Educational background
| 2006 - present | PhD candidate in Primatology MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany) |
| 2002-2005 | M.A. in Primatology University of Calgary, Alberta (Canada) |
| 1997-2000 | B.Sc. in Biology Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec (Canada) Specialization: Ecology |
Field and research experiences:
| June 21 - July 25 2006 | Research Assistant Project: Social and hormonal mechanisms of male reproductive skew in Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) (Mexico) Supervisors: Sarie Van Belle and Dr. A. Estrada |
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Jan. 2 - Jan. 25 2006 |
Primatologist Consultant Project: Targeted primate surveys in four Ghanaian forest reserves (Ghana) Granting agency: The World Bank Supervisor: Dr. J. F. Oates |
| Oct.- Dec. 2005 | Project Director Project: Primate and bird diversity in the Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (Togo) Granting agencies: Conservation International and CEPA (Conservation des espèces et populations animales) |
| April- Oct. 2003 | M.A. Field Research Thesis title: Distribution, census, and habitat preferences of primate species in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa), with particular emphasis on the red-bellied guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster). Supervisor : Dr. J. D. Paterson |
| May- July 2002 | Research Assistant Project: Survey and preliminary observations on manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) and red-bellied guenon (Cercopithecus e. erythrogaster) populations (Bénin) Supervisor : Dr. Brice Sinsin |
| Aug.- Dec. 2000 | Biologist Project : Effects of clear cutting on regeneration of arboreal lichens (Canada) Supervisor : Dr. Luc Sirois and Dr. Jean-Pierre Ouellet |
| July- Aug. 2000 | Primate Keeper (volunteer work) Gibbon Conservation Center, Saugus (California) Director: Alan Mootnick |
| July- Aug. 1999 | Practicum in biological agriculture Centre Songhaï, Porto-Novo (Bénin) |
Teaching experience:
| Jan. - April 2004 | Teaching assistant for Anthropology 311: Primate Behaviour |
| Jan. - April 2003 | Teaching assistant for Anthropology 201: Introduction to Human Evolution |
| Sept. - Dec. 2002 | Teaching assistant for Anthropology 351: Method and Theory in Primatology |
