Funded PhD position

…terrestrial relatives, (2) image and describe the olfactory organs of these species with identifying their potential novelties, (3) quantify the relative size of their olfactory organs and test the potential…

Amphibious mammals

…scientist: https://www.the-scientist.com/image-of-the-day/image-of-the-day-olfactory-capacities-67419 -Le CNRS: https://www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/la-perte-de-lodorat-chez-les-petits-mammiferes-amphibies -DNA ZOO: https://www.dnazoo.org/post/nosy-knowtrias -Thermo Fisher Amira-Avizo: https://www.thermofisher.com/blog/atomic-resolution/investigating-mammalian-evolution-amira-avizo-software/ Underwater picture of a wild coypu (Myocastor coypus) taken with an underwater camera trap. Pierre-Henri Fabre inspecting a…

Endothermy and the mammalian nose

…endothermy and the development of the maxilloturbinal. Instead, they identified important variations in the relative surface area, morpho-anatomy, and complexity of the maxilloturbinal across the mammalian phylogeny and species ecology….

Morphology vs. Genomics

…19(4), 20230080. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0080 Outreach: -The SMNS: https://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/news-detailansicht/wenn-die-morphologie-nicht-zu-den-genomen-passt-der-geruchssinn-von-nagetieren -DNA ZOO: https://www.dnazoo.org/post/nosy-knowtrias Picture of the subterranean naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) while sniffing. This species was sampled in the paper of Martinez…

Students

Over the past few years I had the chance to supervise the following brilliant students: PhD ♦ Ilse Barraza – Ilse’s passion for lizards extends to a keen interest in…

Publications

…(2020). Convergent evolution of olfactory and thermoregulatory capacities in small amphibious mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(16), 8958-8965. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917836117 8. Privet, K., Vedel, V., Fortunel, C., Orivel,…

Worm-eating rodents

…extant species, murine rodents (Murinae) are the most species-rich mammalian subfamily, with most of that diversity residing in the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Their evolutionary history includes several cases of putative, but…

Research

…I am also a wildlife photographer specialized in reptiles, amphibians and small mammals. My photos were awarded in several international contest including the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Contact: quentinmartinezphoto@gmail.com

Research

…I am also a wildlife photographer specialized in reptiles, amphibians and small mammals. My photos were awarded in several international contest including the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Contact: quentinmartinezphoto@gmail.com