I am interested in applying molecular biological techniques to questions in ecology, conservation, and behavior. My research focuses principally on the identification and understanding of the historical and contemporary factors shaping populations genetic diversity and structure. The aim is to provide relevant information to set up appropriate conservation strategies for endangered animal species living in highly heterogeneous and changing environments.
By combining field observations, spatial and population genetic analyses, I study how landscape structure and composition - i.e. habitat connectivity and anthropogenic and natural environmental features - influence individual dispersal among resource patches as well as population dynamic and viability.
I also use neutral genetic data to address issues related to the demographic history of populations with a particular emphasis on the detection, quantification and dating of population collapses related to the habitat loss and fragmentation.
You can find here a more detailed description of my PhD research project on golden-crowned sifaka populations (Propithecus tattersalli).
