Curriculum Vitae



 1.      PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
 
2012-2014: Post-doctoral position in Behavioural Ecology (2 years)
 
University of Jyvaskyla (Finland)

Host institute: Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Biological Interactions Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (grant appointed by the rector of the University of Jyväskylä -9 months-, employee -17months-)
Project: post-copulatory sexual selection in the aposematic Wood Tiger moth
Associate researchers: Johanna Mappes (Univ. of Jyväskylä, Finland), Nina Wedell (Univ. of Exeter, UK), Jonathan Blount (Univ. of Exeter, UK)
 



2010-2011: Post-doctoral position in Landscape Ecology (2 years)


Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
Host institute: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Project: “Influence of habitat heterogeneity and a plant protection product on bird and small mammals communities”, founded by BASF & Bayer
Associate researchers: François Chiron (MNHN, Paris, France), Romain Julliard (MNHN, Paris, France), Aude Barbottin (INRA, Grignon, France)


 

2.      MAJOR RESEARCH FUNDING, STUDENT SUPERVISION

Major research funding:
  • Post-doctoral grant appointed by the rector of the University of Jyväskylä: April to December 2012 (CoE in Biological Interactions Research)
  • Mobility grant by the University of Jyväskylä: November 2013, HPLC set up to measure level of oxidative stress in moth’s testis through MDA levels                       
Student supervision:
  • Marjorie Bison, 2 months Licence training (University of Saint Etienne, France) in 2010 “Comparison of two methodologies, traps vs hair tubes, to sample small mammals in arable lands”
  • Emilie Lefol, 2 months Licence training (University of Rouen, France) in 2008, “Test of the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis in the Houbara Bustard”
  • Adeline Cadet, 6 months Master M2 training (University of Paris VI, France) in 2007 “Sexual signals in Houbara Bustard: are they health indicator?”
Fieldworker supervision:
  • Moana Grysan , Emeline Bouzendorf, Thierry Roy & Sandrine Guitton: birds monitoring (6 months each, 2010 and 2011)
  • Bertrand Couillens: mammals trapping and species identification from hair samples (2 months, 2010)
 


3. EDUCATION, DEGREES AWARDED, RESEARCH CAREER PHASE
 
  • 2005-2009 PhD in Behavioural Ecology

Typical desert landscape in Morocco
Thesis title: Sexual selection in the Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata undulata, implications for supportive breeding and the management of captive populations
Host structure: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Date of oral examination: 18th of Sept. (2009)
Members of the jury: Richard Buchholz (University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA, reviewer), Bruno Faivre (CNRS, Dijon, France, reviewer), Alexandre Roulin (University of Lausanne, Suisse, reviewer), Michel Saint Jalme (MNHN, Paris, France, supervisor), Gabriele Sorci (CNRS, Dijon, France, supervisor)
Mention: “très honorable”
Speciality: eco-ethology

  • 2004-2005 Master’s degree in Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution (speciality: Conservation Biology), Grade B, University of Paris XI, France