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Curriculum Vitae
Civil status
Surname:
Guégan
First name:
Jean-François
Date and locality of birth:
March, 9 th of 1961, Vannes (56), France
Nationality:
French
Maried, three children
Free of compulsory military service (1986)
Personal address:
4, rue Enclos-Fermaud. 34000 Montpellier,
France
Personal phone number: +33 (0)467585839
Laboratory address:
Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses,
G.E.M.I./U.M.R. C.N.R.S.-I.R.D. 2724, Equipe :
«Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques», 911
Avenue Agropolis,
B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cédex 5 France
Laboratory phone number: +33 (0)467416205
Facsimile number: +33 (0)467416299
E-mail:
guegan@mpl.ird.fr
Web:
http://viradium.mpl.ird.fr/cepm/index.htm
Administrative and scientific responsabilities
2003-2004 Senior Research Fellow at IRD. Head of a research
group (3 permanents, 3 PhD, 1 Msc) in spatiotemporal
dynamics of infectious diseases (U.M.R.
2724). Member of different research scientific
councils, national (1) Environment & Health, (2)
Marine Genomics, (3) French Institute on Biological
Diversity, and (4) French Sustainable Development
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Strategy Plan, from the Ministry of Higher Education
and Research, and international (1) Diversitas, (2)
European Platform on Biodiversity Research
Strategy, (3) Earth Science System Partnership –
Global changes and human health.
2002 Scientific adviser for Diversitas and the Earth
Science System Partnership (joined I.H.D.P.,
W.C.R.P., I.G.B.P. and DIVERSITAS research
programme). Leader of a Russian-French research
network in human evolutionary biology.
2001 Member of the Scientific Council of the French
Overseas Research Institute on Development
(I.R.D.). Member of two N.C.E.A.S. research groups
(Grant No. DEB-0072909). Co-leader of a British-
French (with Cambridge University) research
network on spatial epidemiology.
Education
2003 Senior Research Fellow (Directeur de Recherche) IRD.
2001 French Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches honorary degree in
community ecology and population dynamics of infectious
diseases, Montpellier, France.
1990 PhD in community ecology and population dynamics of hostmacroparasite
relationships, Montpellier, France.
1985 MSc in Parasitology and Pathology of wildlife diseases, Montpellier,
France.
1984 Graduate student in Ecology and wildlife disease pathology,
Rennes, France.
Languages
French :
mother tongue.
English : spoken, read, written.
German : basic.
Geographic mobility
2004-1997 UMR IRD-CNRS 2724, Montpellier, France.
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1997-1995 French Guiana, Southern America, France.
1995-1992 French National Museum of Natural History, Paris,
France.
1991-1990 Post-doc in Great-Britain, Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Exeter (U.K.).
Scientific areas of expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, evolutionary ecology, community ecology and population dynamics,
macroecology and macroepidemiology, biodiversity-health linkages.
Key-words: comparative analysis, ecological epidemiology, ecological modelling, ecology,
evolution.
Biological models: macroparasites, microparasites, vertebrate hosts, mammals, human.
Scientific publications and oral communications
80 publications in international journals ; 3 scientific editions of hard books (Springer
Verlag, Oxford University Press), and 3 scientific editions of a special volume as a
guest editor (Biology International, Ecological Modelling).
Selected journals: Nature, Trends in Parasitology, Evolution, Vaccine, Molecular
Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology Research, Biology Letters, Journal of Virology, Journal
of Evolutionary Biology, Proceedings B, Oikos, Oecologia, International Journal of
Parasitology, Parasitology, Ecography, Ecology Letters, Journal of Virology, Ecological
Modelling, Human Biology, Memoriaz do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Int. Journal of
Microbiology,....
48 oral communications in national and international meetings (27 conferences given as
a guest speaker, ex. Gordon’s Conference, USA)
- Chair of more than 10 different sessions and round-tables in national and international
conferences.
- 6 participations to chapters in international editions.
Meeting organization
Organization and co-organization of 7 different national and international
meetings (up to 250 people).
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Teaching and Training activities
Teaching in MSc and graduate student courses in community ecology and
evolutionary biology (Montpellier University, France). Teaching in MSc in
bacteriology and vaccinology (Tours University, France). Teaching in
biomathematics and biostatistics (Paris VII University; in preparation). Teaching at
MSc level in Chile (2001; 6 hours). Teaching at MSc level at the Gulgenkiam
Institute in Portugal (September 2003; 20 hours). Responsible for the “Global
Change and infectious diseases” section (35 hours) in the Masters “Integrative
Biology”, University of Montpellier II.
Total time: 35-40 hours a year.
Supervision of 5 PhD students (now 3) and 4 MSc degrees.
Editorial board membership and referee activities
Member of the editorial board of the monthly international journal Parasitology
(2002-2005) in charge of the community ecology and epidemiology of parasites
section.
Referee for around 23 different national and international scientific journals
(Ecology Letters, Evolution, International Journal of Parasitology, Parasitology,
Infection, Genetics & Evolution, Proceedings B, Oikos, Oecologia, Ecography,...).
Reviewers for many public agencies and research institutions (French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, French
Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, I.R.D., I.N.S.E.R.M., N.E.R.C
(U.K.), European Community (6 th framework),...
Scientific committee of different PhD theses and MSc degrees
Scientific collaborations
- European Network proposal (RTN) Marie Curie in epidemiology with 8 diffreent
European labs.
- Scientific collaboration (2001-2003) with Grenfell’s group (University of Cambridge,
UK)
- Scientific collaboration (2002-2004) with Rohani’s group (University of Athens,
Georgia, USA)
- Scientific collaboration (2002-2004) with Teriokhin’s group (University of Moscou,
Russia).
- Scientific collaboration (European Science Foundation), 2000, with training of PhD
students.
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Funding
Grant from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (61,000 euro;
2001-2003).
Grant from the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development
(210,000 euro; 2003-2005).
Grant from the French Spatial Agency (36,000 euro; 2003-2006).
Special grant from a private medical sponsor (12,200 euro; 2003-2004 as a grant
attributed to PhD student H. Broutin).
Many other substantial grants from different sponsors and agencies.
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