic studies of beech. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12, 484–491.

8. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2012. Long-term fire and forest history of subalpine balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and white spruce (Picea glauca) stands in eastern Canada inferred from soil charcoal analysis. The

Holocene, 22, 191–201.

7. de Lafontaine G, Couillard P-L, Payette S. 2011. Permineralization of soil macrofossil charcoal promotes preservation of palaeoecological information. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26, 571–575.

6. de Lafontaine G, Asselin H. 2011. Soil charcoal stability over the Holocene across boreal northeastern North America. Quaternary Research, 76, 196–200.

5. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2011. Shifting zonal patterns of the southern boreal forest in eastern Canada associated with changing fire regime during the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, 867–875.

4. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2010. The origin and dynamics of subalpine white spruce and balsam fir stands in boreal eastern North America. Ecosystems, 13, 932–947.

3. de Lafontaine G, Turgeon J, Payette S. 2010. Phylogeography of white spruce (Picea glauca) in eastern North America reveals contrasting ecological trajectories. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 741–751.

2. de Lafontaine G, Houle G. 2007. Species richness along a production gradient: a multivariate approach. American Journal of Botany, 94, 79–88.

1. de Lafontaine G. 2005. Protocole de suivi des populations d'aster du Saint-Laurent, Symphyotrichum

laurentianum, aux îles-de-la-Madeleine. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 119, 556–568.

Other publications

11. de Lafontaine G. 2014. Analyse des charbons de bois. Chronostratigraphie et distribution spatiale des

dépôts éoliens quaternaires du bassin aquitain (author: L. Sitzia), page 35. Ph.D. dissertation, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux.

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10. de Lafontaine G, Jones MT, Willey LL 2012. Monts Otish, Québec. Eastern Alpine Guide. (ed. by M.T. Jones & L.L. Willey), chapter 19: 261-272. Beyond Ktaadn, Inc. & Boghaunter Books, New Salem, Massachusetts.

9. de Lafontaine G, Hermanutz L, Anions M, Siegwart Collier L, Goren J, Jones MT, Willey LL. 2012. Other alpine sites on the Canadian shield. Eastern Alpine Guide. (ed. by M.T. Jones & L.L. Willey), chapter 21: 285–302. Beyond Ktaadn, Inc. & Boghaunter Books, New Salem, Massachusetts.

8. de Lafontaine G. 2012. Shifting zonal patterns of the southern boreal forest in eastern Canada associated with changing fire regime during the Holocene (abstract XVIII INQUA Congress). Quaternary International, 279, 110.

7. Ducousso A, Barbedienne P, Corcket E, Guinberteau J, de Lafontaine G, Lefèvre S, Timbal J. 2012. Le hêtre dans les plaines du Sud-Ouest. Sud-Ouest Nature. SEPANSO, Bordeaux, 154, 12–13.

6. de Lafontaine G, Lefèvre S, Ducousso A, Petit RJ, Magnanou E. 2012. Structure génétique des populations de hêtre (Fagus sylvatica) de Catalogne Nord et Sud. Scientific report, Réserve naturelle de la Massane Travaux no 94., Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls sur Mer, 16 p.

5. de Lafontaine G. 2010. Origine holocène et dynamique récente des pessières d’épinette blanche et des sapinières subalpines dans l’est du Canada. Ph.D. thesis, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec, 165 p.

4. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2009. Fire history of old-growth balsam fir forests in north eastern North America as evidenced from charcoal in mineral soil. The ’88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond Conference

Proceedings. (ed. by R.E. Masters, K.E.M. Galley & D.G. Despain), pp. 71, Tall Timbers Miscellaneous Publication No. 16, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida.

3. de Lafontaine G, Pelletier C. 2009. De vieilles forêts sur les sommets du parc national des Monts-Valin. Bulletin de conservation 2009: Les parcs nous ont dévoilé..., Parcs Québec, Québec, pp. 16.

