2016 - 2019
PhD in Ecology, Ecosystems and Populations, Impact of developmental conditions on birds’ phenotype: from hatching to adult stage (Black-browed Albatross, Snow Petrel and House Sparrow)
Ecophysiology Team – Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé – CNRS UMR 7372, La Rochelle University. Supervisor: Dr Frédéric Angelier. Oral defence: 18/09/2019
2016
MSc. in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution - Speciality: Biological Conservation, Paris Saclay University – France.
Magistère de Biologie et Biotechnologie, Paris Saclay University in partnership with École Normale Supérieure in Cachan – France.
2014
Bsc. in Biology and Health, Paris Saclay University – France
Work certificates
Training in the Use of Wild Animals for Scientific Purposes ‘ExpeFS’, specialized in birds (MNHN/CEBC/CNRS) - France.
PIL Training Certificate - Scotland.
Distance education of veterinarian health’s auxiliary (IFSA) – Option wild animals.
Management of major research projects
2024 - ongoing
Post-doctoral research associate, Research project: Effect of a massive wildfire on the health of the Sociable weaver.
Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, UMR 5175, France ; CIBIO-InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Laboratório Associado, University of Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal
Collaborators: Dr Rita Covas, Dr Claire Doutrelant, Dr Matthieu Paquet, Dr François Criscuolo, Sandrine Zahn and Fabrice Augé.
2023
Post-doctoral research associate, Research project: Is contamination impregnation linked to Fibropapillomatosis prevalence and severity in immature Green turtles from the Martinique island?
BOREA Research Unit, Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et des Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, UMR 8067, MNHN, CNRS, SU, IRD 207, UCN, UA, France ; LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266, CNRS, France
Collaborators: Dr Damien Chevallier, Dr Mathieu Giraudeau, Dr Jérôme Fort, Prof Paco Bustamante, Dr Guillaume Le Loc'h and Dr David J. Duffy.
2022
Post-doctoral research associate, Research project: Intergenerational transfer of ageing, the Lansing Effect.
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine - University of Glasgow - Scotland
Collaborators: Pr Pat Monaghan, Pr Neil Metcalfe, Pr Colin Selman, Dr Winnie Boner, Dr Edward Ivimey-Cook, Dr Darryl McLennan, Cara Cochrane and Jayden Harris.
2021/2022
Post-doctoral research associate, Research project: MAPE Project - Work Package 4 Part 1, Elaboration of a standardized and robust protocol for evaluating the performances of detection-reaction systems installed in onshore windfarms to reduce avian fatalities.
Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, UMR 5175, France
Collaborators: Dr Aurélien Besnard, Dr Olivier Duriez and Dr Alexandre Corbeau.
2019/2020
Teaching and Research Assistant, Research project: Study of the conflict between Human and European Beaver in a French department throughout the analyze of semi-opening interviews.
University of Lille 1, Ecology, Evolution and Paleontology Unit – CNRS UMR 8198.
Collaborators: Dr Bénédicte Felter, Dr Nina Hautekeete and Dr Yves Piquot.
2016
Master student, Research project: Impact of light pollution on foraging behavior in European Hamsters.
Cognitive and Social Ethology group, PRC, CNRS, IFCE, INRA, Université de Tours, 37380 – Nouzilly, France
Supervisor: Dr Odile Petit; Collaborator: Dr Lauréline Guinefollau.
2015
Master student, Research project: Is there a link between plumage coloration and escape behavior in urban Pigeons?
Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de
l’Environnement de Paris, 75005, Paris, France
Supervisors: Prof Julien Gasparini and Dr Emmanuelle Baudry.
Management of minor research projects
2014/2015
Bachelor student, Research project: Impact of a short-term caloric restriction on cognitive performance and locomotion of adult Microcebes.
Adaptive Mechanisms and Evolution Laboratory - Natural History Museum/CNRS UMR 7179.
Supervisor: Dr Fabien Pifferi.
2014
Bachelor student, Research project: Vocal group identity studied in adult blackcaps.
Neurobiology of Learning, Memory and Communication Laboratory – CNRS UMR 8195.
Supervisor: Dr Hélène Courvoisier.
2013
Bachelor student, Research project: Impacts of urbanization on blue tits’ phenotype and breeding performances.
Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de
l’Environnement de Paris, 75005, Paris, France
Supervisor: Dr Clotilde Biard.
Career break due to the pandemic
2020/2021
Veterinary assistant – Clinique de la Roche, Poitiers (France)
Involvement in surgery/consultation assistance, animals’ care, client reception, nutritional and anti-parasitic advices, medication preparation.
Field experience
Monitoring of a long-term population of Sociable Weavers in the Benfontein Reserve, South Africa; Ecophysiology and Biologging in a colony of Snow Petrels in Terre Adélie, Antarctica; Ecophysiology, Ecotoxicology and Behavior in a captive population of House Sparrows at the CEBC/CNRS; Behavior and Population reinforcement by reintroductions in rodents; Cognition and Ecophysiology in Microcebes; Bioacoustic analyses and Behavior in a wild population of Blackcaps.
Survival analysis
Population models: Survival estimates using CJS model and Bayesian approach (Nimble)
Ecophysiology measurements
Morphometric measurements: beak, tarsus and wing length in birds; Blood samples: collected from brachial vein (birds) and sublingually (rodents); Telomere and corticosterone measurement: DNA extraction (magnetic beads), qPCR, Southern blot and radioimmunoassay; Energy expenditure: Resting, basal and thermoregulatory metabolism in birds and Microcebes.
Behavioral ecology
Temperament: neophobia, neophilia, exploration behavior, discriminatory test, escape and tonic immobility in birds and rodents; Cognition: spatial memory, cognitive discrimination, foraging problem-solving tasks in birds and Microcebes; Behavior: Parental investment during incubation and rearing periods, playback experiments in birds.
Socioecology
Analyzing people discourse according to personal experience, thanks to semi-opening interviews, regarding the legitimacy of reintroduction/presence and utility of European Beaver in the Moselle department (France).
Technical
Computer programming: R, LateX, Scilab, Linux; Acoustic analysis: Avisoft; Spatial analysis: QGIS, Graphab; Image analysis: ImageJ, GIMP.
Languages
French: Mother tongue; English: understand, read, write, speak; Spanish: understand.
Teaching
Tutorials and Practical works (176 hours), to Bachelor-degree students (from 1st to 3rd year of BSc, French-speaking and English-speaking groups). University of Lille 1.
Supervision of 9 university students during 2- to 6-month internships. Teaching team work, scientific methods. Advising on approaches for statistical analysis and report writing.
Educational guidance of 2 4-student groups (Msc. 1st year, 1 French-speaking and 1 English-speaking group) in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution at Poitiers University.
Supporting teachers in the biodiversity education system ECORCE 2018.