Resume - Jérôme M. W. Gippet

Education

2013-2016

“Patterns of distribution, human-mediated dispersal and intraspecific variations in urbanized landscapes: Responses of ants to urbanization” PDF

Lab: LEHNA, Ecology of natural and anthropized hydrosystems
Supervisors: Nathalie MONDY and Bernard KAUFMANN

2012-2013

Second year: “Secondary spread of the invasive ant Lasius neglectusin an urbanized landscape”
Advisor: Bernard Kaufmann.
First year:“Environmental factors shaping ants assemblages in an invasion context”
Advisor:Bernard Kaufmann.

2007-2012

“Myrmecochoric dispersal by Myrmica sabuleti of the endangered violet Viola hispida »”
Advisor:Bernard Kaufmann.
“Beneficial interactions between two invaders: the japanese knotweeds Fallopia spp and the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus”
Advisor:Bernard Kaufmann.

Field techniques:

Sampling of ants with several protocols (e.g. direct search, baits, pitfalls) in urban and natural contexts
Ant supercolony’s area measurement
Lab skills:

Behavioral experiments (foraging behavior, aggressiveness in a supercolonial species)
Taxonomic identification of ants
Common garden experiments (rearing of Lasius niger gynes)
Myrmecochory experiments (Myrmica sabuleti, Viola hispida).
Molecular biology techniques:

DNA extraction (Chelex) and amplification (Cytochrome Oxydase I and microsatellites)
RNA extraction and Reverse transcription
RT qPCR (Heat Shock Protein genes).
IT skills:

Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS 10.1, QGIS, R)Statistical analysis with R
Genetic data analysis (R adegenet, Structure, POPTREE2, seaview)
Programming (R, Python)
Illustration (R, Inkscape)

2016

Supervisor of Barthélémy Richoux (Master 1, University of Lyon 1) and Baptiste Bunouf (Master 1, University of Lyon 1):

“Morphological variation among urban and rural populations of the urban tolerant ant Lasius niger”
2015

Supervisor of Django Maurel (Master 1, University of Angers), Jérémy Monsimet (Master 1, University of Rennes 1), Tommy Faure-Brac (Master 1, University of Grenoble) and Camille Blain (Master 1, University of Saint Etienne):

“Impact of urbanization on ant colonies density”
2014

Supervisor of Jordan Galli (Master 1, University of Montpellier 2) and Sylvestre Rivière (Master 1, University of Rennes 1):

“Impact of urbanization on ant colonies density”

2013-2016

Teaching assistant at the university of Lyon 1 (192h):

2015

Research project Grants (5000 €) from Complex systems institute (IXXI):

“MoRIS: Modeling human-mediated secondary spread of invasive species”
2014

Inter-Labs research funding (5000€) from FR41 (Bio Environnement Santé, Lyon):

“HSP genes expression in urban and rural populations of the ant Lasius niger”
2013

Lab transversal funding (1700 €):

“Eco-physiological and genetic variations among urban and rural conspecifics of the ant Lasius niger”
Three years thesis grant (60,000 €), ED 341, Lyon. French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research.