2019-2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan Advisors: Dr. Ikuma Adachi, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh; Collaborator: Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai (Nagoya University)
EDUCATION
2015-2019 PhD in Cognitive Ecology & Primatology, Kyoto University, Japan *Committee: Andrew MacIntosh; Takeshi Furuichi; Michael Huffman; Ikuma Adachi; Valerie Curtis (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) 2013-2014 MSc in Ecophysiology & Ethology, University of Strasbourg, France 2012-2013 Research assistant, Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Japan 2011-2012 1st year of MSc in Animal & Human Behavior, University of Rennes 1, France 2010-2011 Exchange student, Faculty of Science & Forestry, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 2009-2011 BSc in Animal Biology, University of Caen Normandy, France
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2021~ Molecular tracing of traded otters to monitor and combat illegal trade in Southeast Asia Collaborators: Worata Klinsawat (King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi), Wanlop Chutipong (King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi), Mayako Fujihara (KUWRC), Miho Murayama (KUWRC), Akiyuki Suzuki (KUWRC), Marie Sigaud (CESCO-MNHN), Vanessa Gris (KUPRI), Tomomi Kitade (WWF/TRAFFIC Japan)
2021~ Attention and behavioral reactions to coprophagy in great apes Collaborators: Yena Kim (Leiden University), Tonko Zijlstra (Leiden University), Mariska Kret (Leiden University)
2019~ Cognitive and physiological responses to disgust and fear elicitors in chimpanzees Collaborators: Ikuma Adachi (KUPRI), Andrew MacIntosh (KUPRI), Nobuyuki Kawai (Nagoya University)
2019~ Exotic animal cafés, public health, animal welfare and wildlife trade Collaborators: Marie Sigaud (CESCO-MNHN), Tomomi Kitade (WWF/TRAFFIC Japan)
2014~ Parasite handling strategies in non-human primates Collaborators: Andrew MacIntosh (KUPRI), Clémence Poirotte (DPZ), Marie Charpentier (CNRS/CEFE), Barthélémy Ngoubangoye (CIRMF), Raphaël Belais (Lola ya Bonobo), Takeshi Furuichi (KUPRI)
TRANS-CONTINENTAL RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 (3mo) Saliva sample collection and surveys in Japanese otter cafes, Nagoya, Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
2019-2021 (18mo) Sensory cues simulating infection risk via touch-screen experiments and eye-tracking in chimpanzees, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan 🇯🇵
2018 (5mo) Hand-to-mouth contacts as a predictor of parasite infection in wild bonobos? Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
2016 (3mo) Infection-risk avoidance in semi-free ranging bonobos, Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
2016 (1mo) Conspecific feces avoidance in captive Asian elephants, Seoul Zoo, South Korea 🇰🇷 (experiments conducted by Dr. Yena Kim, National Institute of Ecology, South Korea)
2015 (4mo) Avoidance of biological contaminants through sensory cues in non-human primates, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon 🇬🇦
2013-2021 (7mo) Coproscopic diagnostics for parasites of non-human primates, Parasite Lab, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan 🇯🇵
2012-2014 (14mo) Hygiene, sociality and parasitism in Japanese macaques, Koshima Macaque Project, Koshima island, Japan 🇯🇵
2012 (2mo) Individual-specificity in chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich; Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
2012 (2mo) Laterality of gestural communication & facial expressions in olive baboons, CNRS Station of Primatology, Rousset, France 🇫🇷
2010 (2mo) Feeding of rescued chimpanzees and post-reintroduction monitoring, Conkouati-Douli Reserve, Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
2021-2022 INLAKS India Foundation, small grant (as collaborator, PI: PhD student Virendra Mathur; 203,200 INR) 2021-2022 Japan-ASEAN Science, Technology and Innovation Platform, research grant (as collaborator, PI: Dr. Worata Klinsawat; 4,895 USD) 2019-2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, postdoctoral fellowship (8,688 000 JPY) 2017-2019 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, doctoral fellowship (7,800 000 JPY) 2017 Oral presentation award (2nd). The 8th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, Japan 2015-2018 Leading Graduate Program in Primatology and Wildlife Science (ad-libitum funding on request) 2017 The Royal Society, travel grant (900 GBP) 2015-2017 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, doctoral fellowship (3,480 000 JPY) 2015 Best poster presentation award. The 4th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan 2015 Best poster presentation award. The 3rd International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan 2014 Best poster presentation award. The 1st International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, International Institute for Advanced Studies, Kizugawa, Japan 2014 University of Strasbourg, “Unistra” scholarship, France (750 EUR) 2014 Region of Alsace, “Boussole” scholarship, France (1,000 EUR) 2014 Montbell, Japan (Outdoor gear of 134,200 JPY) 2013 Cooperative Research Grant, Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Japan (65,000 JPY) 2012-2013 Foundation Rennes 1, “Cesure+” scholarship, France (2,500 EUR) 2010-2011 European Union, Erasmus Mundus scholarship, Brussels, Belgium (3,700 EUR)
