I am an evolutionary and behavioural ecologist exploring the role played by endocrinological mechanisms in enabling animals to cope with local and global anthropogenic environmental change.

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSABILITIES
2013- Co-coordinator of Research Axe 2 within CRIOBE, USR 3278
Population biology, chemical ecology and interactions within coral reef ecosystems
2012- ERASMUS Academic Coordinator between EPHE and University of Ulster, Ireland.
2008-2014 Partner University Fund Academic Coordinator between EPHE and University of Florida.
2007-2015 Organiser of internal seminars and round tables for CRIOBE, USR 3278.

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2019- External HDR Examiner: EPHE, France
2013- External PhD Examiner: University of Florida, USA (2015); University of Edinburgh, Scotland (2015); Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec (2013).
2009- Association for Coral Reefs (ACOR): Elected committee member.
2007- External MSc Examiner, University of Perpignan, France (2007-), University of Bristol, UK (2016), University of Exeter, UK (2016 & 2018).
2007- Grant and Fellowship Reviewer for Simon Fraser University, Czech Science Foundation (GACR), OIST (Japan), and Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
2002- Article Reviewer 19 journals: Am Nat, Evolution, Proc Roy Soc, Horm & Beh, Glob Ch Biol…

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2012 Co-organiser, Workshop (5 days), GUMP, Moorea (8 attendees). Anthropogenic stress on coral reefs. Partner University Fund (PUF) funded (15k Euros).
2010 Co-organiser, Workshop (4 days), CRIOBE, Moorea (11 attendees). Crown-of thorns outbreak. Integrated activities for academics and public. PUF funded (12k Euros).

INTERNATIONAL POLICY ADVICE SYMPOSIA
2012 Consensus statement into the causes, consequences, and management of outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar on the Great Barrier Reef, Fitzroy Island, Australia
2011 United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020 Ocean Acidification Montreal Canada
2011 Total Fondation Symposia: Ocean Acidification, Toulon, France

OVERVIEW: SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Current and past postdocs: Currently training 2 postdocs and trained 3 in the past.
Current graduate students: One PhD student, and seven MRes (Masters by Research) students (7 as lead supervisor).
Past graduate students: Five PhD students (2 as lead supervisor, 3 as co-supervisor); 4 are now PDRAs. 18 MRes (Masters by research) students (16 as lead supervisor). Ten DDP (Diploma in Professional Practise) students (9 as lead supervisor), and four undergraduate students.

SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Post-Doc:
2018-2020 JENNIFER PISTEVOS EPHE, CRIOBE, French Polynesia
Ecosystem effects of climate change
2016 SUE-ANN WATSON James Cook University, Australia
Behavioural effects of marine invertebrates to ocean acidification
2016-2017 RAEL HORWITZ EPHE, CRIOBE, French Polynesia
Transgenerational and developmental acclimation to ocean acidification
2015-2016 GERRIT NANNINGA CNRS, CRIOBE, French Polynesia.
Do parental effects determine dispersal trajectories in coral reef fish larvae?
2012-2019 RICARDO BELDADE EPHE, CRIOBE, French Polynesia.
Maternal effects on the larval dispersal of the clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus.

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
PhD:
2017-2020 DAPHNE CORTESE CNRS, CRIOBE, Perpignan, France.
Parental and environmental determinants of larval dispersal in a coral reef fish
2012-2016 LOUIS BORNANCIN CNRS, CRIOBE, Perpignan, France.
Role of secondary metabolites of two marine cyanobacteria in the coral reef
2012-2015 SOPHIE NEDELEC University of Bristol, U.K. and EPHE, France.
Anthropogenic noise on behaviour, development and fitness of fish and invertebrates
2008-2012 MATTHIEU LERAY Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France.
Evolutionary ecology of species interactions on coral reefs.
2007-2011 MIKA MOKKONEN University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Evolutionary conflicts in a small mammal: behavioural, physiological and genetic.
2002-2010 TANJA PUTTONEN University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Selection on the behavioural and life-history tactics in populations of a small mammal.

