Charlotte Faurie

Date of birth: 04-05-1977. Nationality: French.
CNRS Researcher (CR2) at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences,
University of Montpellier

 
   
Diplôma
   
2001-2004
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary biology, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Montpellier 2. Date of award: 19/11/04, summa cum laude
2000-2001
M. Sc. Ecology and Evolutionary biology, and University Postgraduate Vocational Qualification (Magistère ENS Paris). Final rank: 1
1998-1999 Agrégation in Life and Earth Sciences (National competitive examination). Final rank: 14
1996-1998 Graduation in Biology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris) - Biology department, and the University of Paris VI
1994-1996 Two year preparatory course for the ENS competitive examination. Math Sup/Spe Bio (maths, physics and biology) at the Lycée Fénelon in Paris, France. Final rank: 9
1993-1994 Baccalauréat summa cum laude. Main subjects: maths and biology
   
 
   
Professional experiences
 
2005-2007
Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Sheffield, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (UK), Human Life History Project
2004-2005
Teaching assistant (ATER) at the University of Montpellier. 96 hours / year
2001-2004 Teaching assistant (monitorat) at the University of Montpellier. 64 hours / year
   
   
 
Research Topics
 
2008-09 Hormonal factors involved in cooperative behaviour with kin and non-kin (CNRS, Montpellier)
2006-08 Paternity uncertainty and the evolution of father-child phenotypic resemblance in humans (CNRS, Montpellier)
2005-07 Effects of birth order on survival and reproductive success in a historical human population (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
2000-05 Evolution of the polymorphism of handedness in human populations (CNRS, Montpellier)
2000 Evolution of colour discrimination in tufted capuchin monkeys. (CNR, Roma, Italy)
2000 Ecology of reintroduced Chimpanzees (Conkouati Project, WCS, Congo)
1999 Behavioural responses of Diana monkeys to predation risk (Taï Monkey Project, Ivory Coast)
1998 Play behaviour in Orang-utans (Museum of Natural History, Paris)
1997 Social learning and Information transfer in Tonkeana macaques (CNRS, Strasbourg)
1996 Evolution of a plant-insect mutualism in the French Alps (CNRS, Grenoble)
   
 
   
Teaching
 
2008-09 University of Montpellier. Level: undergraduate and masters
2004-05 University of Montpellier. Level: undergraduate and masters
2001-04 University of Montpellier. Level: undergraduate
   
 
   
Supervision of Research projects
 
2009 Stage de M2. La coopération évolue-t-elle en réponse à la sélection sexuelle?
2008-09 Post-doc. Evolution du polymorphisme de latéralité dans les populations humaines
2008 Stage de M1. Attractivité des visages : Héritabilité, homogamie et variations bio-culturelles
2004-08 Thèse. Incertitude de paternité et évolution de la ressemblance père-enfant chez l’Homme
2004-05 Stage de M1. Effets du rang de naissance sur les comportements de coopération et la cognition sociale
2003-04
Stage de DESU. Evolution de la famille chez l’Homme : conséquences de la séparation des parents sur des traits physiologiques et psychologiques
2002 Julie Dumant. (1) Hand preference patterns in humans and chimpanzees, (2) Negative hands: hand preference of Palaeolithic versus present day painters. Master’s research project
   
   
   
Technical Skills
 
Data collection in humans and non-human primates: Population monitoring, life-history and behavioural surveys, eco-ethological observations, biological sampling, experiments
International fieldwork: Congo (3 months), Dominica (3 months), French Alps (2 months), Gabon (1 month), Ivory Coast (3 months), Senegal (2 months)
Labwork: Hormonal concentration measures (luminescence immunoassays on saliva samples).
Statistics and models: Linear and mixed modelling, non-parametric statistics, survival analyses: GLIM, R, SAS, SPSS, Statistica, S+. Analytic modelling: C++, Mathematica, Turbo Pascal
Languages: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) in 2004. Score 280/300.
Russian, German, Italian (read, written, spoken)
Wolof (spoken)
 
   
 
Financial support
   
2008 Grant of the Department Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Montpellier
2007 European Commission STREP Program (October 2007 – October 2009). Evolution and Development of Cognitive, Behavioural and Neural LateralizationProgramme européen STREP
2005 ANR Programme Blanc (December 2005 – June 2009). Interactions génétiques et culturelles au sein de la famille humaine
2005 Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship (European Commission)
2004 Research fellowship, University of Turku (Finland)
2002 Research fellowship, Leakey Foundation (Anthropology)
   
 
email : charlotte.faurie@univ-montp2.fr