About me - CV
EDUCATION & POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS
2008 Baccalauréat (A-level) in Sciences. 2009-2011 B. A. in “Archaeology” (Université Lumière Lyon 2 - Lyon/France) obtained with honors. 2011-2013 M. A. in “Quaternary and Prehistory” (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle - Paris/France) obtained with first class honors (17/20). 2013-2016 PhD at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle: 3 years PhD scholarship obtained from the French Ministry for Research. 2018-2019 FYSSEN post-doctoral position at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (Jena, Germany). 2020 Non-permanent researcher at the CNRS PACEA Laboratory (Bordeaux, France) 2021-2022 Non-permanent researcher at the CNRS CR2P Laboratory (Paris, France) 2022-Now Permanent researcher at the CNRS ISEM Laboratory (Montpellier, France) EDITORIAL AND PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
-Editorial board member of the journal BMC Ecology and Evolution -Reviewer for: Peer J, Journal of Archaeological Science, Royal Society Open Science, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Journal of Morphology, Herpetological review ... TEACHING/MENTORING/SCIENTIFIC DIFFUSION
-Training in Zooarchaeology at Silpakorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) (2022) -Mentoring of two master students (M1 and M2 dissertations). -Designing of the exhibition “Biodiversité ancienne de Guadeloupe” (Past biodiversity of Guadeloupe), Edgar Clerc Museum (Guadeloupe), 6-7 June 2015. -Public conference “Etudier les faunes passes: Comment? Pourquoi?” (“Study past faunas: How? Why?”) (Guadeloupe/April 2014) -Participation to the scientific dissemination event “the Science Festival” (10-11 October 2015) -Course of Zooarchaeology at the Royal University of Fine arts (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2019) -Introduction to herpetology for 8th grade students (2 hours - 2014) -Visit of the Anatomy and Paleontology rooms of the MNHN for primary school students (2 hours – 2014) |
I am a researcher interested in the study of past human/animal interactions to understand the very first phases of the impact of human populations on their environment with a focus on reptiles and tropical areas. To do so, I combine several approaches in Zooarchaeology, Quaternary Paleontology, Anatomy, and Evolutionary Sciences with the aim to address modern issues related to the ongoing biodiversity mass extinction crisis. I also carry-out paleontological and archaeological excavations to document the earliest environmental impact of human groups in tropical regions that are still under-investigated.
My technical skills include Archaeology, Excavation, Comparative Anatomy, Paleontology, Zooarchaeology, Systematic, Taxonomy, Geometric Morphometrics, and Paleohistology. AWARDS & FUNDINGS
-Funding of the French Ministry of the Foreign Affaires for the "French-Thai Prehistoric Mission" (40 000 €). -Post-doctoral DIM MAP funding for the project "Caractérisation paléozoologique et historique de l’évolution des interactions homme-tortues en Asie du Sud-est continentale depuis le Pléistocène" (77 500 €). -Roger Heim Prize (3000 €) awarded by the Society of the Friends of the National Museum of Natural History (Paris/France). -Funding from the Société des Amis du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle for the purchase of a binocular microscope (1500 €). -2 years post-doctoral funding from the FYSSEN foundation (50 000 €). -Funding of the SRA Martinique for archaeological field operation (6 000 €). SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
-43 oral and poster communications in national and international scientific meetings. -12 seminars and conferences. -5 invited conferences. FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE -Lead of 2 excavation fieldwork in Martinique (2017) and Thailand (2019). -Participation to numerous excavation fieldworks in archaeology and paleontology in France, Caribbean islands and Thailand (54 weeks since 2009). ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
-Organization of a session “The archaeology of human impact on faunas: between historical and biological sciences” during the ICAZ 13th International Conference, Ankara (Turkey), 2018. -Member of the scientific and organization committees of the 3rd Young Natural History scientists Meeting (Paris – 2nd to 6th February 2016) [200 participants]. -Treasurer and member of the scientific and organization committees of the 2nd Young Natural History scientists Meeting (Paris – 4th to 6th February 2015) [150 participants]. ADMINISTRATIVE AND ASSOCIATIVE FUNCTIONS -Member of the validation committee of the Taxonomy of the Reptiles and Amphibians of France (2022 - present). -Elected member of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle scientific council (2015-2017). -Treasurer of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle student association (2014-2015). -Student representative on the council of the PhD School of the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle (2013-2015). |