Philippe Gaubert – Conservation Genetics

Director of Research at IRD
Associate researcher at CIIMAR
Associate Researcher at LEA

My investigations feed on the interaction between the sciences of evolution and conservation biology. I am investigating the patterns of diversification within several groups of mammals through different evolutionary scales. The ultimate goal of my research is to increase knowledge on the evolutionary dynamics and ecology of heritage taxa and to produce DNA-based tools for the implementation of wildlife management protocols. More recently, I have formalized my spectrum of investigations into transdisciplinarity, focusing on bushmeat hunting sustainability and the nexus between wildlife conservation and health.