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
Masters:
2019-2020 ISLA HELY University of Exeter Biological Sciences
Determining behavioural syndromes of fish vocalisations
2019-2020 TARA COUSINS University of Ulster Biological Sciences
Larval fish behavioural syndromes
2019-2020 JULES SCHLIGLER Sorbonne University Integrative Biology
Impact of ALAN on clownfish reproduction
2019-2020 LOANN BROZZETTI Universidade do Algarve Marine Sciences
Impact of ALAN on clownfish larval dispersal
2018-2019 LISA MACERA Sorbonne University Marine Sciences
Ecosystem effects of climate change
2018-2019 CAMILLE VIZON University of Perpignan Marine Sciences
Impact of ALAN on clownfish reproduction
2018-2019 MARIE-LOUISE ELIAN Sorbonne University Marine Sciences
Impact of ALAN on clownfish larval dispersal
2018-2019 ANNE ALBERS University Applied ScienceEnvironment Management
Ecosystem effects of climate change
2017-2018 SAM MANNING University of Amsterdam Limnology & Oceanography
Heritability of fish behavioural syndromes
2017-2018 THOMAS CORTIER Ecole Normale Superieure Integrative Biology
Ecosystem effects of climate change
2017-2018 LINDA SALVANESKI Paris 6 Oceanography/Marine Science
Ecosystem effects of climate change
2017-2018 CHARLOTTE JAULIAC EPHE Biodiversity and Management
Parental effects: the role of parental size in determining larval traits in anemonefish
2017-2018 CLARA DIAZ Paris 6 Oceanography/Marine Science
Phenotypic plasticity and parental effects
2017-2018 MARIE DERRIEN Paris 6 Oceanography/Marine Science
Cyanobacterial-coral interactions under climate change
2017-2018 EMMA WESCHKE University of Exeter, U.K. Biological Sciences
Impacts of boat noise on the coral fish community
2016-2018 ISLA DAVIDSON University of Exeter, U.K. Biological Sciences
Alarm calling in the orangefin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus
2016-2017 DAPHNE CORTESE EPHE Biodiversity and Management
Parental and environmental determinants of larval dispersal
2015-2016 LAURIANE DERRIEN Université Littoral d’Opale DEUST
Rearing larvae of the orangefin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus
2015-2016 OSCAR PRADO-MERINI Université Polynésie française Marine Biology
Chemical communication in a marine mollusc
2015-2016 AGATHE BLANDIN EPHE Biodiversity and Management
Maternal stress in the orangefin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus
2015-2016 THIBAULT TAMIN Paris 6 Oceanography/Marine Science
Adult personalities of the orangefin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus
2014-2015 AGATHE BLANDIN Paris 6 Oceanography/Marine Science
Parental phenotype of the orangefin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus
2013-2014 FLORIAN WEILL SVT EPHE Biodiversity
Transgenerational acclimation of sea hares to ocean acidification
2013-2014 LAURA DUFRANC SVT EPHE Biodiversity
Connectivity of shrimps symbiotic with anemones in French Polynesia
2012-2013 ANNE LY Université de la Reunion BEST
Multiple stressor effects on coral recovery
2012-2013 SILVAN GOLDENBERG University of Ghent EMBC
Effects of sedimentation and nutrient enrichment on coral recovery
2011-2012 JEAN-BAPTISTE JUHEL Université Montpellier II Ecology and Biodiversity
Effects of sedimentation on coral reef ecosystem resilience
2008-2009 MAXIME BERAUD Université Montpellier II BGAE
Impact of Acanthaster planci on crustacean decapod communities
2008-2009 MARTIN UBERTINI Université Paris VI Oceanography
Larval recruitment of the economically important pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera: effects of conspecifics, predation and environmental factors
2007-2008 ALEXANDRE ZVARA Université de Lyon Ecologie, Evolution, Biometrie
Understanding environmental effects on recruitment of benthic invertebrates
2007-2008 LAURENT BURGY Université de Pau Biologie des organismes
Coral reef degradation on the recruitment success of crustacean and molluscan larvae
2005-2006 MIKA MOKKONEN Jyväskylä, Finland Ecology and Evolution
Female preference for testosterone in male bank voles

SUPERVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Undergraduate:
2016-2017 ZOE SCHOLZ UCSC, California Biology
2016-2017 1 ERASMUS STUDENT University of Ulster Oceanography
2015-2016 ADRI SPARKS UCSC, California Biology and Neuroscience
2015-2016 4 ERASMUS STUDENTS University of Ulster Oceanography
2013-2014 3 ERASMUS STUDENTS University of Ulster Oceanography
2012-2013 2 ERASMUS STUDENTS University of Ulster Oceanography
2010-2011 DANIELLE BERGAZIN SFYI International School Oceanography
2003-2004 BELINDA ESPINO University UCSC, USA Biology

OVERVIEW: TEACHING ACTIVITES
Current (EPHE): MSc Life Sciences - Biodiversity and Environmental Management Option: Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Coral Organisms (28 students); Scientific English (30 students).
Current (Université de Polynésie Française): MSc Oceanic Island Environments (2nd yr) - Option: Ecology and Evolution of Coral Organisms (15 students).
Previous (University of Perpignan, France; 2006-2014): MSc Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Professional Option (2nd yr) (40 students); MSc The Aquatic Environment Professional Option (2nd yr) (35 students); MSc Biology, Chemistry and the Environment Option (2nd yr) (35 students).
Previous (University of Jyväskylä, Finland; 2002-2006): Masters in Evolutionary Biology (20 students).
Previous (University of East Anglia, UK; 1998-2002): BSc in Biological Sciences (1st and 2nd yr) – Statistics practical (30 students); Freshwater Biology field course (25 students).

TEACHING
2006-present Life Sciences (SVT) EPHE
Master 1 & 2 SVT EPHE: Biodiversity and Environmental Management Option
Module “Scientific English” – I am in charge of the entire course
Module “Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecology and conservation of coral organisms”
2014-present Life Sciences (SVT) EPHE
Master 1 & 2 SVT EPHE – Long distance: All classes are followed on the internet
Module “The role of endocrinology in coping with environmental change”
2013-present Université de Polynésie française (UPF)
Master 2 UPF: Oceanic Island Environments Option
Module “Biodiversity, Biology, Ecology and conservation of coral organisms”
2006-present Université de Perpignan (UPVD)
Master 2 UPVD Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Professional Option
Master 2 UPVD The Aquatic Environment Professional Option
Master 1 UPVD Biology, Chemistry and the Environment Option
Examples of classes taught:
Sustainability Development: MPAs Bioerosion on the coral reef
Effects of climate change on coral reef organisms Benthic Invertebrates
Anthropogenic effects on coral reef organisms Aquaculture
Immunology of Marine Invertebrates Alternative reproductive strategies
Reproduction and recruitment of coral organisms Sexual selection

2014-present French coordinator of an ERASMUS exchange: 9-month teaching and research program

2006-2011 Partner University Fund Doctoral student teaching (EPHE & University of Florida)
Co-coordinator of a field teaching programme on Coral Reef Biology for PhD students

2002-2006 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Masters in Evolutionary Biology:
Maintenance of additive genetic variance Phenotypic plasticity Co-evolution

1998-2001 University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
B.Sc. in Biological Sciences:
Evolutionary Biology Biodiversity Statistics
Fisheries Freshwater Biology

PHD THESIS EXAMINATION
2015 Committee member: Mike Gil, University of Florida, USA
Context dependence in effects of nutrient enrichment on tropical coral reefs
2015 External evaluator/Rapporteur: Alyson Pavitt, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Individual variation in hormone levels within a wild population of red deer
2013 External evaluator/Rapporteur: Alexandre Martin, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec
Determinants of reproductive success in North American Bighorn sheep
MASTERS THESIS EXAMINATION
2018 External evaluator/Rapporteur: Matthew Smith, University of Exeter, UK
Damsels and distress: Factors affecting Haemulidae distribution on Bahamian reefs
2016 External evaluator/Rapporteur: Emily Armstrong-Smith, University of Exeter, UK
Damselfish in Distress: context-dependent stress responses of reef fish to anthropogenic noise
2016 External evaluator/Rapporteur: Lauren Fear, University of Bristol, UK
The ecology of fear and anthropogenic noise
2007- External evaluator/Rapporteur for multiple Masters projects, Université de Perpignan, France

