CV

Academic appointments

2023- ...              Post-doctoral fellow

                            Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

                            Office Français de la Biodiversité 

                            Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

2020- 2023         Junior professor

                            University of Göttingen, Germany

2017-2019          Post-doctoral fellow

                            University of Montreal, Canada 

2015-2016          Assistant lecturer

                            University of Lyon, France 

2010-2011          Temporary position

                            University of Lyon, France 

                            French National hunting and Wildlife Agency, Birieux, France

Education

2011-2015          PhD Ecology and Evolution 

                            University of Lyon, France 

2009-2010          M.Sc. (2nd year) Biometry, Ecology, Evolution with Honors 

                            University of Lyon, France 

2008-2009          M.Sc. (1st year) Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution with Honors 

                            University of Montpellier, France 

2005-2008           B.Sc. Biology of Organisms and Population with Honors 

                             University of Montpellier, France 

Skills

Theoretical: evolutionary biology, ecology of populations and communities, population genetics, habitat use and selection, landscape genetics and genomics.

Statistics: Generalised Linear Models, Generalised Linear Mixed Models, multivariate analysis (PCA, DAPC, …), spatial statistics (sPCA, mantel test, causal modelling, …).

Bioinformatics: RADseq analyses (Genotyping-By-Sequencing), population genetic simulations.

Softwares: R (e.g., ade4, adegenet, adehabitat, rgdal, raster, lme4, …), Fragstats, QGIS, basic knowledge of UNIX, using facilities of computing centre, CDMetaPOP, STRUCTURE, Fast-GBS pipeline (Sabre, BWA, Samtools, VCFtools, Platypus).

Field experiences: animal count and telemetry, capture, handling and breeding of reptiles.

Languages: French (native speaker), English (nearly fluent, use as working language), Spanish (academic, limited oral but sufficient reading proficiency). 

Competitive funding

American Genetics Association travel stipend, 2017 ($360).

Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science excellence award, 2017 ($2000).

Volkswagen Foundation travel stipend, 2014, (€500).

PhD scolarship, ONCFS, 2011-2014 (€1370 per month for 3 years).

Teaching

2015-2016         Courses (96h)

    Mathematics for Life Sciences (42h), 1st year students

    Population Genetics and Dynamics (12h), 3rd year students

    Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (42h), 2nd year students

2021-2022         Courses (2 x 60h)

2022-2023

    Ecological functions of wildlife: implications for conservation and management, Master and PhD students

Workshops attended

RAD-seq data analysis, October 2022, Physalia Courses, online.

Population genomics and conservation genetics course (ConGen), September 2017, Flathead Biological Station (USA). 

Landscape genetics symposium, March 2014, University of Gottingen (Germany). 

Landscape genetics and connectivity modeling course, March 2013, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain).

Service and memberships

Reviewer: Landscape Ecology, Population Ecology, Ethology, Mammal Research, Wildlife Biology, BioMed Research International, Heredity, Austral Ecology, Journal of Mountain Science, Frontiers, Plos One, Conservation Biology.

Membership: Société Française d’Ecologie et d’Evolution, Martes Working Group, American Society of Mammalogists, Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution.