David Singer​

Professional info​
 

Work experience
 

2020 - present Postdoc UMR CNRS 6112 LPG-BIAF Bio-Indicateurs Actuels et Fossiles,

                            University of Angers

                                Project: FORESTAT – FORaminifera in ESTuaries of the french ATlantic coast.

2019 - 2020       Postdoc Laboratory of Evolutionary Protistology, University of São Paulo, Brazil

                                Project: From environmental metabarcoding/metatranscriptomic to a single-cell

                                transcriptomics: evaluation of human impact on the microeukaryotic diversity of the Tietê

                                River, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

​2017 - 2019       Postdoc Laboratory of soil biodiversity, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

                                Project: The effect of cadavers, blood, urine and faeces on soil ecology.

​2012 - 2017       PhD Laboratory of soil biodiversity, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

                                Project: A molecular approach to microeukaryotic diversity, ecology and biogeography 

                                associated with Sphagnum mosses

Awards
 

12.09.2018 Laureate of the "Helen Tappan, Early Career Researcher Award 2018" of the International Society of Testate Amoeba Reseachers - ISTAR in recognition of a contribution to fundamental advances in understanding the taxonomy, community structure, and functional ecology of testate amoeba.

01.03.2018 Laureate of the “Karl Gottlieb Grell Award 2018” of the German Society of Protozoology in recognition of an outstanding contribution in the field of protistological research.

16.11.2017 Laureate of the “Prix Jean-Luc Crélerot 2018” of the University of Neuchâtel, in recognition of a PhD in the “evolution of the organisms” field of research.