Over the past few years I had the chance to supervise the following brilliant students:
PhD
♦ Ilse Barraza Soltero – Ilse’s passion for lizards extends to a keen interest in the evolutionary processes associated with islands. With considerable experience in fieldwork, she embodies ambition and maintains a consistently positive mindset. Ilse’s PhD project investigates olfaction in subterranean squamates and the associated morphological and convergent adaptations – 2023-2026
-1 article published:
-3 articles in preparation
♦ Dennisse Ruelas is working on the systematic of Thomasomys (Rodentia). Among her integrative investigations she also worked on the potential link between the altitude and the relative size of respiratory turbinals. She is now a permanent researcher in Peru – 2022
-1 article published:
Master
♦ Rémi Giro is a highly efficient and autonomous student who was working on the potential impact of inbreeding and captivity on the brain and especially on the olfactory bulb. Rémi is also a mushroom enthusiast. He is now doing a PhD in Orthoptera ecology and conservation – 2023
-2 articles in preparation
♦ Arthur Naas is a hard-working student who investigated in rodents, the covariation between several internal anatomical structures of the skull, especially some related to olfaction and feeding strategies. He also investigated potential convergent evolution – 2021
Arthur successfully continued by undertaking a PhD in Montpellier (France) on the evolution of prehensile tails and arboreality in mammals.
-1 article published:
-1 articles in preparation
♦ Elisa Emily Davis was supposed to work on the olfactory bulb in small mammals at large. Unfortunately she arrived during the pandemic and we had to re-write the project on already acquired data. She investigated the relative surface area of olfactory turbinals in subterranean rodents. Elisa is also passionate about fishes, ask her about it – 2020
-1 article in preparation
♦ Theo Corbet worked on turbinal bones in wild mice. For example he investigated the potential impact of insularity – 2019
-1 article in preparation
♦ Mark Wright worked on the diversity of turbinal bones among myrmecophagous mammals. Mark successfully went on to complete a PhD at Harvard University (USA) on the evolution of locomotion in early mammals – 2017
-3 articles published:
♦ Benjamin Dubourguier worked on the diversity of turbinal bones among armadillos – 2016
-2 articles published:
Undergraduate students, introductory internship
♦ Jasmin Wagner – Passionate about frogs, Jasmine is highly meticulous in her work. She aspires to pursue a career as a herpetologist. Despite just finishing high school, Jasmine has already conducted various field trips in South America in search of frogs and worked with us on olfaction and brain in Gymnophiona. She is also a photographer and a circus performer – 2023
-2 articles in preparation
♦ Léo-Paul Charlet is a highly motivated student who is extremely efficient on the field. He worked with us to develop an experimental design to test olfaction in Gymnophiona, especially in Typhlonectes compressicauda. He is also a mountain hiker and a backpacker – 2022
-1 article in preparation
♦ Soraya Bengattat – 2019
♦ Charlene Sanchez – 2018
♦ Elodie Conte – 2017
♦ Emilie Eveque – 2017