Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2021 Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Japan Advisors: Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Dr. Ikuma Adachi
EDUCATION
PhD in Primatology/Cognitive Ecology, Kyoto University, Japan 2015 – 2019 Advisors: Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Dr. Takeshi Furuichi
MSc in Ecophysiology and Ethology, University of Strasbourg, France 2013 – 2014 Advisors: Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Dr. Cédric Sueur
1st year of Master in Animal and Human Behavior, University of Rennes 1, France 2011 – 2013 Advisors: Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Dr. Marie Bourjade, Dr. Catherine Blois-Heulin
BSc in Animal Biology, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, France/University of Joensuu, Finland 2009 – 2011 Advisor: Dr. Isabelle Duchatelle
PUBLICATIONS
9. Sarabian C, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ (2020) Divergent strategies in faeces avoidance between two cercopithecoid primates. Royal Society Open Science 7(3): 191861
7. 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 *,**: These authors contributed equally to this work
6. Sarabian C, Curtis V, McMullan R (2018) Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1751): 20170256
5. Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ (2018) Feeding decisions under contamination risk in bonobos. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1751): 20170195
4. 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
3. 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
2. 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
1. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) Hygienic tendencies correlate with low geohelminth infection in free-ranging macaques. Biology Letters 11(11): 20150757
2019-present Cognitive and physiological responses to disgust elicitors in chimpanzees, KUPRI, Japan Collaborators: Andrew MacIntosh and Ikuma Adachi
2019-present Disgust as a tool to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts and enforce appropriate ecotourism practices Collaborators: Joshua Plotnik, Valerie Curtis, Colin Chapman, Andrew MacIntosh
2019-present Primate community-based conservation, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France Collaborators: Victor Narat, Noémie Bonnin, Gaspard Van Hamme, Marie Cibot, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Sarah Bortolamiol, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Inza Kone
2019-present Sensory investigation, neophobia and disgust in non-human primates, Seoul Zoo, South Korea Collaborators: Saein Lee, Yena Kim
2019-present Exotic animal cafés, public health and wildlife trade, KUPRI, Japan Collaborator: Marie Sigaud
2019-present The origins of disgust, Disgusting Food Museum, Malmö, Sweden Science outreach through art Collaborators: Barbara Ryckewaert, Samuel West, Andreas Ahrens
2017-present Cognitive ecology and parasite avoidance behaviors in Asian elephants, Seoul Zoo, South Korea Collaborators: Nachiketha Sharma, Yena Kim
2015-present Parasite avoidance strategies and health maintenance in Japanese macaques, long-tailed macaques, mandrills, chimpanzees and bonobos, KUPRI and Koshima -Japan, CIRMF -Gabon, Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary and Wamba -DRCongo Collaborators: Andrew MacIntosh, Clémence Poirotte, Marie Charpentier, Barthélémy Ngoubangoye, Raphaël Belais, Takeshi Furuichi
2012-2014 Hygienic behaviors, parasitism and social relationships in Japanese macaques, Koshima island, Japan (MSc) Collaborator: Andrew MacIntosh
GRANTS & SPONSORS
2019-2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), postdoctoral fellowship – 8,688 000 JPY 2017-2019 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), doctoral fellowship – 7,800 000 JPY 2015-2018 Leading Graduate Program in Primatology and Wildlife Science (ad-libitum funding on request) 2015-2017 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan – 3,480 000 JPY* 2014 Bourse Unistra, France – 750 EUR 2014 Bourse « Boussole » de la Région Alsace, France – 1,000 EUR 2014 Montbell, Japan (Outdoor gear) – 134,200 JPY 2013 Cooperative Research Grant, Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Japan – 65,000 JPY 2012 Bourse de la Fondation Rennes 1, France – 2,500 EUR 2010-2011 Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, University of Joensuu, Finland - 3,700 EUR *Last year 2017-2018 declined to accept the JSPS doctoral fellowship
AWARDS
2017 Oral presentation award (2nd). The 8th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, Japan 2015 Best poster presentation award (1st). The 4th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan Best poster presentation award (1st). The 3rd International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University, Japan 2014 Best poster presentation award (1st). The 1st International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, IIAS, Kizugawa, Japan
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
44. Sarabian C (2020) Yuck! Behavioral immunity and potential conservation applications. The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Virtual Conference, London, United Kingdom (Invited keynote speaker for this year's theme: "How do pathogens and parasites affect behaviour?")