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles *,** equal contributions 12. Sigaud M, Kitade T, Sarabian C (Accepted) Exotic animal cafés in Japan: a new fashion fueling the pet trade with potential implications for biodiversity, global health and animal welfare. Conservation Science & Practice 11. Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ (2021) Avoidance of contaminated food correlates with low protozoan infection in bonobos. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 9: 651159 -- part of the special issue: Ecology and Evolution of Non-Consumptive Effects in Host-Parasite Interactions (invited) 10. Sarabian C, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ (2020) Divergent strategies in faeces avoidance between two cercopithecoid primates. Royal Society Open Science 7(3): 191861 9. Poirotte C*, Sarabian C*, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ**, Charpentier M** (2019) Faecal avoidance differs between the sexes but not with nematode infection risk in mandrills. Animal Behaviour 149: 97-106 8. Sarabian C, Curtis V, McMullan R (2018) Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1751): 20170256 -- part of the special issue: Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours 7. Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ (2018) Feeding decisions under contamination risk in bonobos. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1751): 20170195 -- part of the special issue: Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours 6. Sarabian C, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) Avoidance of biological contaminants through sight, smell and touch in chimpanzees. Royal Society Open Science 4(11): 170968 5. Romano V, Duboscq J, Sarabian C, Thomas E, Sueur C, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) Modeling infection transmission in primate networks to predict centrality-based risk. American Journal of Primatology 78(3): 22542 4. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) Hygienic tendencies correlate with low geohelminth infection in free-ranging macaques. Biology Letters 11(11): 20150757
Book Chapters
3. Sarabian C (In press) Les origines du dégoût : Évitement du risque infectieux par les sens chez les primates. In Battesti V & Candau J « Apprendre des sens, apprendre par les sens : anthropologie des perceptions sensorielles » Éditions PETRA, Paris 2. Sarabian C (2017) Répartition géographique et éthologie de l'Ours. In Hoffmann-Schickel K, Le Roux P, Navet E « Sous la peau de l'Ours, L'humanité et les ursidés : aspects techniques, zoologiques, psychologiques, symboliques, mythologiques et anthropologiques » Connaissances et Savoirs, Paris
82. Sarabian C (2020) Yuck! Behavioral immunity and potential conservation applications. The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Virtual Conference (theme: "How do pathogens and parasites affect behaviour?"), London, United Kingdom - Plenary 81. Sarabian C (2019) Avoidance of biological contaminants in social primates. The Cognition, Behavior, Evolution & Network Conference (theme: "The costs and benefits of sociality"), Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Keynote 80. Sarabian C (2019) Avoidance of biological contaminants in non-human primates. The 26th Annual PNIRS and GEBIN Scientific Meeting (member-sponsored symposium: "Disease avoidance: our first line of defense against pathogenic threats"), Berlin, Germany - Keynote 79. Sarabian C (2017) A primate's sense of cleanliness: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. Royal Society Theo Murphy International Scientific Meeting ("Evolution of parasite and pathogen avoidance behaviours"), Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Keynote
Conferences
