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Principal Investigators  

Astrid Cruaud
INRA
Research Associate
astrid.cruaud@inra.fr
research gate
phylogeny, molecular biology, bioinformatics

Permanent staff  

We are lucky to benefit from the expertise of these guys for part of their time

Guenaëlle Genson
INRA
Technician
guenaelle.genson@inra.fr
molecular biology
Sabine Nidelet
INRA
Technician
sabine.nidelet@inra.fr
molecular biology
Eric Pierre
INRA
Assistant engineer
eric.pierre@inra.fr
entomology, databasing
Laure Sauné
INRA
Technician
laure.saune@inra.fr
molecular biology
Ancre PI
Ancre Staff
Ancre students
Ancre former students
Jean-Pierre Rossi
INRA
Senior Researcher
jean-pierre.rossi@inra.fr
spatial ecology, bioinformatics, niche modelling
Jean-Claude Streito
INRA
Research engineer
jean-claude.streito@inra.fr
entomology
Jean-Yves Rasplus
INRA
Senior Researcher
jean-yves.rasplus@inra.fr
research gate
entomology, molecular biology, biogeography, phylogeny

PIs      Staff       Students       Visitors       Former Students 

Jean-Marc Thuillier
INRA
Technician
jean-marc.thuillier@inra.fr
field assistance

Students

Pierre Arnal
MNHN, Paris, France
PhD student
pierrearnal34@gmail.com

topic : Spatial and Temporal dynamics of diversification in the silk and hawk moths (Saturniidae and Sphingidae).

 

Details on his PhD project can be found here

Fernando Farache
Univ. São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Post doctoral fellow
fhafarache@gmail.com

topic : Diversification and specialisation of sycophilous wasps in the Neotropics.

 

Details on his project can be found here

Former students

Anne-Alicia Gonzalez
INRA
Assistant engineer 
anne-alicia.gonzalez@inra.fr
molecular biology (projects Xf INRA/DGAL and Xf-Actors)
Marguerite Chartois
INRA
Research engineer 
marguerite.chartois@gmail.com
entomology (project Xf eco-epidemiology in Corsica)

 

Non permanent staff

Visitors

Ancre visitors
Hossein Lotfalizadeh
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehrān, Iran
Associate researcher
hlotfalizadeh@gmail.com
research gate

Hossein will stay in our group for one year (sept 2017-2018). He will work on the taxonomic revision of groups of eurytomid wasps based on morphological and molecular data.

 

More on his project soon !

Martin Godefroid 
INRA
PhD obtained in dec. 2015
supervisors : J.-P. Rossi & J.-Y Rasplus
martin.godefroid@gmail.com
topic : "Assessing the risk of invasion by quarantine arthropods in Europe: The role of climate, evolutionary history and life history traits". The abstract of his PhD can be found here
 
After 1 year working on risk assessment for the spread of Xf in EU Martin will start a postdoctoral fellow in Canada in 2018
Luciano Palmieri
Univ. São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
PhD obtained in may 2017
supervisor : R.A.S. Pereira (Brazil)
research gate
lucianopalmierirocha@gmail.com
topic : "Systematics and biogeography of weevils (Curculionoidea; Coleoptera) associated with figs (Ficus; Moraceae)". The abstract of his PhD can be found here
Luciano is now working on his publications and looks for a postdoctoral fellow
Fernando Farache
Univ. São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
PhD obtained in nov 2014
supervisors : R.A.S. Pereira (Brazil) & J.-Y Rasplus
research gate
fhafarache@gmail.com
topic : Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three Sycophaginae genera: AnidarnesIdarnes and Pseudidarnes.
The abstract of his PhD can be found here
 
Fernando is now working in our lab as a postdoctoral fellow
Lillian Rodriguez
Univ. Montpellier / Univ. of the Philippines
PhD obtained in dec 2016
supervisors : F. Kjellberg (CNRS) & J.-Y Rasplus
ljvrodriguez@gmail.com
topic : "Evolution and ecology of Philippine Ceratosolen pollinating fig trees under subgenus Sycomorus". The abstract of her PhD can be found here
Lillian is now working as an assistant professor in the Univ. of the Philippines.
Mélodie Ollivier
Montpellier SupAgro
MSc obtained in sept. 2016
supervisors : J.-C Streito 
melodie.ollivier@wanadoo.fr
topic : Setting up tools for the morphological and molecular identification of pests of oilseed rape and their parasitoids.  
The abstract of her MSc can be found here
Mélodie is now PhD canditate at the CSIRO
Perrine Cruaud
INRA
Post doctoral fellow (2015-2016)
research gate
perrine.cruaud@gmail.com
topic : Development of a lab protocol and the associated bioinformatics pipeline for the multigenic characterisation of insect species their parasitoids, preys and symbionts. 
The abstract of her project can be found here
 
Perrine is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Univ. of Laval, Quebec
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