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I
am a researcher
in ethology and cognition.
I work in the team of
Evolutionary Ethology at the IPHC (CNRS) in Strasbourg.
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Quick view
My
interests lie in the capacity of animals to do economics, ie. to use
social situations in order to maximize their own benefits. I study
primates (great apes, macaques, capuchins), corvids and occasionally
canids. I focus more specifically on the cognitive capacities
underlying calculated reciprocity. I also investigate the capacity of
animals to delay reward, to anticipate and to plan for future returns.
This work is done in collaboration with Dr Thierry (CNRS, Strasbourg)
and with Dr Call (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany). After a
post-doc in St-Andrews, I integrated in 2010, the Department of
Ecology, Physiology and Ethology, in Strasbourg, France.
Qualifications
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Habilitation to direct research, obtained from the University of Strasbourg,
France.
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PhD on "Face recognition in human and non human
primates". Co-supervised by Dr O. Petit (France) and Dr O.
Pascalis (United Kingdom). Ethology of Primates’ group. DEPE, UMR 7178,
CNRS, University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg.Psychology department,
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Master in Neurosciences, Université
Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, France.
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Bachelor in Biology of Organisms,
Populations and Ecosystems,Rennes.
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"Baccalauréat" of Sciences (Biology/Mathematics), Laval, France.
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Career history
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Research
team manager at the Living Links to Human Evolution Centre, at
Edinburgh Zoo. Post-doctoral fellowship of the University of
St-Andrews, with Pr. A. Whiten.
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Research and Teaching Assistant:
Research: "The biological basis of reciprocity in primates in brown
capuchins, macaques and great apes". Ethology of Primates' group, Strasbourg.Manager of the capuchin group.
Teaching:
Master
level, Cognition and Social Strategies.
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Post-doctoral position:
"Episodic Memory in Chimpanzees"
with Dr. Sterck at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Netherlands.
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PhD on "Face recognition in human and non
human primates".
Comparative study of humans, macaques
(Tonkean and longtailed macaques) and brown capuchin monkeys.
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Teaching & Supervision
| 2002-2007 |
Teaching
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Faculty
of Life Science, Strasbourg.
Cognition
and Social Strategies, 59 hours (master level), and cell biology, 45
hours (first year level).
Faculty
of Life Science and Faculty of Psychology: human evolutionary
psychology, data collection methods in Ethology, 90 hours (third year
level), Neurone physiology, and Endocrinology, 64 hours (third year
level).
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Supervision :
Supervision
of PhD Student :
Palmyre
Boucherie
Amélie
Romain
Marie
Pelé (co-supervisors: Dr Thierry, and Dr Call)
Sophie
Steelandt (co-supervisors: Dr Thierry, Dr Broihanne)
Member
of the PhD advisory board of Marusha Dekleva, (Utrecht
University).
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Grants
| 2014-2015 |
IDEX Unistra-CNRS, economics in primates, 80.000 €.
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| 2009-2012 |
Agence
Nationale pour la Recherche, research and mobility grant, 320.000 €.
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| 2007-2010 |
Scottish
funding council, post-doctoral grant. |
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| 2006 |
Leakey
Foundation, 4.500 $ granted to M. Pelé. |
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| 2004 |
Ministry
of Foreign affairs, mobility support 900 €. |
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| 2000-2003 |
European
Doctoral College of the university of Strasbourg, research and
mobility support 13.500 €. |
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| 2001-2002 |
Foundation
Rotary International, research grant 11.000 $. |
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| 2002 |
Réseau
Cogniest, mobility support 1.000 €. |
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| 2000-2001 |
Royal
Society/ CNRS, mobility support 6.900 €. |
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Contacts
Valerie DUFOUR
Evolutionary
ethology
Department
of Ecology, Physiology and Ethology
IPHC
- UMR 7178, CNRS-Unistra
23
rue Becquerel
67087
Strasbourg Cedex 2 - FRANCE
Tel
: +33.3.88.10.74.60
Fax
: +33.3.88.10.74.56
e-mail
: valerie.dufour(at)iphc.cnrs.fr
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