Associate professor of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes working on the evolution of shape in the BioME research group of the Biogéosciences lab — UMR CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
My main research interests are in quantifying spatial and temporal patterns of shape variation and inferring generative mechanisms of shape variation and of its control to understand patterns and processes that lead to current biodiversity. Primary model organisms used are mice and voles.
My main research interests are in quantifying spatial and temporal patterns of shape variation and inferring generative mechanisms of shape variation and of its control to understand patterns and processes that lead to current biodiversity. Primary model organisms used are mice and voles.
Generative mechanisms of shape variation
Geometric morphometrics provides powerful tools to characterise shape variation across a variety of evolutionary and ecological contexts. The mechanisms leading to a particular shape, the origins of shape variation and covariation, and the context-dependance of these mechanisms are nonetheless still difficult to understand and to explain. Researches concern the development and applications of geometric morphometrics to the study of genetics of shape and of organismal integration.
Stable isotopes of C, N and O
Stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen may provide indirect evidences on the ecological niches of small mammals. Researches concern the development of isotopic proxies with in natura and laboratory experiments and their use on fossil data.
Geometric morphometrics provides powerful tools to characterise shape variation across a variety of evolutionary and ecological contexts. The mechanisms leading to a particular shape, the origins of shape variation and covariation, and the context-dependance of these mechanisms are nonetheless still difficult to understand and to explain. Researches concern the development and applications of geometric morphometrics to the study of genetics of shape and of organismal integration.
Stable isotopes of C, N and O
Stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen may provide indirect evidences on the ecological niches of small mammals. Researches concern the development of isotopic proxies with in natura and laboratory experiments and their use on fossil data.