My main research interests focus on evolutionary and molecular biology, marine biology, biogeography and conservation biology. My principal studies have mainly focused on the impact of population size variations in modifying species genetic diversity and geographic structuring through time and on the identification of gene flow-life history trait correlations. I have been using molecular tools for my own researches (allozymes, mtDNA sequences, introns and microsatellites) on several species from different taxa (coral reef fishes, marine invertebrates and tropical butterflies), in order to disentangle the effects of demographic history and life history traits on present day genetic make up. This procedure is essential when defining geographical scales of population’s connectivity for conservation management purposes. I am currently working on a project aiming to assess the anthropogenic impacts of artificial structures introduction on the genetic structure and diversity of marine invertebrates (polychaetes and bivalves) in the North Adriatic Sea.

 

·   1998-2002: PhD in Biological Oceanography. University of Paris, France.

·   1996-1998: MSc in Biological Oceanography. University of Paris, France.

·   1993-1996: BSc in Biology. University of Amiens, France.

 

 

·   2007: Research fellow. Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, University of Perpignan, France. Anthropogenic impacts of artificial structures introduction on the genetic structure and diversity of marine invertebrates in the North Adriatic Sea.

·   2006-2007: Research fellow. Ecology group, University of Bologna, Italy. Anthropogenic impacts of artificial structures introduction on the genetic structure and diversity of marine invertebrates in the North Adriatic Sea.

·   2003-2005: Post-Doc, NWO research fellow. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamic (IBED), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Spatial and temporal genetic population structure of tropical butterflies in pristine and disturbed habitats.

·   1998-2002: PhD in Biological Oceanography, French Ministry of Research grant. University of Paris, France (under supervision of Dr. Serge Planes). Influence of biological characteristics and species history on a metapopulation structure in a fragmented insular environment: the case of coral reef fishes in French Polynesia.

 

 

·   Extensive fieldwork/diving experience in marine environment (French Polynesia-six different islands, South Africa, California, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Philippines, Fiji, Hawaii) including post-larvae collection and rearing - Fieldwork experience in tropical rainforests (French Polynesia, Panama, Indonesia).

·   Molecular techniques: Experienced with various molecular techniques (extractions, PCR, electrophoresis, cloning, sequencing…), in characterizing genetic markers (allozymes, EPIC-PCR, microsatellites, mtDNA), on different DNA fragments analyzers (ABI, Li-Cor, Pharmacia Biotech). Has worked in six different molecular lab during the past six years (Montpellier and Perpignan in France, UCSC, Panama, Amsterdam, and Italy) and with various organisms (fishes, butterflies, serpulids, limpets).

·   Experience in analyzing genetic data with various genetic (Arlequin, Bottleneck, DnaSP, Fstat, FreeNA, Geodis, Genepop, Genetix, MEGA, PartitionML, PAUP) and statistical (XLStat, Statview, SPSS) software packages.

·   Supervision of two undergraduate students and co-supervision of three PhD students.

·   Scientific collaborations (past and present ongoing projects): Giacomo Bernardi (UCSC, USA), Biff Bermingham (STRI, Panama), François Bonhomme (CNRS -University of Montpellier, France), Daniel Cleary (National Museum of Natural History of Leiden, The Netherlands), Martin Genner (University of Hull, UK), Christophe Lemaire (University of Angers, France), Emese Meglécz (University of Marseille, France), Steph Menken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Katja Peijnenburg (University College Dublin, Ireland), Serge Planes (CNRS -University of Perpignan, France).

·   Service as reviewer: Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Ecology, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Heredity, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Marine Biology, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Notes.

 

 

2007 - Costantini F, Fauvelot C, Abbiati M. Phylogeography of the temperate gorgonian coral Corallium rubrum across the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by microsatellites and nuclear sequences. Molecular Ecology (in press).

2007 - Fauvelot C, Lemaire C, Planes S, Bonhomme F. Inferring gene flow in coral reef fishes from different molecular markers: which loci to trust? Heredity 99: 331-339.

2007 - Costantini F, Fauvelot C, Abbiati M. Fine-scale genetic structuring in Corallium rubrum (L): evidences of inbreeding and limited effective larval dispersal. Marine Ecology Progress Series 340: 109-119.

2007 - van Loon EE, Cleary DFR, Fauvelot C. ARES: software to compare allelic richness between uneven samples. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 579-582

2007 - Meglécz E, Anderson S, Bourguet D, Butcher R, Caldas A, Cassel-Lundhagen A, Coeur d'Acier A, Dawson D, Faure N, Fauvelot C, Franck P, Harper G, Keyghobadi N, Kluetsch C, Muthulakshmi M, Nagaraju J, Patt A, Péténian F, Silvain JF, Wilcock H. Microsatellite flanking region similarities among different loci within insect species. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 175-185.

2006 - Fauvelot C, Cleary DFR, Menken SBJ. Short term impact of 1997/98 ENSO-induced disturbance on abundance and genetic variation in a tropical butterfly. Journal of Heredity 97: 367-380.

2006 - Fauvelot C, Cleary DFR, Menken SBJ. Short term impact of disturbance on genetic diversity and structure of Indonesian populations of the butterfly Drupadia theda in East Kalimantan. Molecular Ecology 15: 2069-2081.

2006 - Cleary DFR, Fauvelot C, Genner MJ, Menken SBJ, Mooers A. Parallel responses of species and genetic diversity to ENSO-induced environmental destruction. Ecology Letters 9: 304-310.

2006 - Peinenburg KTCA, Fauvelot C, Breeuwer JAJ, Menken SBJ. Spatial and temporal genetic structure of the planktonic Sagitta setosa (Chaetognatha) in European seas, as revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. Molecular Ecology 15: 3319-3338.

