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 director of the Mandrillus Project.

To find out more about me, see my (hopefully) updated CV.

Axelle Delaunay
Axelle started her PhD in Oct 2019. She's working on sibling rilvary in baboon and mandrills (co-supervision with Elise Huchard); Univ. Montpellier

Nikolas Smit
Nikos started his PhD in Oct 2019. He's working on sexual competition in mandrills (co-supervision with Elise Huchard); Univ. Montpellier






Sonia Mai
Sonia will start her PhD (hopefully) in Dec 2020. She'll model behavioral biases in mandrills using artificial intelligence (co-supervision with Julien Renoult); Univ. Montpellier

Former Phd STUDENTS

Serge-Ely Dibakou
Former PhD student (2020; USTM, Franceville, Gabon)  - Immunity and competition in mandrills - co-supervised with Elise Huchard
Alice Percher
Former PhD student (2016; UMII, Montpellier, France)  - Markers of feeding ecology in mandrills: stable isotopes and dental microwear
Clémence Poirotte
Former PhD student (2016; UMII, 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

Former undergraduate and master students

1 undergraduate student (Manon Brun); 6 master students (Greta Carrete-Vega, Clémence Poirotte, Gontran Nsi Akoué, Sonia Mai, Olivia Delorme, Delphine Soulet)

Former lab members

Mélanie Harté
Former database manager (2017-2019) and field assistant (2015-2017)

To learn more about the team members of the Mandrillus Project, visit our website