TBS Teaching Staff
The Tropical Bioacoustics School brings together a team of scientists specializing in bioacoustics and ecoacoustics. The composition of the team may change according to the theme and location of the TBS.
The following persons will be involved in TBS 2025, French Polynesia.
NICOLAS MATHEVON
TBS Director
Professor at the University of Saint-Etienne, senior member of the Institut universitaire de France, Associate Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Nicolas' research focuses on the coding and decoding of information in the sound signals of various vertebrates (crocodiles, birds, mammals).
DAVID LECCHINI
TBS 2025
Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, David focuses on information perception during habitat selection by coral reef fish larvae.
HERVE GLOTIN
TBS 2025
Professor at the University of Toulon, member of the Institut universitaire de France, Herve's research interests include perceptual artificial intelligence, information retrieval, biometrics, and machine learning. He is an expert in biodiversity monitoring through Artificial Intelligence (e.g. for sperm whales, orcas,...).
ISABELLE CHARRIER
TBS 2025
Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Isabelle is an expert in marine mammals' acoustic communication. Her research interests focus on how mother and pups exchange information through acoustic signals in pinnipeds and whales.
CHARLOTTE CURE
TBS 2025
Research Director at the CEREMA, Charlotte investigates the perception of acoustic signals by dolphins and whales, as well as acoustic communication in Cetaceans. One of her main topics is whales's reaction to orca vocalizations.
OLE LARSEN
TBS 2023, 2025
Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Denmark, Ole studies different aspects of acoustic communication in a variety of animals, both aerial and underwater (underwater hearing in diving birds, mechanisms of sound production, sound propagation, etc).
ERIC PARMENTIER
TBS 2025
Full Professor at the University of Liège, Belgium. Eric is particularly interested in the ways and mechanisms animals use to live in their environment and how the species interact. His research aims to understand the morphology and evolution of Teleost fishes in order to understand these fish can use acoustic signals to communicate.
FREDERIC BERTUCCI
TBS 2025
Researcher at the MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation (MARBEC) unit of the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD) in Sète. Fred's research originally aimed to investigate how passive acoustic monitoring and ecoacoustics can help in the conservation of wild populations and support conservation plans in the marine environment.
JAKOB CHRISTENSEN-DALSGAARD
TBS 2023, 2025
Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Jakob's main interest is the function and evolution of the middle ear and directional hearing.
JEREMY ROUCH
TBS 2025
Research engineer at the ENES Bioacoustics Reseach laboratory at the University of Saint-Etienne. Jérémy is an acoustician and soundscapes monitoring expert. He is one of the main designers of the CoralSoundExplorer software. He is also an expert diver.
MAGNUS WAHLBERG
TBS 2025
Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Magnus' research is about marine bioacoustics, with a focus on cetaceans.
NICOLAS GRIMAULT
TBS 2023, 2025
Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nicolas is a psycho-acoustician who explores the perceptual hearing abilities of humans and non-human animals.
PASCALE GIRAUDET
TBS 2025
Lecturer at the University of Toulon, Pascale uses cutting-edge statistical and signal analysis tools to analyze cetaceans' vocalizations.
OLIVIER ADAM
TBS 2025
Olivier is Professor at Sorbonne University, with a huge expertise in whales' biology and acoustic communication.
VINCENT MEDOC
TBS 2025
Associate Professor at the University of Saint-Etienne. Vincent's research aims at understanding the effect of noise on fish behavior and underwater biological communities.
MARILYN BEAUCHAUD
TBS 2025
Marilyn is a specialist of fish bioacoustics, Associate Professor at the University of Saint-Etienne. Her research explores how fish communicate with each other through sound, and the effects of anthropogenic noise during growth into adulthood.
EMMANUELLE COMBE
TBS 2025
Emmanuelle is the Administrative Assistant at the ENES laboratory. She'll take care of all the little logistical details at TBS. Super efficient and attentive, she'll take care of all your little worries. She also manages the TBS application files (please see the application file here).
NICOLAS BOYER
TBS 2025
Nicolas is head animal keeper at the ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab. Besides being a technician dedicated to bioacoustics experiments, he's also an excellent cook! Nicolas will be taking care of the meals during TBS2025.