Rennes 1 University, France
2006-2010 PhD in Biology (specialising in Animal Behaviour) - 1st class honours
2005-2006 2nd year of Master in Ethology–Ecology–Evolution - upper 2nd class honours
2004-2005 1st year of Master in Biology of Organisms, Populations and Ecosystems - 1st class honours
2003-2004 Licence in Biology of Organisms (3rd year as undergraduate) - upper 2nd class honours
Tours University, France
2001-2003 DEUG in Life and Earth Sciences (first 2 years as undergraduate) - upper 2nd class honours
Jan 2021 – Ongoing : Postdoctoral research fellow (CNRS)
Laboratory: UMR 6552 EthoS - Rennes 1 University - CNRS – Paimpont, France
Supervisor: Martine Hausberger and Alban Lemasson
Topic: Acoustic signals as cues to comfort/discomfort level in human newborns (Homo sapiens)
Teaching: Ethology, Statistics (GLM) (Undergraduate and Master students in Biology and Psychology: 8hrs of lectures, 11hrs of tutorials, 32hrs of pratical classes in 2021-2022 ; 8hrs of lectures, 17hrs of tutorials, 36hrs of pratical classes in 2022-2023)
Oct – Dec 2020 : Postdoctoral research fellow
Laboratory: UMR 6552 EthoS - Rennes 1 University - CNRS – Paimpont, France
Supervisor: Martine Hausberger and Alban Lemasson
Topic: Individual factors of variation influencing the use of the vocal repertoire in wild-born, but hand-reared, captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) (Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia)
June 2017 – June 2020 : Postdoctoral research fellow
Laboratory: LIDILEM - Grenoble Alpes University – Grenoble, France
Supervisor: Aurélie Nardy, in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Chevrot (LIDILEM), Eric Fleury and Márton Karsai (DANTE team, INRIA - ENS Lyon, France)
Topic: Language dynamics, linguistic learning, and sociability at preschool : Benefits of wireless proximity sensors in collecting big data (ANR project 'DyLNet')
Sept 2015 – May 2017 : Postdoctoral research fellow & Teaching assistant
Laboratory: UMR 9197 Neuro-PSI / ENES - St-Etienne University - CNRS – St-Etienne, France
Supervisors: Nicolas Mathevon and Florence Levréro, in collaboration with David Reby (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK) and Hugues Patural (Department of Pediatric Medicine, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France)
Topic: Decoding of identity cues in babies voice by mothers and other nonparent human adults (Homo sapiens) (psycho-acoustic experiment)
Teaching: Animal biology, Animal physiology, Ecology, Ecotoxicology (1st and 2nd year Undergrads, 144hrs of pratical classes in 2015-2016 and 144hrs of pratical classes in 2016-2017)
Aug 2012 – July 2015 : JSPS postdoctoral fellow & Guest research associate of Kyoto University
Laboratory: Primate Research Institute, Cognition & Learning section - Kyoto University – Inuyama, Japan
Supervisors: Hiroki Koda and Nobuo Masataka
Topics: Context of emission of the copulatory calls produced by wild female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) – Inter-specific communication between sympatric Japanese macaques and sika deer (Cervus nippon) (playback experiment)
Fieldsites: Yakushima island (Japan), Koshima island (Japan)
Oct 2011 – July 2012 : Postdoctoral research fellow
Laboratory: School of Psychology & Neuroscience - St Andrews University – St Andrews, Scotland
Supervisor: Klaus Zuberbühler, in collaboration with Suchinda Malaivijitnond (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand) and Ulrich Reichard (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA)
Topics: Syntax and meaning of white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) anti-predator vs. territorial songs (playback experiment)
Fieldsite: Khao Yai National Park (Thailand)
Sept 2010 – Sept 2011 : JSPS postdoctoral fellow & Guest research associate of Kyoto University
Laboratory: Primate Research Institute, Cognition & Learning section - Kyoto University – Inuyama, Japan
Supervisors: Hiroki Koda and Nobuo Masataka
Topics: Social and hormonal correlates of copulatory calls produced by wild female Japanese macaques (M. fuscata) – Age-differences in the perception of call matching by Japanese macaques (playback experiment)
Fieldsites: Yakushima island (Japan), Primate Research Institute (Inuyama, Japan)
Oct 2006 – July 2010 : PhD
Laboratory: UMR 6552 EthoS - Rennes 1 University - CNRS – Paimpont, France
Supervisors: Alban Lemasson and Catherine Blois-Heulin
Topic: Relationship between vocal repertoire variability and social system: A comparative study in cercopithecine monkeys (Cercocebus torquatus, Cercopithecus campbelli, Cercopithecus neglectus)