2005 - Fauvelot C. Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in two tropical butterflies, Drupadia theda and Arhopala epimuta (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 724-726.

2005 - Peijnenburg KTCA, van Haastrecht EK, Fauvelot C. Mitochondrial diversity of the two dominant chaetognaths of the North Eastern Atlantic: a higher level and different genetic signature of Sagitta elegans compared to S. setosa. Marine Biology 147:1279-1289.

2003 - Fauvelot C, Bernardi G, Planes S. Reductions in the mitochondrial DNA diversity of coral reef fish provide evidence of population bottlenecks resulting from Holocene sea-level change. Evolution 57: 1571-1583.

2002 - Fauvelot C, Planes S. Understanding origins of present-day genetic structure in marine fish: biologically or historically driven patterns? Marine Biology 141: 773-788.

2002 - Hassan M, Lemaire C, Fauvelot C, Bonhomme F. Seventeen new exon-primed intron-crossing polymerase chain reaction amplifiable introns in fish. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 334-340.

2002 - Planes S, Fauvelot C. Isolation by distance and vicariance drive genetic structure of a coral reef fish in the Pacific Ocean. Evolution 56: 378-399.

 

 

2007 -  Fauvelot C, Cleary DFR & Menken SBJ – International summit on "Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments", University of California, Los Angeles – Parallel responses of butterfly species and genetic diversities to disturbance in tropical rainforests (poster).

2006 -  Fauvelot C – Institute of Marine Biology à Hawaii (resp. B. Bowen & R. Toonen) – Parallel responses of Indonesian butterfly species and genetic diversities to disturbance in tropical rainforests (seminar, invited).

2006 - Fauvelot C, Cleary DFR & Menken SBJ – 16^th National Meeting of the Italian Ecological Society - Disturbance in tropical rainforests: short term impact of logging and 1997/98 ENSO-induced drought and fires on species and genetic diversities of Indonesian butterflies (oral communication)

2005 - Fauvelot C – Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa – Influence of life traits and demographic history on the metapopulation structure in fragmented insular system: the case of coral reef fishes in French Polynesia (seminar, invited).

2005 - Meglécz E, Anderson S, Bourguet D, Butcher R, Caldas A, Coeur d'Acier A, Dawson D, Estoup A, Faure N, Fauvelot C, Franck P, Harper G, Keyghobadi N, Kluetsch C, Lundhagen A, Nagaraju J, Nguyen-Thé B, Patt A, Péténian F, Silvain JF, Wilcock H – 10^th congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology, Krakow, Poland – Microsatellite sequence families in Lepidoptera (poster).

2005 - Meglécz E, Bourguet D, Butcher R, Caldas A, Danchin E, Estoup A, Faure N, Fauvelot C, Franck P, Harper G, Keyghobadi N, Lundhagen A, Nagaraju J, Péténian F, Silvain JF – 9^th Evolutionary Biology meeting in Marseille (France), 2004 – Microsatellite sequence families in Lepidoptera.

2004 - Fauvelot C, Cleary DFR & Menken SBJ – 8^th Evolutionary Biology meeting in Marseille (France) – Impact of 1997-98 ENSO induced fires and logging on genetic diversity: population genetics of Drupadia theda (Lycaenidae) in East Kalimantan (poster).

2004 - Meglécz E, Bourguet D, Butcher R, Caldas A, Danchin E, Estoup A, Faure N, Fauvelot C, Franck P, Harper G, Keyghobadi N, Kluetsch C, Lundhagen A, Nagaraju J, Péténian F, Silvain JF – 8^th Evolutionary Biology meeting in Marseille (France) – Microsatellite evolution in Lepidoptera (poster).

2004 - Fauvelot C, Cleary DFR & Menken SBJ – 10^th International Entomology Conference, Brisbane (Australia) – Impact of 1997-1998 ENSO-induced fires and logging on the diversity of Drupadia theda (Lycaenidae) in Borneo (oral communication).

2003 - Fauvelot C – NWO Biodiversity Priority program, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – Spatial and temporal genetic population structure of tropical butterflies in pristine and disturbed habitats (oral communication, invited).

2002 - Bermingham E, Danilowicz B, Davies N, Fauvelot C,  Harmelin-Vivien M, Mac Millan O & Planes S - International Coral Reef Fish Workshop at Moorea, French Polynesia. April 2-6, 2002

2002 - Fauvelot C – Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, (resp. S. Palumbi) - Influence of biological characteristics and species history on a metapopulation structure in a fragmented insular environment: example of coral reef fishes in French Polynesia (séminaire).

2001 - Fauvelot C & Planes S – 6^th Indo-Pacific fish Conference, Durban (South Africa) – Influence of biological characteristics on a metapopulation structure in a fragmented insular system: case of coral reef fishes in French Polynesia (oral communication). 

1998 - Grémare A, Medernach L, Bovee de F, Dinet A, Charles F, Fauvelot C, Vetion G, Barbouty Y, Colomines J-C – Mater North-Western Box Workshop, Perpignan (France) –  Spatio temporal changes in the quality of sediments in the Gulf of Lions: correlations with other biological parameters.  

1998 - Medernach L, Grémare A, Dinet A, Bovee de A, Albert P, Vetion G, Fauvelot C & Villa-Moreno S  - Mater Workshop, Rhodes (Greece) –  Does western Mediterranean deep sea meiobenthos exhibit a short-term response to quantitative and qualitative changes of sedimentary organic matter ? Highlights on the High Frequency Flux Experiment.

 

Last update 19/04/2006