Quaternary studies in the field of animal communities with integrated approaches of paleontology, zooarchaeology and taphonomy. Actualist and (paleo)eco-ethological studies, especially on human and animal predation. Reconstruction of paleoenvironments and climatic context in the Plio-Pleistocene.

I study fossil pollen and phytoliths as paleobotanical markers of past vegetation in order to reconstruct paleovegetations associated with Mio-Pliocene and Pleistocene hominins in Central and East Africa.

I am interested in the interactions between plants, vegetation and present-day climate in the tropics, and the influence of these three factors on botanical markers for tracing climatic and plant community changes in the past. Since 2018, I have been participating in the OGRE paleontological mission in the Shungura Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Currently, I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Poitiers. My research interest focuses in exploring the relationships between morphology and dietary behavior of megaherbivores (proboscidean; elephants, and their relatives) revealed from hominid bearing sites of the Afar Rift Valley (e.g., Middle Awash and Hadar) and the Turkana Depression in Ethiopia (Shungura Formation) and Kenya. For the study, I will use multiproxy approaches such as dental wear analyses (dental microwear texture analysis and mesowear) as well as stable isotope study for a better understanding of their responses to various environmental contexts and changes.

This research will contribute to understand the impact of Late Miocene to Middle Pleistocene environments on the habitats of megafauna, which were shared with many other animals including hominins.

Paleoanthropological research in Fejej region, South-Omo, Ethiopia, North-East Turkana Lake.

My research addresses the role of predation and competition pressure between hominin and carnivore and their fundamental roles in the evolution of the paleoecological status of Hominins (from prey and opportunistic collector to predator).

My research fields include bone assemblages from various chronological phases: Plio-Pleistocene of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique) and Holocene from Eastern Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti).

My research focuses on the subsistence behaviors of Plio-Pleistocene hominins, in particular the role of hunting, scavenging and the use and consumption of animal resources during the evolution of the human lineage.

For this, I study bone assemblages mainly from South Africa and Angola. I am also undertaking field research in Zimbabwe and Botswana.

I am interested in the influence of fallback foods on the selection of dental phenotypes in suids and primates, particularly in early hominins.

One of the objectives of my project is to study the dental data of fossil suids and primates from the Shungura Formation, in the light of the results obtained on controlled-fed pigs, in order to better understand their diversity and evolution in relation to their feeding habits.