78. Sarabian C & Laudisoit A (2021) Are fragmented.ing landscapes shaping a new landscape of peril? The 30th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Kigali, Rwanda (Online) -- part of the co-organized symposium: (Anthropo)Zoonotic Disease Risk to Primates in Fragmenting.ed Landscapes 77. Bonincontro T, Bonnin N, Bortolamiol S, Sarabian C, van Hamme G, Dumez R, Narat V (2021) Conservation communautaire en Afrique Centrale (RDC) : de la pratique de terrain aux cadres institutionnels. 33eme Colloque de la Société Francophone de Primatologie, Saint-Etienne, France (Hybrid) 76. Sigaud M, Kitade T, Sarabian C (2021) Japanese exotic animal cafés fueling the pet trade: implications for biodiversity, global health and animal welfare. The 14th Asian Society of Conservation Medicine/27th Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 2021 Joint Conference, Sapporo, Japan (Hybrid) 75. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ, Adachi I (2021) Exploring the effects of disgust-related images on cognition in chimpanzees. Animal Behavior Society Virtual Meeting (Online) 74. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ, Adachi I (2021) Exploring the effects of disgust-related images on cognition in chimpanzees. CogSci 2021 Comparative Cognition - Animal Minds, Vienna, Austria (Online poster) 73. Sigaud M, Kitade T, Sarabian C (2021) On the menu: Japanese exotic animal cafés fueling the pet trade with implications for biodiversity, global health and animal welfare. The 30th International Society for Anthrozoology Conference, Buffalo, USA (Online) 72. Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ (2021) Feeding decisions predict parasite infection in sanctuary-housed bonobos. The 15th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto, Japan (Online) 71. Xu S, Naito AM, Keuk K, Gris V, Maeda T, Kadam S, Sigaud M, Fitzgerald M, Sarabian C (2020) #PrimatesAreNotPets: Lessons learned from Conserv’Session. The 36th Annual Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Online; in Japanese) 70. Sarabian C (2019) Comparative cognition for coexistence with wildlife. The 11th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution: Coexistence with Wildlife, Kyoto, Japan 69. Sigaud M, Sarabian C (2019) Why animal cafés are bad news for wildlife? Welfare concerns and problematic origins of wildlife species displayed in Japanese animal cafés. The 11th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution: Coexistence with Wildlife, Kyoto, Japan (Poster) 68. Sarabian C, Plotnik JM, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Disgust as a tool to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts and enforce appropriate ecotourism practices? The 11th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution: Coexistence with Wildlife, Kyoto, Japan (Poster) 67. Sigaud M, Sarabian C (2019) Why animal cafés are bad news for wildlife? Welfare concerns and problematic origins of wildlife species displayed in Japanese animal cafés. Symposium of Integrative Biology II: World Tour, Kyoto, Japan (Poster) 66. Narat V, Sarabian C, Bonnin N, Bortolamiol S, van Hamme V, Cibot-Chemin M, Guéry J.-P., Ibnou N, Kone I (2019) Qu'est-ce que la conservation communautaire des primates ? Un nouveau groupe de travail à la SFDP. The 32nd French Primatological Society Seminar, Branféré, France 65. Sarabian C, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Primate conservation through disgust and public health: Introducing a new framework. The 2nd African Primatological Society Conference, Entebbe, Uganda 64. Sarabian C, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Disgust as a tool to mitigate human-primate conflicts and enforce appropriate ecotourism practices? The 2nd African Primatological Society Conference, Entebbe, Uganda (Poster) 63. Sarabian C, Plotnik JM, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Disgust as a tool to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts and enforce appropriate ecotourism practices? The 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Poster) 62. Sarabian C, Plotnik JM, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Conservation through disgust and public health: Introducing a new framework. The 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 61. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Conservation through disgust and public health: Introducing a new framework. The 11th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto, Japan (Poster) 60. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Conservation through disgust and public health: Introducing a new framework. Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia, Kyoto, Japan (Poster) 59. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2018) Do primates yuck? Pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviors in Papionini and Hominini. The 10th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto, Japan (Poster) 58. Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ (2018) Feeding decisions under contamination risk in bonobos. The 27th International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya 57. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2018) Do primates yuck? Pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviors in Papionini and Hominini. The 27th International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya (Poster) 56. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) Contamination-risk sensitivity in Papionini and Hominini. The 8th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, Japan 55. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) Pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviors: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. The 35th International Ethological Conference ("Behaviour 2017"), Estoril, Portugal (Poster) 54. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) Avoiding infection: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. The 33rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Primatological Society, Fukushima, Japan 53. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) Pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviors: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. The 7th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto, Japan 52. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) A primate's sense of cleanliness: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. Kyoto University Primate Research Institute 50th Anniversary Conference, Inuyama, Japan (Poster) 51. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) A primate's sense of cleanliness: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. The 6th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science and the 5th CCT-Bio International Workshop on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation, Kyoto, Japan 50. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) A primate's sense of cleanliness: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. The 26th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Chicago, USA 49. MacIntosh AJJ, Sarabian C, Duboscq J, Romano V, Kaneko A, Okamoto M, Suzumura T (2016) Parasites as a selective force in primate social systems evolution: perspectives from an empirical model. The 26th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Chicago, USA 48. MacIntosh AJJ, Sarabian C, Duboscq J, Romano V, Kaneko A, Okamoto M, Suzumura T (2016) Helminth parasites as potential regulators of Japanese macaque population dynamics. The 26th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Chicago, USA (Poster) 47. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) Revulsion in chimpanzees: health maintenance through avoidance of biological contaminants. Chimpanzees in Context, 'Understanding Chimpanzees' Symposium Series, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, USA (ePoster) 46. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) Testing disgust in non-human primates. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan (Poster) 45. Sarabian C, Poirotte C, Charpentier M, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) Testing infection-risk avoidance in primates. The 5th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Inuyama, Japan 44. Sarabian C, Qaempanah M, Kazemi S, Vahabzadeh H (2015) Kavikonj Nature School: A promising program for conservation education in Iran. Student Conference on Conservation Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Poster) 43. Sarabian C (2015) Roots & Shoots Iran: From a simple letter to the Mashhad School of Nature. Student Conference on Conservation Science, Brisbane, Australia 42. Sarabian C (2015) The education value of zoos: report on the PWS Zoo/Museum course. The 4th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan 41. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) Hygiene correlates with low parasite infection in Japanese macaques. The 4th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan 40. Sarabian C (2015) The origins of hygiene: infection-risk avoidance in Papionini and Hominini. The 4th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan (Poster) 39. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) Hygiene correlates with low parasite infection in Japanese macaques. The 31st Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Kyoto University, Japan 38. Romano V, Duboscq J, Sarabian C, Thomas E, Sueur C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) Modeling infection transmission in primate networks to predict centrality-based risk. The 35th Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom 37. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) On the origin of hygiene: Disgust, health and primate evolution. The 3rd International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan (Poster) 36. Romano V, Duboscq J, Sarabian C, Thomas E, Sueur C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) Modeling infection transmission in primate networks to predict centrality-based risk. Annual Doctoral School Days, Strasbourg, France 35. Sarabian C, Qaempanah M, Borhanynezhad Z, Kazemi S, Vahabzadeh H (2014) Roots & Shoots Iran: A promising program for environmental Education in the Middle-East. Student Conference on Conservation Science, Bangalore, India (Poster) 34. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2014) Hygienic tendencies limit parasite infection in Japanese macaques. The 2nd International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan (Poster) 33. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2014) In the dirt: hygienic behaviors and revulsion as parasite avoidance adaptations in Japanese macaques. The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Hanoi, Vietnam (Poster) 32. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2014) On the origin of hygiene: From Japanese macaques to African great apes. The 1st International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, International Institute for Advanced Studies, Kizugawa, Japan (Poster) 31. MacIntosh AJJ, Sarabian C, Thomas E, Suzumura T, Kaneko A, Takeshita S, Mouri K, Itoh M, Shimizu K, Okamoto M (2013) A field-experimental approach to primate-parasite interactions: Filling in the knowledge-gaps. The 29th Congress of the Primate Society of Japan, Okayama, Japan
Invited Lectures/Seminars
30. Simulated parasite threats and potential conservation applications. Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany (Online) 26/02/2021 29. From cognition & behavior to infection: primate responses to parasitic threat. European Federation of Primatology/German Primatological Society Seminar Series, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Online) 17/02/2021 28. Community-based conservation. Dr. Andrew MacIntosh's "Conservation Biology" undergraduate class, Kyoto University, Japan (Online) 15/09/2020 27. Engouement pour les "pet cafés" au Japon : une menace pour la biodiversité, la santé, et le bien-être animal ? Séminaire doctoral de la Maison Franco-Japonaise, Tokyo, Japan (Online) 21/07/2020 26. Disgust in animals. Dr. Kelly Finn's "Exotic Sensory Systems" undergraduate class, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA (Online) 13/05/2020 25. Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates. Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany 21/12/2018 24. Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany 18/12/2018 23. Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates. German Primate Center (DPZ), Göttingen, Germany 16/12/2018 22. Les origine du dégoût: Évolution des comportements d'évitement chez les primates. Institut d'Ethnologie de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, France 14/12/2018 21. Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates. Dr. Cédric Sueur's "Ethology & Ecophysiology" undergraduate class, University of Strasbourg, France 13/12/2018 20. Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates. Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France 11/12/2018 19. A primate's sense of cleanliness: Perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom 15/06/2017 18. Conservation strategies: public outreach and education. Dr. Andrew MacIntosh's "Conservation Biology" undergraduate class, Kyoto University, Japan 14/09/2017 17. A primate's sense of cleanliness: Perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. University of California Davis, United States 30/08/2016 16. Évitement des risques infectieux chez les primates non-humains. University of Kinshasa, DRCongo 24/06/2016 15. Évitement des risques infectieux chez les primates. Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DRCongo 01/07/2016 14. Testing infection-risk avoidance in primates. National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, South Korea 22/03/2016 13. Aux origines de l'hygiène. Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon 29/09/2015 12. Hygiene origins. Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda 30/08/2015 11. In the dirt: Hygienic tendencies limit parasite infection in Japanese macaques. Station de Primatologie CNRS, Rousset, France 18/03/2015
Outreach
10. Le monde fascinant des primates et comment le préserver. Ambassadeurs de la Biodiversité, Maison des Ceriseaux, Souppes-sur-Loing, France (Online) 20/12/2020 9. Recherches sur les primates, dégoût et conservation. Exploring by the seat of your pants/Canadian Geographic, Toronto, Canada (Online) 28/05/2020 8. Primate research. Exploring By the Seat of your pants, Toronto, Canada (Online) 14/05/2020 7. Disgust in non-human primates. JSPS Science Dialogue Program, Gifu Kamo High School, Gifu, Japan (Lecture to 10th graders) 30/01/2020 6. Testes that you can't afford (when you are a monogamous bird). Inuyama Nerds #5 (theme: "Year in review - describe your favorite science story of 2019") Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan 18/12/2019 5. In the dirt: Do other primates yuck? Nerd Nite Kansai #5, UrBANGUILD, Kyoto, Japan 06/04/2019 4. How do primates avoid diseases? Biodiversity Foundation, Seoul, South Korea 19/03/2016 3. Education as a key to Conservation. Biodiversity Foundation, Seoul, South Korea 19/03/2016 2. How to become a behavioral scatologist? Kalinzu Forest Education Center, Uganda 24/08/2015 1. L'hygiène chez les macaques de Koshima. Pierre Hilly Primary School, Ranville, France 20/03/2015
ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
3. Co-organizer with Dr. Anne Laudisoit (EcoHealth Alliance) of the symposium "(Anthropo)zoonotic disease risk to primates in fragmenting.ed landscapes", The 30th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), Kigali, Rwanda [virtual] 13-17/12/2021 2. Co-organizer with Dr. Cécile Garcia (CNRS, Musée de l'Homme) of a roundtable between Kyoto University Primate Research Institute researchers and Musée de l'Homme researchers, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France 12/12/2018 1. Co-organizer with Dr. Rachel McMullan (The Open University), "Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours", Royal Society Theo Murphy International Scientific Meeting, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom 12-13/06/2017
CONGRESS PARTICIPATION
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Hawaii, USA (2016) Meetings, interviews, and reports for Conservation Voices and Conserv'Session
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Conservation Education Initiatives
2020 WildPic: a mobile camera application (based on disgust) that will make you keep an appropriate distance with wildlife. Conservation X Labs challenge (project instigator) 2015-2021 Conserv’Session: collective of students and postdocs organizingscreenings of conservation-/environment-/animal welfare-related documentariesand/or discussion between the public and invited experts to reflect on these issues, Kyoto and Inuyama, Japan (co-founder and facilitator) 2014-2021 Conservation Voices for The PrimateCast: a podcast series dedicated to animal conservation, Inuyama, Japan (host and co-producer) 2013~ Roots & Shoots Iran: The Jane Goodall Instituteeducation and environmental awareness program (founder & overseas coordinator)
Popular Articles (as writer) 2018 A sense of disgust in bonobos? EurekAlert!, AAAS 2017 What grosses out a chimpanzee? EurekAlert!, AAAS 2017 In the dirt: do primates yuck? The Ethogram
Media Experience (as interviewee)
2021Children’s book on animal emotions (chapter about disgust) by writer Lotte Stegeman 2021 The evolution of disgust and hygiene, and conservation. The Dissenter, YouTube 2021 Invited expert to comment on new ‘parasite handling’ research for Science News (x2), The Atlantic (x2), The New York Times 2021 Children’s book on the life of scientists around the world by writer and illustrator Brooke Barker 2021 Who shat on the floor at my wedding? Episode 8 (“The Entertainer”), Comedy podcast 2020 That’s disgusting: how primates decide what not to eat. Research Outreach 2020 What makes gross things gross? Brains On! Science show for curious kids (and adults) 2019 Mama’s last hug – New York Times best seller – by Frans de Waal (reference to our work) 2018 The origins of disgust. MindField, VSauce, YouTube 2018 Why humans feel disgust, and why other animals might too. SciShow, YouTube 2018 Fastidious apes turn up their noses at filthy food. Nature 2017 Is disgust a universal emotion? The Wire 2015 Monkeys keep their food clean, sort of. Discover 2013 Les macaques de l’île de Koshima. Allô la Planète, Le Mouv’, Radio France
TEACHING
2020 Interviewer (1 hour), CICASP Science communication workshop, mock job interviews with graduate students, Primate Research Institute (led by Dr. Susumu Tomiya) 2015, 2017, 2020 Teaching assistant (8 hours), Conservation Biology, undergraduate level, Kyoto University (taught by Dr. Fred Bercovitch and Dr. Andrew MacIntosh)
Behavioural Processes, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, Behaviour, Biology, Biology Letters, Current Zoology, EcoHealth, Environmental Science & Technology, Evolution and Human Behavior, Diversity, Frontiers in Conservation Science, Functional Ecology, International Journal of Primatology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Nature Communications, Oikos, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, PLoS One, Primates, Proceedings of the Royal Society B
CULTURAL & GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATIONS
Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
French (native), English (fluent), R (fluent), Persian (moderate), German (moderate), Japanese (beginner), Lingala (beginner)