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

Sofia MAZZA VILLARREAL

IMBRSea

2025

Thesis: Comparing Encounterability and Availability Metrics Using Shark-Mounted Cameras in Fakarava Channel

co-supervised with Claudia Restrepo-Ortiz (IRD Marbec)

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

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