Ecophysiology and Behavior as quality's biomarkers in Vertebrates

The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on individual fitness

Scientific expedition in Terre Adélie, French basis Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica

PhD Researcher

I am always fascinated about what we learn in the scientific literature regarding adaptation or strategies adopted by individuals to survive and reproduce in our world today.

Having the opportunity to contribute to discover how biotic and abiotic factors influence individual fitness both at early and adult stages by using very different and complementary ecophysiological and behavioral approaches passionates me. My results tend to encourage my future studies to pursue research on the early life conditions experienced by individuals because of their potential high impact on individual fitness.

I am particularly interested in working on scientific projects that aim to combine multidisciplinary approaches to understand how these changes modulate fitness-dependent decisions are taken by vertebrates and how the evolution of these strategies occurs.

Contact: sophie.dupont93@gmail.com

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aewjxs0AAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=ao

ORCID number: 0000-0002-0883-8305

Current position

Post-doctoral research associate, Influence of pollutants on FP prevalence and ChHV5 viral load in Green turtle from Martinique Island.

BOREA Laboratory, MNHN/CNRS

Invited researcher at the LIttoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) lab, CNRS/La Rochelle Université




Previous position

Post-doctoral research associate, 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 and Cara Cochrane

Experimental protocol conducted in outdoor aviaries