Fabien Leprieur

Fabien Leprieur is a Full Professor at the University of Montpellier, France, affiliated with the UMR MARBEC research unit (CNRS-IFREMER-IRD-UM). His research focuses on large-scale biodiversity patterns in marine and freshwater ecosystems, emphasizing historical and evolutionary processes, and the impacts of anthropogenic activities such as climate change and habitat loss. He served as Associate Editor for Global Ecology and Biogeography since 2015 and Subject Editor for Ecography since November 2023.

Key research themes include biogeography, community ecology, coral reefs, fishes, macroecology, and past climate change. His work bridges fundamental and applied ecology, addressing both theoretical questions and conservation challenges.

Notable recent contributions include studies on shark functional diversity vulnerability and spatial genetic differentiation in tropical reef fish lineages. He was a former junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2017-2022).

His affiliations include the UMR MARBEC unit, dedicated to marine biodiversity research, and he collaborates widely in global ecological networks.