PUBLICATION OVERVIEW
I have published 65 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 38 of which as lead or senior author, 20 as 1st author, including 1 in Science, 2 in Nature Communications, 2 in American Naturalist, 2 in Evolution, and 5 in Proceedings of the Royal Society of B. These have attracted over 2780 citations. I have also published 2 peer-reviewed book chapters. 2786 citations, h-index = 28, i10-index = 45.

CITIZEN SCIENCE
2010- IRCP: Teach teams of non-scientists on how to carry out fish and benthic reef transects.
2007-2013 Planete Urgence: Led volunteers in research projects on coral reef conservation CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia.
2002-2004 Earthwatch Principal Investigator: Led a team of non-scientists carrying out research into the conservation of the Lesser Flamingo at Lake Bogoria, Kenya.

OUTREACH
2012- Teach School Biology classes (15-16 yrs) at Canet Rosa Luxemburg High School, France.
2010- National Science Festival, Perpignan, France and Moorea, French Polynesia.

INVITED TALKS EXCLUDING CONFERENCES (inviting researcher in parentheses)
International workshops
2017 Early Career Researchers (ECRN) & Speed Dating event, University of Exeter (Dr. Rob Ellis)
2015 LabEx Workshop, Paris, France (Prof. Serge Planes)
2012 COTS Workshop, Fitzroy Island, Cairns, Australia (Prof. Peter Doherty)
2010 GEI & Sexual Selection Workshop, University of Exeter, Falmouth (Profs. J. Hunt, D. Hosken)
2001 Biological Sciences Colloquium, University of East Anglia, U.K. (Prof. Isabelle Côté)
Institutional and Departmental Seminars
2016 University of Glasgow, Scotland (Prof. Shaun Killen)
2015 University of Georgia, Athens, USA (Prof. Craig Osenberg)
2015 University of Florida, USA (Dr. Mike Gil)
2013 Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec (Prof. Marco Festa-Bianchet)
2009 Service de la Perliculture, Rangiroa, French Polynesia
2008 Institut pour la Recherche de la Développement (IRD) Papeete, French Polynesia
2007 Krakow University, Poland (Prof. Jacek Radwan)
2004 Turku University, Finland (Dr. Otso Huitu)
Scientific Advisory Board Meetings
2017 HCERES Board Meeting, Moorea, French Polynesia (Prof. Serge Planes)
2013 AERES Board Meeting, Moorea, French Polynesia (Prof. Serge Planes)
2004 Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Lieksa, Finland (Prof. Rauno Alatalo)
2002 Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (Prof. Rauno Alatalo)
General public, research and development agencies and government fisheries boards
2011 Seminar to general public “Climate change and stress”. La Reunion.
2009 Seminar to government fisheries board and general public “Pearl oyster recruitment dynamics”. Rangiroa, French Polynesia.
2008 Seminar to research and development agencies and general public “The use of artificial odours to re-populate the ocean”. Tahiti, French Polynesia.

PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES OVERVIEW
Oral presentations: 34 from 1998-2018
Poster presentations: 32 from 2001-2018

MEDIA COVERAGE (Radio, Newspaper and Web articles)

