Current members
Marie Charpentier
I'm a Director of Researches at the CNRS institute in France. I'm working at the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier. I'm the funder and director of the Mandrillus Project. Louise Ducroix
Louise started her PhD in 2022. She's working on reproductive costs in female mandrills (co-supervised with Alexandra Alvergne and Meg Crofoot); MPI-AB; Konstanz; Germany |
Berta Roura-Torres
Berta started her PhD in 2021. She's working on maternal styles in mandrills (co-supervision with Peter Kappeler); Univ. Göttingen; Germany |
Sonia Mai-Tieo
Sonia started her PhD in 2020. She is modelling behavioral biases in mandrills using artificial intelligence (co-supervision with Julien Renoult); Univ. Montpellier |
Former Phd STUDENTS
Axelle Delaunay
Former PhD student (2023, Univ. Montpellier, France) - Sibling competition in mandrills and baboons - co-supervised with Elise Huchard
Nikos Smit
Former PhD student (2022, Univ. Montpellier, France) - Sexual selection in mandrills - co-supervised with Elise Huchard and Alain Souza
Serge-Ely Dibakou
Former PhD student (2020; USTM, Franceville, Gabon) - Immunity and competition in mandrills - co-supervised with Elise Huchard and
Alice Percher
Former PhD student (2016; Univ. Montpellier, France) - Markers of feeding ecology in mandrills: stable isotopes and dental microwear
Clémence Poirotte
Former PhD student (2016; Univ. Montpellier, France) - now at the German Primate Center - Parasite avoidance strategies in mandrills
Gontran Nsi Akoué
Former PhD student (2017; USTM, Franceville, Gabon) - Self-medication in mandrill - co-supervised with Alain Souza
Former PhD student (2023, Univ. Montpellier, France) - Sibling competition in mandrills and baboons - co-supervised with Elise Huchard
Nikos Smit
Former PhD student (2022, Univ. Montpellier, France) - Sexual selection in mandrills - co-supervised with Elise Huchard and Alain Souza
Serge-Ely Dibakou
Former PhD student (2020; USTM, Franceville, Gabon) - Immunity and competition in mandrills - co-supervised with Elise Huchard and
Alice Percher
Former PhD student (2016; Univ. Montpellier, France) - Markers of feeding ecology in mandrills: stable isotopes and dental microwear
Clémence Poirotte
Former PhD student (2016; Univ. Montpellier, France) - now at the German Primate Center - Parasite avoidance strategies in mandrills
Gontran Nsi Akoué
Former PhD student (2017; USTM, Franceville, Gabon) - Self-medication in mandrill - co-supervised with Alain Souza
Former undergraduate and master students
2 undergraduate student (Hanae Pouillevet, Manon Brun); 7 master students (Greta Carrete-Vega, Clémence Poirotte, Gontran Nsi Akoué, Sonia Mai, Olivia Delorme, Delphine Soulet, Océane Cossu), 2 postdoctoral researchers (Giulia Gaggioni, Alice Baniel)
Former lab members
Mélanie Harté
Former database manager (2017-2019) and field assistant (2015-2017)
Former database manager (2017-2019) and field assistant (2015-2017)