On-going PhD studies

Stergios-Angelos Aranitis

PhD Student

Stergios-Angelos Aranitis

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Ecology and Behavior of Carnivorans from the Early Pleistocene of Europe

Start: September 1st 2026

Supervisors: Gildas MERCERON (Palevoprim, Poitiers) and et George Konidaris, Dimitri Kostopoulos (University of Thessalonique, Greece)

Funding: Eiffel Excellence Scholarship (French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs)

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Email:stergios.arvanitis[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Amngar Dasrabé

PhD Student

Amngar Dasrabé

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Mio-Pliocene rodents from Chadian hominin sites : biochronological and paleoenvironmental implications

Start: October 1st 2024

Supervisors: Patrick VIGNAUD, Vincent LAZZARI (Palevoprim, Poitiers) and Mackaye Hassane TAÏSSO (Department of Paléontology, University of N’Djamena, Chad)

Funding: French Embassy in Chad (Cooperation and Cultural Action Service, SCAC), under the authority of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE)

Detailed profile

Email:amngar.dasrabe[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Gabrielle Gourdet

PhD Student

Gabrielle Gourdet

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Evolution of dental patterns and occlusal morphologies in catarrhine primates: applying evolutionary models to 3D topographic and geometric morphometric data

Start: October 1st 2026

Supervisors: Gildas MERCERON, Franck GUY, Vincent LAZZARI (Palevoprim, Poitiers)

Funding: Doctoral School, University of Poitiers

Detailed profile

Email:gabrielle.gourdet[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Haregwin Belete Hailu

PhD Student

Haregwin Belete Hailu

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Spatial dynamics of Plio-Pleistocene communities (dispersals, endemism, extinctions) in the northern Great African Rift: global vs. local factors

Start: October 1st 2024

Supervisors: Patrick VIGNAUD, Gildas MERCERON (Palevoprim, Poitiers) and Jean-Renaud BOISSERIE ( The French Center for Ethiopian Studies CFEE)

Funding: CNRS

Detailed profile

Email:haregwin.hailu[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Harmony Hill

PhD Student

Harmony Hill

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Evolution of cerebral metabolism within the human lineage

Start: October 1st 2024

Supervisors: Amélie BEAUDET (Palevoprim, Poitiers) and Douglas MOMBERG (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (wits))

Funding: CoEvol Project (A. Beaudet)

Detailed profile

Email:harmony.hill[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Paul Joube

PhD Student

Paul Joube

PhD Student

Thesis title:
The Oligocene Potash of the Mulhouse Basin Scientific, Museographic and Educational Enhancement

Start: October 1st 2026

Supervisors: Géraldine GARCIA (Palevoprim, Poitiers), Laurent GINDRE

Funding: CIFRE grant awarded by M2A (Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération)

Detailed profile

Email:paul.joube01[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Julian Karoui Canedo

PhD Student

Julian Karoui Canedo

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Comparative ecomorphological analysis of the mio-plio-pleistocene faunas in Central Africa (Chad Basin) and Eastern Africa (Omo Basin): environments and biological evolution at the scale of the African continent

Start: October 1st 2023

Supervisors: Jean-Renaud BOISSERIE ( The French Center for Ethiopian Studies CFEE) and Cécile BLONDEL, Franck GUY (Palevoprim, Poitiers)

Funding: Région Nouvelle Aquitaine, Grand Poitiers

Detailed profile

Email:julian.karoui.canedo[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Brillant Miangotar

PhD Student

Brillant Miangotar

PhD Student

Thesis title::
Chadian aquatic environments yesterday and today: characterization and comparison of past and present hydrogeological contexts using sedimentological and geochemical tools; conservation issues

Start: October 1st 2025

Supervisors: Moussa (Chad) and Olga OTERO (Palevoprim, Poitiers)

Funding: French Embassy in Chad, Palevoprim, Department of Geology of the University of N’Djamena, CNRD (N’Djamena)

Detailed profile

Email:brillant.miangotar[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Zoé Nowicki

PhD Student

Zoé Nowicki

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Covariation of long bones in ancient hominins

Start: October 1st 2024

Supervisors: Amélie BEAUDET, Franck GUY et Guillaume DAVER (PALEVOPRIM)

Funding: Région Nouvelle Aquitaine

Detailed profile

Email:zoe.nowicki[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Laurie Pelissier

PhD Student

Laurie Pelissier

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Carnivores and humans at the end of the Upper Pleistocene in west-central France: an integrated palaeobiology/archaeozoology study.

Start: october 1st 2024
Spervisors: Gildas MERCERON (Palevoprim, Poitiers), Marie-Anne JULIEN (HNHP, Paris), Éric ROBERT (HNHP, Paris)
Funding: University of Poitiers

Detailed profile

Email:laurie.pelissier[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Jérémy Petex

PhD Student

Jérémy Petex

PhD Student

Thesis title:
Homology and evolution of the snout bone complex in mammals and their non-mammalian therapsid ancestors (maxilla, premaxilla and septomaxilla), inferred from the rostral neurovascular canal system associated with the trigeminal nerve

Start: October 1st 2026
Spervisors: Géraldine GARCIA (Palevoprim, Poitiers), Julien BENOIT
Funding: ENS scholarship

Detailed profile

Email:jeremy.petex[at]univ-poitiers.fr

Léa Pothier

PhD Student

Léa Pothier

PhD Student

Thesis title :
Herbivores, ecological trajectories, and climate warming: reconstructing the past to inform the future. A multi-proxy approach in non-anthropized Eemian ecosystems.

Start: October 1st 2026
Spervisors: Emilie BERLIOZ & Patrick VIGNAUD (Palevoprim, Poitiers),
Funding: University of Poitiers (UP squared programme Excellence) and Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space (MESRE)

Detailed profile

Email:lea.pothier[at]univ-poitiers.fr

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