Amir has conducted a PhD thesis in evolutionary biology under the co-supervision of Jean R. David and Pierre Capy at the University of Paris XI Orsay (currently Paris-Saclay) in 2007. This was followed by three postdocs in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, under the direction of Rob DeSalle (2008-2010), at the Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France, under the direction of Virginie Courtier (2010-2012), and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, under the direction of John Pool (2013-2016). He was recruited as a CR CNRS at the Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris in 2016, before joining the EGCE lab in 2020.

Alizée conducts a PhD thesis under the co-supervision of Héloïse Bastide and Amir since 2024. Alizée's thesis is on the chemosensory adaptations of the bee louse Braula coecae, an inquiline drosophilid in honey bee nests. Alizée has conducted her Master 2 internship with Julie Carcaud and Jean-Christophe Sandoz on chemosensory adaptations in the honey bee.

Béatrice has a strong experitse in Drosophila behavioral experimentations and chemical communication.

Béatrice has a strong experitse in Drosophila behavioral experimentations and electrophysiology.