LANDREIN SVEN
e-mail : sven.landrein@free.fr
CAREER PROFILE
I am a Botany graduate looking to further my career within the filed of botany,
plant conservation and / or botanical horticulture. I am experienced in both
in and outdoor gardening work, conservation, research and work as a technician.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Nov 2001- Dec 2002 National natural history museum: Paris FRANCE
. Technician work at the seed bank, including;
cultivation, harvest, cleaning and distribution of the ‘ index seminum’
seeds.
. Researching and collecting wild plants, and Identification of spontaneous cultivated plants from France, Greece and Russia.
. Compiling an Inventory and cleaning historical seeds.
Dec 2000 - Oct 2001 Arboretum de la vallée aux loups (Wolf valley
Arboretum): Chatenay Malabry FRANCE .
. Writing a fifty pages booklet about the Convolvulaceae family and the national
Convolvulaceae collection growing in the arboretum. (this collection contains
more than 500 taxons). Include diagrams, drawings and a bibliographic study
with the aim of explaining the botanical and horticultural aspect of this
unknown family.
Jun 2000 – Nov 2000 National Pyrénées Park. Néouvielle
reserve: Tarbes FRANCE
. Undertook Surveys on the population of three aquatic alpine species present
in high lakes of the Natural reserve of Néouvielle : Isoetes lacustris,
Subularia aquatica and Potamogeton praelongus. Inventory of the different
population (discovery of a new population in a lonely lake).
. Polpulation protection and conservation plus report writing.
Jun 1999 – Oct 1999 SAHIN (horticultural seeds production): Alphen
aan den riyn ; HOLLAND
. Discovery of seeds production fields, expedition and stocking process.
. Selection of new varieties directly in fields or with hybridisation and tetraploidy with colchicine plus Seed germination tests.
EDUCATION
1999-2000 DES botany; Pierre and Marie Curie University: Paris 6 FRANCE
Report: Bibliographic study on the growth type of the Convolvulaceae
family. The Convolvulaceae family essentially lianas contains very diversificated
biological types : trees, shrubs ,annual grasses, woody lianas reaching the
canopy, annual liana.
1998-1999 Master of botany; Pierre and Marie Curie University: Paris 6
FRANCE
Report: horticulture role in plant conservation.
SKILLS
IT Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter pro, Internet
explorer, Dreamweaver.
Mother tongue French and good working knowledge of English.
INTEREST
Walking, gardening, drawing, water colour painting, photography, software
drawing, travel (hiking in the Pyrénées, Madeira and Spain mountains)