2. de Lafontaine G. 2004. Protocole de suivi des populations d’aster du Saint-Laurent (Symphyotrichum

laurentianum), aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Scientific report, Ministère de l’environnement du Québec, Québec, 32 p.

1. de Lafontaine G. 2004. Richesse spécifique le long d’un gradient de production: utilisation d’une approche multivariée. M.Sc. thesis, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec, 52 p.

Conferences and symposia

22. de Lafontaine G. (invited keynote speaker) 2015. Biogeographic inferences using local-scale soil macrofossil charcoal analysis. Local to global significance of charcoal science, Antraco2015-6th International Anthracology Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, August 31, 2015.

21. de Lafontaine G, Prunier J, Gérardi S, Bousquet J. 2015. Tracking the progression of speciation: variable

patterns of introgression across the genome provide insights on the species delimitation between progenitor-derivative spruces (Picea mariana × P. rubens). IBIS students' day, Québec, Canada, August 27, 2015.

20. Petit RJ, de Lafontaine G, Ouayjan A, Corcket E, Ducousso A, Hampe A. 2015. Climate refugia as centers

of endemism. Ecological science at the frontier, 100th ESA annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, August 14, 2015.

19. de Lafontaine G, Bousquet J. 2015. Genomic and geographic analysis of the introgression between

progenitor-derivative spruce species (Picea mariana × P. rubens). Forests: the importance to the planet and

society, IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2015, Florence, Italy, June 10, 2015. 18. de Lafontaine G, Bousquet J. 2015. Biogéographie et génomique de l'introgression entre Picea mariana et

P. rubens. 9e Colloque annuel du Centre d’Étude de la Forêt, Rimouski, Canada, May 1, 2015.

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17. Petit RJ, de Lafontaine G. 2014. The dynamics of hybridization and speciation in forest trees. IBIS et CEF, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, March 20, 2014.

16. Ducousso A, de Lafontaine G, Lefèvre S, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Petit RJ. 2013. Les Hêtres des Landes de Gascogne et de l’Entre-deux-Mers: un patrimoine de grande valeur à sauvegarder. Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, September 16, 2013.

15. de Lafontaine G, Bousquet J. 2013. Biogeographic and genomic admixture analysis of the contact zone between a progenitor-derivative spruce species pair (Picea mariana × Picea rubens). Équipe Génétique des populations, INRA-BIOGECO, Bordeaux, France, September 9, 2013.

14. de Lafontaine G, Ducousso A, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Lefèvre S, Petit RJ. 2013. Hêtre ou ne pas hêtre: une approche intégrée pour reconstituer l'histoire écologique de Fagus sylvatica à sa marge chaude de répartition. 7e Colloque annuel du Centre d’Étude de la Forêt, Montebello, Canada, April 23, 2013.

13. Ducousso A, de Lafontaine G, Lavigne B, Le Bouler H, Lefèvre S, Petit RJ. 2013. Future of European beech in Picardy. Conférence finale MULTIFOR: Le rôle multifonctionnel des forêts face au changement

climatique, Amiens, April 10, 2013.

12. de Lafontaine G, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Lefèvre S, Ducousso A, Petit RJ. 2013. Reconstitution de l’histoire du hêtre en Aquitaine à l’aide de données fossiles et génétique. Séminaire scientifique inter LabEx

COTE-LaScArBx, Talence, France, February 7, 2013.

11. de Lafontaine G, Ducousso A, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Lefèvre S, Petit RJ. 2012. Integrating palaeocology and genetics to uncover stand-scale glacial beech refugium – Example from the Ciron valley, Southwestern France (Poster). Genetics of Fagaceae, IUFRO 2012, Bordeaux, France, October 9-12, 2012. "Best poster"

award.

10. de Lafontaine G (Invited), Ducousso A, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Lefèvre S, Petit RJ. 2012. Uncovering glacial refugia at multliple spatial scales: The case of Fagus sylvatica in France. PAGES workshop: Climate

Refugia - Joint Inference from Fossils, Genetics, and Models, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, August 1, 2012.

