Post-Doctoral Researchers 2022-24 Dr Agnès Saulnier. Swiss Ornithological Institute (internal funding).
Exposure to pollutants and their consequences on the stress axis in birds.
2021-24 Dr Giulia Masoero: 2.5 year Marie Curie fellowship from the EU Horizon 2020 programme.
Effects of climate change on adult body size:
Towards an integrative approach to understand the underlying mechanisms, the consequences across the lifespan, and improve our predictive ability. CO-I: Prof Julien Martin, Uni Ottawa. 2021-23 Dr Roger Colominas: 2-year Marie Curie fellowship from the EU Horizon 2020 programme.
Understanding the origins of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) exposure in wild bird migratory birds and their health consequences.
CO-I: Dr Francois Criscuolo, CNRS Strasbourg. 2018-23 Dr Laure Cauchard: 2-year fellowship from the Canadian SNF & 2.5 year Marie Curie fellowship from the EU Horizon 2020 programme.
Testing the importance of oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants in linking cognitive traits and fitness in free living animals.
CO-I: Dr Blandine Doligez, CNRS Lyon. 2014-15 Dr Luiza Duarte: 1-year fellowship from the CAPES Brazilian Science Foundation). 2011-14 Dr Vincent Viblanc: 1-year fellowship from the Fyssen Foundation, France & 2-year fellowship from the AXA Foundation. PhD students 2023-27 Molly Ohse. Joint supervision with Blandine Doligez, CNRS Lyon.
Effects of chemical pollutants on mitochondrial traits, individual fitness, and traits’ heritability in wild birds:
Development of generic tools and implementation of a case study of mercury effects in a natural population of white-throated dippers. 2023-27 Cloé Hadjadji. Joint supervision with Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne, Julien Martin, University of Ottawa, and Antoine Stier, CNRS Lyon.
Selection and evolvability of mitochondrial traits in a natural population of Alpine swifts 2023-27 Anne-Caroline Heintz.
Joint supervision with Bettina Almasi, Swiss Ornithological Institute.
Impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN) on a nocturnal bird of prey, the barn owl.
2021-25 Héloïse Moullec. Joint supervision with Sophie Reichert, University of Turku.
How are ageing rates shaped?
Identifying the underlying causes and mechanisms of ageing in wild vertebrates. 2021-25 Alex Brighten. Joint supervision with Thomas Bodey, University of Aberdeen.
Linking individual eco-physiology to lifetime fitness in an animal athlete the Alpine swift.
2020-24 Michela Dumas. Joint supervision with Julien Martin, University of Ottawa.
Sexual selection in an apodiformes bird with little apparent sexual dimorphism.
2019-24 Francesca Gray. Joint supervision with Rory Doherty, University of Belfast, & Christoph Meier, Swiss Ornithological Station.
Flying sentinels:
Using a long-distance migratory bird to assess exposure to POPs over two continents and their health consequences. 2019-23 Christina Biamis. Joint supervision with Gary Hardiman, University of Belfast, & Paul Thompson, University of Aberdeen.
Epigenetic mechanisms in the actions of endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
2018-23 Mark Williamson. Joint supervision with Cath Jones, University of Aberdeen & Leighton Pritchard, James Hutton Institute.
What makes some species highly invasive?
An experimental study in the major crop pest Arionid slugs. 2018-22 Tracey Hammer. Joint supervision with J-P. Robin & V. Viblanc, University of Strasbourg, France.
Exploring the impact and adaptation to social and environmental stress in the king penguin.
2017-21 Alexandra Jebb. Joint supervision with Julien Martin, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Effects of early and adult environment conditions on the biology of long-lived species:
Testing the predictive adaptive response hypothesis. 2013-16 Quentin Schull. Joint supervision with J-P. Robin & V. Viblanc, University of Strasbourg, France.
Sexual selection, social selection and individual quality:
Underlying mechanisms and ultimate consequences of ornamentation in a monomorphic species, the king penguin 2011-15 Charlotte Récapet. Joint supervision with Dr. B. Doligez, University of Lyon, France.
Keeping the balance?
Management of oxidative stress, body mass and reproduction under energetic constraints by dispersing and philopatric collared flycatchers. 2009-14 Mikko Lehto. University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Evolutionary and ecological significance of nonshivering thermogenesis in the common vole:
MSc and BSc thesis > 100 students since 2005