Study sites: Station Biologique de Paimpont (France), Champrepus Zoo (France), Howletts Zoo (England), Port-Lympne Zoo (England), Fuengirola Zoo (Spain)
Co-supervising of students: one 2nd year-master student and two 1st year-master students
Teaching: Ethology (1st year Masters, 24hrs of pratical classes )
Mobility: Collaboration with Klaus Zuberbühler (St Andrews University) (winter 2008-2009)
Jan – June 2006 : Master (2nd year)
Laboratory: UMR 6552 EthoS - Rennes 1 University - CNRS – Paimpont, France
Supervisors: Alban Lemasson and Catherine Blois-Heulin
Topic: Vocal variability and context of call production in male red-capped mangabeys (C. torquatus)
Bibliographic report: Influence of environmental and phylogenetic constraints on inter- and intra-individual vocal variability in vertebrates
July – Sept 2005 : Voluntary position
Fieldsite: Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary – Kinshasa, D.R.Congo
Supervisors: Claudine André and Crispin Mahamba Kamate
Tasks: Studied maternal behaviour of orphan female bonobos (Pan paniscus) with their newborn babies – Took part in cognitive and emotional tests on bonobos led by Brian Hare and Richard Wrangham – Took part in animal welfare, and in the logistics and communication of the conservation project
April – June 2005 : Master (1st year)
Laboratory: IPHC, DEPE - UMR7178 - Strasbourg University - CNRS – Strasbourg, France
Supervisor: Bernard Thierry
Topic: Feeding competition in Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana) and rhesus macaques (M. mulatta)
Sept 2003 : Voluntary internship
Site: Zoo de La Boissière – La Boissière-du-Doré, France
Supervisors: Guillaume Romano and Monique Laurent
Tasks: Studied a bachelor group of gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla) – Took part in animal welfare
July – Aug 2003 : Voluntary internship
Site: Zoo 'La Vallée des Singes' – Romagne, France
Supervisor: Jan Vermeer
Tasks: Conducted a public awareness campaign about primates conservation – Took part in animal welfare
July – Aug 2002 : Voluntary internship
Site: Zoo de Sainte-Croix – Rhodes, France
Supervisors: Alexandra Kruch and Laurent Singer
Tasks: Conducted educational animations, general public and children – Took part in animal welfare
2012-2015 Postdoctoral funding: JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science) postdoctoral fellowship program for foreign researchers (2-year grant) & Research funding: JSPS grant-in-aid for scientific research (2 700 000 JPY, i.e. approx. 20 300€)
2010-2011 Postdoctoral funding: JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science) postdoctoral fellowship program for North American and European researchers (1-year grant) & Research funding: JSPS grant-in-aid for scientific research (800 000 JPY, i.e. approx. 6 000€)
2009-2010 PhD funding: research grant ("bourse de formation à et par la recherche") from Rennes 1 University (4-month grant), research engineer position at UMR 6552 EthoS (3-month contract)
2008-2009 Mobility grant from Rennes Métropole to collaborate with Klaus Zuberbühler at St Andrews University (3-month grant)
2006-2009 PhD funding: ministerial allocation from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (3-year contract)
2005-2006 Master merit scholarship (1-year grant)
2005 Four student project grants from the Council of the Region of Bretagne, from the CRIJ (Youth Information Center of Bretagne), from Rennes 1 University, and from the CROUS (French student welfare organization) to fund my 2-month project at Lola Ya Bonobo, D.R.Congo
· Spoken languages :
French: mother tongue English: fluent
Japanese: conversational Thai: conversational (rudiments)
Spanish: high-school rudiments German: high-school rudiments
· Computer skills : Mas OS, Windows, Linux
Office softwares: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Zotero (reference management software)
Statistical softwares: R, SPSS, Statview, Minitab, Statistica
Acoustical softwares: R 'seewave', Praat, Ocenaudio, Audacity, Avisoft, CoolEdit, Raven, ANA, Sound Forge, Kaleidoscope Pro Analysis (Wildlife Acoustics)
Behavioral and video analysis softwares: The Observer XT (Noldus), BORIS, EthoLog, Kinovea
Video softwares (CCTV): Axis Camera Station (Axis), MediaRecorder (Noldus)
Linguistic transcription and annotation: ELAN
Computer programming: R, Praat, Python, Bash (Unix shell)
Network visualisation and analysis: Gephi
Disk encryption: VeraCrypt
Website creation: Drupal CMS