43. Sarabian C (2019) Comparative cognition for coexistence with wildlife. The 11th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution: Coexistence with Wildlife, Kyoto, Japan (Oral presentation)
42. 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 presentation)
41. 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 presentation)
40. Sarabian C (2019) Avoidance of biological contaminants in social primates. The Cognition, Behavior, Evolution & Network Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Invited keynote speaker for the 2019 conference entitled "The costs and benefits of sociality")
39. 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 presentation)
38. 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 (Oral presentation)
37. Sarabian C, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Primate conservation through disgust and public health: Introducing a new framework. The2ndAfrican Primatological Society Conference, Entebbe, Uganda (Oral presentation)
36. Sarabian C, Curtis V, Chapman C, MacIntosh AJJ (2019) Disgust as a tool to mitigate human-primate conflicts and enforce appropriate ecotourism practices? The2nd African Primatological Society Conference, Entebbe, Uganda (Poster presentation)
35. 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 presentation)
34. 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 (Oral presentation)
33. Sarabian C (2019) Avoidance of biological contaminants in non-human primates. The 26th Annual PNIRS And GEBIN Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany (Invited keynote speaker for the member-sponsored symposium "Disease avoidance: our first line of defense against pathogenic threats")
32. 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 presentation)
31. 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 presentation)
30. 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 presentation)
29. Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ (2018) Feeding decisions under contamination risk in bonobos. The 27th International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya (Oral presentation)
28. 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 presentation)
27. 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 (Oral presentation)
26. 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 presentation)
25. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) Avoiding infection: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. The 33rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Primatological Society, Fukushima, Japan (Oral presentation)
24. Sarabian C (2017) A primate's sense of cleanliness: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. "Evolution of parasite and pathogen avoidance behaviours" Royal Society meeting, The Royal Society, Buckinghamshire, UK (Keynote speaker)
23. 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 (Oral presentation)
22. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2017) A primate's sense of cleanliness: perspectives from Papionini and Hominini. Kyoto University Primate Research Institute 50th Anniversary, Inuyama, Japan (Poster presentation)
21. 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 (Oral presentation)
20. 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 (Oral presentation)
19. 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 (Oral presentation)
18. 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 presentation)
17. 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 presentation) -Part of the PeerJ collection "Chimpanzees in Context" symposium, PeerJ Preprints 4:e1851v1: https://doi.org /10.7287/peerj.preprints.1851v1
16. Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ (2016) Testing disgust in non-human primates. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan (Poster presentation)
15. 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 (Oral presentation)
14. 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, UK (Poster presentation)
13. Sarabian C (2015) Roots & Shoots Iran: From a simple letter to the Mashhad School of Nature. Student Conference on Conservation Science, Brisbane, Australia (Oral presentation)
12. 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 (Oral presentation)
11. 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 (Oral presentation)
10. 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 presentation)
9. 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 (Oral presentation)
8. 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, UK (Oral presentation)
7. 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 presentation)
6. 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 (Oral presentation)
5. 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 presentation)
4. 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 presentation)
3. 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 presentation)
2. 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, IIAS, Kizugawa, Japan (Poster presentation)
1. 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 (Oral presentation)
CONGRESS PARTICIPATION
2020 International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence, Oxford, UK
