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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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