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Leadership
MATHEVON, Nicolas | Professor, team leader, member French Universities Institute (IUF), Assoc. Researcher EPHE - PSL | Mechanisms and evolution of acoustic communication | mathevon@univ-st-etienne.fr; nicolas.mathevon@ephe.psl.eu | |
COMBE, Emmanuelle | Administrative assistant | Purchases; Registrations; Trainings; Travels | emmanuelle.combe@univ-st-etienne.fr |
Professors and Researchers
ATTIA, Joël | Associate professor | Acoustic communication; Animal behavior; Cavefish; Cichlids | joel.attia@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
BEAUCHAUD, Marilyn | Associate professor | Behavior; Fish; Multimodal communication; Social interactions | beauchaud@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
GIRARD-BUTTOZ, Cédric | CNRS researcher | Behavioral ecology; Field endocrinology; Primate vocal communication; Social cognition | cedric.girard-buttoz@cnrs.fr | |
GREENFIELD, Michael | Professor, Research associate | Animal communication; Insects; Sexual selection; Species recognition | michael.greenfield@univ-tours.fr | |
LEVRERO, Florence | Professor, member French Universities Institute (IUF) | Communication; Great apes; Social behavior; Vocal interactions | florence.levrero@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
MAUCOURT, Léo | Assistant professor | Acoustic playback; Animal behavior; Bioacoustics; Biologging | leo.maucourt@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
MEDOC, Vincent | Associate professor | Acoustic monitoring; Anthropogenic noise; Biological invasions; Freshwater ecosystems; Trophic ecology | vincent.medoc@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
PISANSKI, Katarzyna | CNRS researcher | Human behavior; Nonverbal communication; Sexual selection; Voice production and perception | kasiapisanski@gmail.com | |
REBY, David | Professor, member French Universities Institute (IUF) | Animal and human vocal communication; Evolution of vocal systems; Comparative vocal anatomy | dreby@me.com | |
SEBE, Frédéric | Associate professor | Acoustic monitoring of animals; Bio and eco acoustics; Bird studies; Sound propagation | frederic.sebe@ofb.gouv.fr |
COUREAUD, Gérard | CNRS research director | Animal behavior; Olfactory communication | gerard.coureaud@cnrs.fr | |
FERRY, Barbara | CNRS researcher | Animal behavior; Olfactory communication | Barbara.FERRY@cnrs.fr | |
JIANG, Tao | Associate professor | Animal behavior; Olfactory communication | tao.jiang@univ-lyon1.fr | |
VIRET, Patricia | CNRS research director | Animal behavior; Olfactory communication | Patricia.VIRET@cnrs.fr |
Research support staff
BOYER, Nicolas | Assistant engineer | Crocodiles; Experimental design; Field work; Wildlife investigations | nicolas.boyer@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
PRADEAU, Aurélie | Technician | Animal care and breeding; Experimental design; Field work | aurelie.pradeau@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
ROUCH, Jérémy | Research engineer | Acoustic metrology; Acoustic signal processing; Bio and eco-acoustics; Machine learning | jeremy.rouch@univ-st-etienne.fr |
PhD students and postdocs
BACQUELE, Quentin | PhD student | Acoustic biogeography; Behavior; Birds; Ecology | qbacquele@gmail.com | |
DE WITASSE DE THEZY, Aude | PhD student | African striped mice; Neuro-ethology; Vocal sequences | aude.dethezy@gmail.com | |
DI BATTISTA, Sheila | PhD student | Acoustic tools; Animal cognition; Invasive species management; Fish bioacoustics | sheila.di.battista@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
FOURNIER, Floriane | PhD student | Animal cognition; Communication and perception of emotion; Primates | floriane.fournier@ens-lyon.fr | |
FU, Xuehua | PhD student | Human - computer interaction; Human vocal communication; Multisensory perception | xuehua1550@gmail.com | |
GRANGY, Lorine | PhD student | Mandrills; Perception of social information; Sound propagation and transmission; Vocal signature | lorine.grangy@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
LACHAUME, Théo | PhD student | Bivalves; Fish; Freshwater ecology; Gastropods; Invasive species; Noise pollution | theo.lachaume@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
LI, Wenheng | PhD student | Animal behavior; Chemical pollution; Noise pollution | wenheng.li@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
PHILIPPE, Romane | Postdoc | Children; Non-verbal communication; Vocal ontogeny; Vocal perception | romane.philippe@univ-st-etienne.fr | |
SCHMIDLIN, Sarah | Postdoc | Acoustic playback; Anthropogenic noise; Freshwater bivalves; River works | sschmidlin93@gmail.com | |
THIEFFRY, Aglaé | PhD student | African striped mice; Animal behavior; Ultrasonic vocalizations; Vocal plasticity | aglae.thieffry@gmail.com | |
VIEIRA, Manuel | Postdoc | Computational bioacoustics; Fish; Passive acoustics monitoring; Soundscape ecology | manuel_1990_v@hotmail.com |
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