Television
2018 Jeff Corwin, Ocean Treks ABC “Conserving coral reefs by studying clownfish” October.
2018 France TV, Polynésie première “Artificial night light pollution on Nemo” 23th August.
2017 Ushuaia TV & Polynésie première "CRIOBE and environmental changes" 11th October.
2015 Ushuaia TV & Polynésie première Dir Grangette "Tahiti, le corail fait de la résistance" 30 Nov.
Radio
2017 “Le poisson-clown n’est plus à la fête” Radio France Inter, 11th October.
2017 “Disproving Find Nemo plot line” Radio BBC 5 Live, 16th July.
Newspaper
2018 “La pollution lumineuse et son impact sur les poissons du lagon” La Depeche 27th August.
2018 “La reproduction des poissons pertubée par la pollution lumineuse?” Tahiti Infos 24th August.
2017 “Nemo a trop chaud” Le Parisien 11th October.
2017 “Climat: Nemo, stressé par le blanchiment de son anemone, pond moins” AFP 11th October.
2017 “L’ánemone pâlit, Nemo dépérit” Le Monde 18th October.
2017 “Fishy: How Disney got Finding Nemo wrong” Daily Telegraph p3, 15th July.
2016 “Recherche scientifique sur les recifs coralliens” La Dépêche.
2015 “Les effets du changement climatique sur la biodiversite et la resilience des recifs coralliens ” Le mag’ UPVD Hors-série 6 p20-21
2015 “Les récifs coralliens sauvés par du vinaigre et du citron?” Science et Avenir.
2015 “30 ans de suivi des récifs coralliens en Polynésie française: exemple de changement à Mataiva” Le mag’ UPVD Hors-série 5 p14-15
2011 “La science met le cape sur les Iles Eparses.” Science et Avenir. p8-14.
2008 “Des odeurs artificielles pour repeupler l’océan.” La Depeche, Tahiti. p30.
Web papers
2018 “Clownfish need more energy to live in a bleached home” New York Times 11/04/18.
2018 “Nemo’s cousin stressed out by bleaching” Scimex 11/04/18.
2017 “Finding Nemo could be harder due to global warming” USA TODAY 10/10/17.
2017 “Warming oceans may make Nemo harder to find” National Geographic 10/10/17.
2017 “When anemones bleach, clownfish suffer” Scienmag 10th October.
2017 “El pez “Nemo”, en peligro por el cambio” El Mundo 10th October.
2017 “When anemones bleach, clownfish suffer” Eurekalert 10th October.
2017 “When anemones bleach, clownfish suffer” Phys Org 10th October.
2017 “?????????????????The Asahi Shimbun 11th October.
2017 “Nemo, stressé par le blanchiment de son anemone, pond moins” Science & Avenir 10/10/17.
2017 “Buscar a “Nemo” sera cada vez más difícil en océanos calinetes” Agencia SINC 11/10/17.
2017 “La fécondité des poisson-clowns est impactée par le blanchissement des anemones de mer” Environnement Magazine 11/10/17.
2017 “Les poissons clown, comme Nemo, sont en voie de dispartition” Grazia 11/10/17.
2017 “Finding Nemo? We may be losing him, says climate study” The Guardian 12/10/17.
2017 “Hledá se Nemo? M?žeme ho spíše ztratit, ?íkají v?dc” Lidovky 12/10/17.
2017 “Finding Nemo is getting harder” The Daily Mail 13/10/17.
2017 “[??????] ??? ????? '?? ??' ??” Yon Hap News 21/10/17.
2017 “Le poisson-clown pourrait-il disparaître avec le réchauffement des eaux?” Le Monde 24/10/17.
2017 “Boat-noise-disrupts-fish-cooperation” Science Mag 01/08/17.
2017 “Ocean-racket-makes-rascally-wrasses” Hakai Magazine 04/08/17.
2017 “Nemo’s father would have changed sex after his mother was eaten” Daily Telegraph online.
2017 “Clownfish males become fierce females if their “wife” is eaten” University of Exeter online.
2015 “Boating noise negatively affects marine species: Sea hares” Reefnation
2014 “Sea hares die off due to boat noise” Nature World News
2014 “Boat noise impacts development and survival of sea hares" Bio-Medecine.org
2011 “Macho versus meek: Both work for voles.” Today’s Science. Facts on file news services.
2011 “Battle of the Sexes: Traits that help one sex but hurt the other are not sufficient for maintaining genetic variation.” The Scientist.
2011 “How both macho and meek persist.” Science News