9. Lefèvre S, de Lafontaine G (Speaker), Ducousso A, Petit RJ. 2011. To beech or not to beech: Genetic history of a widespread European tree species (Fagus sylvatica) at its warm distribution edge. XVIII. INQUA

Congress, The International Union for Quaternary Research, Bern, Switzerland, July 23, 2011.

8. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2011. Shifting zonal patterns of the southern boreal forest in eastern Canada associated with changing fire regime during the Holocene (Poster). XVIII. INQUA Congress, The International Union for Quaternary Research, Bern, Switzerland, July 23, 2011.

7. de Lafontaine G, Lefèvre S, Dusousso A, Petit RJ. 2011. Hêtre ou ne pas hêtre: Histoire écologique et génétique des hêtres de la vallée du Ciron. Les entretiens du Sauternais, 1ère édition, Bommes, France, June 3, 2011.

6. de Lafontaine G. 2011. Écologie, paléoécologie et génétique: une approche intégrée comme outil d’étude de la biogéographie des écosystèmes terrestres. INRA-BIOGECO, Bordeaux, France, February 11, 2011.

5. de Lafontaine G. 2010. Origine holocène et dynamique récente des pessières d’épinette blanche et des sapinières subalpines dans l’est du Canada. IMEP, Aix-en-Provence, France, December 10, 2010.

4. de Lafontaine G, Turgeon J, Payette S. 2010. Phylogeography of white spruce (Picea glauca) in eastern North America reveals contrasting ecological trajectories. 5th annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Québec, Canada, May 10, 2010.

3. de Lafontaine G, Turgeon J, Payette S. 2010. Histoire Holocène de l’épinette blanche (Picea glauca) dans l’est de l’Amérique du Nord telle que révélée par la phylogéographie. Partageons nos expériences!, 1er colloque de biologie de l’Université Laval, Québec, Canada, February 3, 2010.

2. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2009. Reconstitution de l’histoire holocène des feux dans les vieux peuplements de sapinière par des charbons enfouis dans le sol minéral. La science en français: une affaire capitale!, 77e congrès de l’Association francophone pour le savoir, Ottawa, Canada, May 14, 2009.

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1. de Lafontaine G, Payette S. 2008. Fire history of subalpine old-growth white spruce and balsam fir forests in north eastern North America as evidenced by charcoal in mineral soil. The ’88 Fires: Yellowstone and

Beyond, International Association of Wildland Fire, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, September 24, 2008.

Teaching and professional experience

2015, 2014, 2010 Invited lecturer (×3). Phylogeography; Historical ecology (BIO-7021; Prof. Serge Payette), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2013 Invited lecturer. Phylogeography; Paleoecology of terrestrial ecosystems (GGR-7055; Prof. Martin Lavoie), Geography department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2012 Invited lecturer. Soil macrofossil charcoal analysis; Bioclimatology, biogeography, and

paleoecology (C1ST8303; Prof. Emmanuel Corcket), UFR Biological Sciences, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

2010 Course development & textbook writing. Biostatistics (BIO-1006), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2009 Student mentor. Faculty of science and engineering, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2006 Lecturer. General ecology (BIO-2000), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2004 Research project manager. Ministère de l’environnement du Québec, Québec, Canada

2004 & 2003 Tutoring an undergraduate student having pervasive developmental disorder (×2). Genetics (BIO-2004) & Evolution (BIO-3000), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2003-2009 Teaching assistant

2009 Evolution and biodiversity (BIO-6900), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2009, 2008, 2007 Terrestrial ecosystems dynamics (BIO-3300), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2005 Ecoregions (ECL-615), Biology department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

2004 General ecology (BIO-2000), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2003 Plant diversity and ecology (BIO-1005), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2003 Vertebrate evolution (BIO-10041), Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

2002 Research assistant. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

2002 Science outreach. School of the sea, Grandes-Bergeronnes, Canada

2001 Science outreach. Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, Midland, Ontario, Canada

2000 Research assistant. Biology department, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Student advising

Warren E. 2015. Phylogéographie du mélèze laricin (Larix laricina [Du Roi] K. Koch) en Amérique du Nord. M.Sc. thesis, Université Laval. (official supervisor: Jean Bousquet)

