PhD candidate EnviroSPACE Laboratory | Living Earth Lab | Institute for Environmental Sciences 📍University of Geneva, Bd. Carl Vogt 66, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland   Phone: +41 (22)379.08.96   Email: audrey.lambiel(at)unige.ch   Linkedin | ORCID | ResearchGate | GitHub

Short description

Audrey Lambiel is an environmental scientist with a background in biology and geomatics. She applies spatial modeling, GIS and programming tools to study environmental change. Having previously contributed to projects on ecological infrastructure and environmental assessment (ValPar.CH and GE-21) within the EnviroSPACE group, she now conducts her PhD research within the European MONALISA project. Her work focuses on improving the understanding of the processes driving land degradation and desertification and assessing their impacts on ecosystem functions. Ultimately, her research aims to provide more robust and policy-relevant information to support effective restoration planning, ecosystem services protection, and sustainable land-use decision-making.

Publications

Gerber, L., Lambiel, A., Külling, N., & Mariéthoz, G. (2026). chessQS: An efficient tile-based gap-filling method for large and complex remote sensing images. Ecological Informatics, 94, 103666. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103666

Lambiel, A., Giuliani, G., Külling, N., & Lehmann, A. (2026). A digital twin approach for the identification and update of ecological infrastructure. Big Earth Data, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2026.2615504

Külling, N., Adde, A., Lambiel, A., Wicki, S., Guisan, A., Grêt-Regamey, A., & Lehmann, A. (2024). Nature’s contributions to people and biodiversity mapping in Switzerland: spatial patterns and environmental drivers. Ecological Indicators, 163, 112079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112079