2020 Engouement pour les "pet cafés" au Japon : une menace pour la biodiversité, la santé, et le bien-être animal ? (in French) Séminaire doctoral de la Maison Franco-Japonaise, Tokyo, Japon (Live video broadcast + Q&A)
Disgust in animals Dr. Kelly Finn's "Exotic Sensory Systems" undergraduate class, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA (Video broadcast + Q&A)
Disgust in non-human primates JSPS Science Dialogue Program, Gifu Kamo High School, Gifu, Japan (Lecturer to 10th graders)
2019 Testes that you can't afford (when you are a monogamous bird)* Inuyama Nerds #5, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan (Speaker) *As part of the theme "Year in review - describe your favorite science story of 2019"
In the dirt: Do other primates yuck? Nerd Nite Kansai #5, @UrBANGUILD, Kyoto, Japan (Invited speaker)
2018 Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (Seminar)
Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany (Seminar)
Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates Deutsches Primatenzentrum (German Primate Center), Göttingen, Germany (Seminar)
Les origine du dégoût: Évolution des comportements d'évitement chez les primates University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (Invited seminar from the Institute of Ethnology)
Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (Seminar for Master's students in Ecophysiology & Ethology)
Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France (Seminar)
2017 A primate's sense of cleanliness: Perspectives from Papionini and Hominini University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Seminar)
Conservation strategies: public outreach and education As part of Andrew MacIntosh Conservation Biology class, Kyoto University, Japan (Lecture - undergraduate level)
2016 A primate's sense of cleanliness: Perspectives from Papionini and Hominini University of California Davis, Davis, United States (Seminar)
Évitement des risques infectieux chez les primates non-humains University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DRCongo (Seminar)
Évitement des risques infectieux chez les primates Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DRCongo (Seminar)
Testing infection-risk avoidance in primates National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, South Korea (Seminar)
Education as a key to Conservation Biodiversity Foundation, Seoul, South Korea (Seminar)
How do primates avoid diseases? Biodiversity Foundation, Seoul, South Korea (Seminar)
2015 Aux origines de l'hygiène Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon (Seminar)
Hygiene origins Ngamba island chimpanzee sanctuary, Uganda (Seminar)
How to become a behavioral scatologist? Kalinzu Forest Education Center, Uganda (Outreach)
In the dirt: Hygienic tendencies limit parasite infection in Japanese macaques Station de Primatologie CNRS, Rousset, France (Seminar)
L'hygiène chez les macaques de Koshima Primary School, Ranville, France (Outreach)
ORGANIZED SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2018 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
2015 Field course in Primatology, arboreality versus terrestriality in chimpanzees, Kalinzu forest, Uganda (Participant)
2012 Data collection on captive great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) personality at Hellabrunn Zoo (Munich), Primate Personality Research Group, Freie Universität of Berlin, Germany (Summer intern)
Gestural communication in olive baboons, Rousset Primate Research Station, CNRS, France (M1 intern)
2009 Chimpanzee pre-reintroduction monitoring, HELP Congo, Conkouati-Douli, Congo (Volunteer)
CONSERVATION OUTREACH
2015-present Conserv'Session, screenings of conservation/environment/animal welfare-related documentaries and/or discussion between the public and invited experts, Kyoto, Japan (Co-founder and facilitator)
2014-present Conservation Voices for The PrimateCast, podcast series with conservation-related interviews, Inuyama, Japan (Host and co-producer)
2017 Teaching assistant, Conservation Biology, undergraduate level, Kyoto University (taught by Prof. Andrew MacIntosh)
REVIEWS
Journals: Behavioural Processes; Behaviour; Current Zoology; EcoHealth; Environmental Science & Technology; Evolution and Human Behavior; Functional Ecology; Oikos; Primates; Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
GUEST EDITING
Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
MEDIA & OUTREACH
2019-present Co-director and co-author, "Regards croisés sur le Wakhan", Paris 2015-present Co-founder and facilitator, Conserv’Session, Kyoto 2014-present Podcast interviewer and co-producer, Conservation Voices for The PrimateCast, Inuyama 2012-2013 Journalist, Le Monde Académie, Paris
MEMBERSHIPS
2019-present African Primatological Society 2019-present Society for Conservation Biology 2014-present International Primatological Society 2013-present Roots & Shoots, Jane Goodall Institute 2015-2018 Primate Society of Japan 2014-2016 American Society of Primatologists 2013-2016 National Geographic Society 2013-2016 International Institute for Asian Studies 2013-2015 Société Française pour l’Etude du Comportement Animal
TRAVELLED COUNTRIES
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, 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), Persian (moderate), German (moderate), Japanese (beginner), Lingala (beginner)