Cinget B. 2014. Étude phylogéographique pancanadienne du sapin baumier (Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.) et de ses relations avec le sapin subalpin (Abies lasiocarpa [Hook] Nutt.) dans l’ouest du Canada. Ph.D. dissertation. Université Laval. (official supervisor: Jean Bousquet)

Amasifuen Guerra CA. 2012. Historical distribution of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in southwestern France: Evidence from macrofossil soil charcoal analysis. Master 2. Université de Bordeaux. (official supervisor: G. de Lafontaine)

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Amasifuen Guerra CA. 2011. Conservation et variabilité spatiale locale des macrofossiles de charbon de bois dans les hêtraies du sud-ouest de la France. Master 1. Université de Bordeaux. (official supervisor: G. de Lafontaine)

Lefèvre S. 2010. Diversité et structure génétique des populations de hêtre (Fagus sylvatica) en limite sud d’aire de répartition. Master 2. Université de Bordeaux. (co-supervisor: Rémy J. Petit)

Scholarships, grants, and distinctions

2015 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Postdoctoral Fellowship

2013 French National Research Agency-LabEx COTE – Funding for a short research internship (September 2013) to INRA, Bordeaux, France

2012 IUFRO – Award "best poster" IUFRO 2012 Conference: Genetics of Fagaceae

2012 French National Research Agency-LabEx COTE – Funding for a M.Sc. student and other research operations

2012 Canada Research Chair in Forest and Environmental Genomics – Postdoctoral Fellowship

2011 INRA-EFPA – Research grant "Innovative projects 2011"

2010-2012 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT) – Postdoctoral Fellowship

2009-2011 Centre for Northern Studies – Awards for publication excellence (×4)

2008-2009 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship

2007 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship

2007-2009 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT) – Doctoral Research Scholarship (declined)

2005-2007 Northern research chair on disturbance ecology – Scholarship

2005 M.Sc. thesis added on the Dean’s list

2002 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & McGill University – Neo Fellowship (declined)

Media coverage

May 28, 2015. Les secrets des hêtres du Ciron. Le Républicain. pp. 60.

March 14, 2015. Les mystères du Ciron. Sud Ouest. pp. 40.

October 27, 2014. Hêtraie de la vallée du Ciron, plus de 40 000 ans d'existence. Aquitaine OnLine.

June 2010. Une forêt de 5000 ans au Québec. Nature sauvage. Vol. 8, pp. 15.

November 30, 2009. Une forêt intacte de 5000 ans. Le Quotidien. Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Front page & pp.2.

Journal referee

American Journal of Botany (×2) International Journal of Molecular Sciences AoB PLANTS Journal of Biogeography (×7) BMC Evolutionary Biology Molecular Ecology (×5) Ecosystems (×2) Molecules Forest Ecology and Management (×2) New Phytologist Forests Plant Ecology (×2) Heredity PLoS ONE

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Professional services and memberships

2015- Graduate student advisory committee (Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue)

2015 Advisory member of the organizing committee for the Metasciences Day (Université Laval)

2012- Member; Centre for Forest Research (CFR)

2012 Steering Board Member: 2nd Steering Board meeting of EcoGenes project, Seville, Spain, April 17, 2012.

2011 Referee for an NSERC funding proposal

2011 INRA-Biogeco representative: EcoGenes kick-off meeting, Seville, Spain, January 26-28, 2011.

2011-2012 Elected postdoc representative at Biogeco Joint Research Unit council

2010- Member; International Biogeography Society (IBS)

2010- Member; Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE)

2009- Member; Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS)

2008-2010 Member; International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)

2005-2010 Member; Centre for Northern Studies

2005- Member; Institut québécois de la biodiversité (IQBIO)

Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from a climate refugium along the Ciron river, Landes de Gascogne, France (cf., de Lafontaine et al. 2013, 2014)