Jeanne Chaupitre - PhD Student 2025/2028

Supervised by Samuel Caro (CEFE-CNRS) and Xavier Bonnefont (IGF-CNRS)

Contact

CEFE - CNRS UMR5175, 1919, route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier

Aile B, Floor 2, Office 201.B

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PhD Project : Influence of the urban environment on the circadian rhythms of wild great tits and mice 

Urbanisation transforms natural habitats into artificial environments, deeply disrupting ecosystems. Urban light, noise, and pollution alter animal activity patterns and affect internal biological clocks. The project project aims to understand how urban night conditions influence circadian mechanisms, through plasticity or genetic adaptation, in two model species: the great tit (Parus major, diurnal) and the house mouse (Mus musculus, nocturnal). By linking ecological, behavioral, and physiological effects, the project seeks to uncover how urban life drives the evolution of biological rhythms.

This PhD is part of an interdisciplinary project (IDIL – POLLUNOCT), in which two theses address the same questions from different perspectives and disciplines. While my approach focuses on evolutionary ecology, Maxence Boissonade’s work explores the neurophysiological aspects of circadian rhythms.

Bio

• 2022–2025 - Master in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Darwin - University of Montpellier
  • 2^nd year Master’s thesis: Influence of urbanisation on phenotypical traits in Parus major: Experimental study in a common garden - CEFE, CNRS - supervised by Anne Charmantier and Samuel Caro
  • Experimental tests of sexual selection in female Tribolium castaneum - CEFE, CNRS - supervised by Tim Janicke
  • Effects of urbanisation on Arctic bird populations in northern Finland, and analysis of song variation due to urbanisation in Parus major - Arctic Centre (Rovaniemi, Finland) - supervised by Jukka Jokimäki
  • Postnatal growth and differential growth of a passerine bird in restrictive developmental environments, and analysis of the effects of temperature on incubation behaviour - Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) - supervised by Vanina Fiorini
  • 1^st-year Master’s thesis: Effects of temperature on the strength of sexual selection in Tribolium castaneum - CEFE, CNRS - supervised by Tim Janicke
• 2020–2022 - Bachelor in Biology (International Section) - University of Tours
  • 2021–2022: Third year, Erasmus exchange - Nord University (Bodø, Norway)