Gisele Bronner

Gisele Bronner is a Professor at the University Clermont Auvergne, Faculty of Biology, Department of Microorganisms: Genome and Environment. Her research focuses on microbial diversity in aquatic ecosystems, particularly using molecular approaches to study freshwater microbiomes, protists, and microbial communities. She leads several research projects examining the structure and function of microbial communities in lakes, especially the meromictic Lake Pavin.

Her research interests span microbial ecology, environmental genomics, metagenomics, and protistology. Dr. Bronner employs cutting-edge molecular techniques including metatranscriptomics, metabarcoding, and bioinformatics to investigate the diversity, function, and dynamics of microbial communities in freshwater environments. Her work often focuses on the smallest components of aquatic ecosystems, from femtoplankton to microbial eukaryotes, examining their roles in ecosystem functioning.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on freshwater microbial ecology, with particular attention to meromictic lakes like Lake Pavin. Her research integrates molecular approaches with ecological theory, examining both taxonomic and functional diversity of microbial communities. Key themes include the relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem function, seasonal dynamics of microbial communities, and the application of novel molecular techniques to environmental microbiology.

Dr. Bronner has supervised several doctoral students and early-career researchers, including Arthur Monjot, Hélène Gardon, and Maxime Fuster, who frequently appear as co-authors on her publications. Her research is supported by collaborations across multiple institutions, particularly through the Microorganisms: Genome and Environment laboratory.

She leads research in the Microorganisms: Genome and Environment laboratory (LMGE), focusing on freshwater microbial ecology. Her team employs a multidisciplinary approach combining molecular biology, bioinformatics, and ecological theory to study microbial communities in aquatic environments, with special emphasis on Lake Pavin as a model system.