The lab: People
Current lab members
PI - Johann MOURIER
Junior Professor at University of Montpellier (HDR)
I am interested in behavioural ecology, specifically on movement ecology and social behaviour of marine organisms. I am also involved in shark and ray conservation. I also enjoy teaching and mentoring young scientists.
PhD Students
Anaïs LAURIOUX
Université de Montpellier (2024-2027)
Thesis: Fine-scale behavioral interactions of rocky reef fishes: from individual to community processes
Célia BERTRAND
Université de Montpellier (2024-2027)
Thesis: Predicting the occurrence of threatened marine species and conservation strategies
co-supervision with David Mouillot (University of Montpellier)
Yoluène MASSEY
Université de Montpellier (2024-2027)
Thesis: Towards an integrated and inclusive approach to the conservation of elasmobranchs exploited by small-scale fisheries in the north-eastern Mozambique Channel region
co-supervised with Catherine Sabinot (IRD)
Maria POZO-MONTORO
Universidad de Murcia (2024-2027)
Thesis: Acoustic telemetry and citizen monitoring network for the last guitarfish in the Western Mediterranean
co-supervision with Jose Garcia-Charton (Universidad de Murcia) & David Jimenez (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Sebastian KRAFT
CCMAR, Universidade do Algarve (2021-2024)
Thesis: Multi-dimensional dynamics of an elasmobranch-assemblage in a marine park
co-supervision with David Abecassis (Universidade do Algarve)
Master's Students
Célia BERTRAND
Université de Montpellier
2024
Thesis: Integrating teleost and elasmobranch associations in models of fish species distributions on the Mediterranean coast
co-supervised with David Mouillot (University of Montpellier)
Eloise MARTE
Sorbonne University
2024
Thesis: Individual variability of activity in the gray reef shark in the South pass of Fakarava (French Polynesia)
Eve CHAPELANT
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
2024
Thesis: Comparison of activity rhythms between predators and prey in the southern pass of Fakarava (French Polynesia)
co-supervised with Frederic Bertucci (IRD)
Anaïs LAURIOUX
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
2023
Thesis: Spatiotemporal dynamics of grey reef sharks habitat use and activity in the South pass of Fakarava
Internship
Maëva TOTA (2023 - University of Montpellier) - Study of the abundance and diversity of fish populations in the Fakarava pass using various image collection methods
Cléa Leclère (2023 - University of Strasbourg) Data analysis of the movements of Port Jackson sharks