Curriculum Vitae
CHEVALIER Mathieu
30 Boulevard des platanes 31400 Toulouse - France
Tel : +33 6 63 77 60 31
Mail : mathieu.chevalier38@gmail.com
Date of birth 11/05/1985
EDUCATION
Currently
Post-doctoral researcher
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
Topic : Spatio-temporal variations of taxonomic and functional diversity and
impact on ecosystem functioning : the case of the Tonle Sap lake (Cambodia)
Supervisors : Sovan Lek, Gaël Grenouillet
2011 - 2014
PhD in Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
Topic : Climate change and freshwater fish: determinants of demographic
variations
Supervisors : Gaël Grenouillet, Pascal Laffaille
2009 - 2011
Masters degree in Ecology, Evolution, Biodiversity and Statistical
analysis
University Claude Bernard, Lyon
Topic : Evolution of bet-hedging strategies under eco-physiological
constraints
Supervisors : Frédéric Menu, Etienne Rajon
2007 - 2009
License degree in Biodiversity, biology of organisms and
populations
University Claude Bernard, Lyon.
Topic : Evolution of trophic interactions between two invasive species
and one endemic species : Reynoutria japonica as a troyan horse for the
invasion of Lasius niger by Lasius neglectus
Supervisors : Bernard Kaufmann
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biostatistics, population dynamics, climate change, fish, ecology, modeling, demography,
biological invasions.
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Chevalier M, Laffaille P, Ferdy Jean-Baptiste & Grenouillet G (2015). Measurements
of spatial population synchrony: influence of time series transformations. Oecologia.
DOI 10.1007/s00442-015-3331-5.
2014 Chevalier M, Laffaille P & Grenouillet G (2014). Spatial synchrony in stream fish
populations: influence of species traits. Ecography 37: 960-968.
2014 Lin M, Chevalier M, Lek S, Zhang L, Gozlan R.E, Liu J, Zhang T, Ye S, Li W & Li
Z (2014). Eutrophication as a driver of r-selection traits in a freshwater fish. Journal
of freshwater biology 85: 343-354 (co-first author).
2014 Rajon E, Desouhant E, Chevalier M, Débias F & Menu F (2014).
The evolution of bet-hedging in response to local ecological conditions. The
American Naturalist 184 : E1-E15.
2013 Paz-Vinas I, Comte L, Chevalier M, Dubut V, Veyssière C, Grenouillet G, Loot G &
Blanchet S (2013). Combining genetic and demographic data for prioritizing
conservation actions: insights from a threatened fish species. Ecology and Evolution
3: 2696-2710.
COMMUNICATIONS
2015 A mutli-species analysis of the influence of environment on freshwater fish population
dynamics. Ecology and Behaviour (E&B, Toulouse).
2015 Changements climatiques et poissons d’eau douce : déterminants et implications de
variations démographiques. Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale (Moulis).
2014 Measurements of spatial population synchrony: influence of time series
transformations. Ecological Modelling for Ecosystem Sustainability in the context
of Global Change (ISEM, Toulouse).
2013 Spatial synchrony in stream fish populations: influence of species ecological and lifehistory traits. Journées SEVAB (Toulouse).
2013 Spatial synchrony in stream fish populations: influence of species ecological and lifehistory traits. Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS, Munster,
Allemagne).
GRANTS AND ACTIVITY REPORTS
2015
Intermediary reports at 18 months of ANR TLSCC (ANR-13-JCLI-003)
2012 EGIDE grant (travel and stay) at Wuhan (Hydrobiological institut of academic
sciences of China). August/Septembre.
SKILLS
Theoretical: - General ecology (Community, landscape and aquatic ecology)
- Evolution
- Biological system modeling
- Biostatistics
- Population dynamics
Technical:
- Numerical modeling of biological systems
- Data collection and analyses
- Informatics: R, C++, JAGS, WINBUGS, MARK and M-SURGE
- General taxonomy
- Measure of biodiversity
- Electrofishing
Languages:
- English (professional, TOEIC 825)
- French (maternal)
- Spanish (basics)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012/2013
Ecology (25h), Biostatistics (40h), Animal biology (30h), Mathematical
modelling of biological systems (10h).
STUDENT SUPERVISION
2014 Kuczynski Lucie (Masters student (2nd year), co-supervised by Gaël Grenouillet and
Pascal Laffaille): Climate change and freshwater fish : demographic and phenologic
evolutions. Currently doing a PhD.