Legros Mathieu

Current position ▲

2017-2022: Research Scientist

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australia.
Modelling gene drive strategies for pest control in agricultural systems.

2011-2017 : Postdoctoral Researcher
ETH Zürich, Theoretical Biology (Supervisor: Sebastian Bonhoeffer)
Evolution of drug resistance in malaria.
Details: see the Research page.
2010-2011 : Postdoctoral Researcher
UC Davis, Entomology Dpt. (Supervisor: Tom Scott)
Visiting Scientist at NC State University, Entomology Dpt.
Genetic control of Aedes aegypti and dengue.
Details: see the Research page.
2006-2010 : Postdoctoral Researcher
NC State University, Entomology Dpt., Raleigh, NC. (Supervisor: Fred Gould)
Modeling Aedes aegypti population dynamics and genetics and the epidemiology of dengue.
Details: see the Research page.
2001-2006 : PhD in Ecology
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Univ. Paris VI. (Advisor: Jacob Koella)
Genotype x genotype interactions between hosts and parasites and coevolutionary consequences.
Details :
- Experimental evolution study : cost of specialization of a microsporidian parasite Brachiola algerae to isofemale lines of its mosquito host Aedes aegypti.
- Theoretical study: spatially explicit model of the role of host-parasite interactions in the evolutionary maintenance of sexual reproduction.
2001 : Masters M2 research
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Univ. Paris VI. (Advisor: Jacob Koella)
Host-parasite interactions and evolutionary maintenance of sexual reproduction.

2001-2006 : PhD in Ecology
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI (Supervisor : Jacob Koella)
Funding: Allocation couplée MESR
Defended on 28 Sept. 2006
1998-2001 : Magistère in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Univ. Lyon I
Includes:
- 2000-2001 : DEA in Ecology (Masters 2)
  Univ. Paris VI
- 1999-2000 : Maîtrise in Population Biology and Ecosystems (Masters 1)
  Univ. Lyon I
- 1998-1999 : Licence in Biology, major in Cellular Biology and Physiology
  ENS Lyon – Univ. Lyon I
1996-1998 : Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles BCPST
Lycée Michel Montaigne, Bordeaux.

2005-2006: Assistant Lecturer (ATER)
Univ. Jules Verne Picardie, Amiens.
Classes: Ecology, evolutionary biology, zoology, cellular biology (undergraduate) ; population biology, interspecific interactions (graduate)
2002-2005: Teaching Assistant (Moniteur)
Univ. Paris VI.
Classes: Ecology, biogeography, evolutionary biology, population biology, zoology (undergradute) ; parasitology (graduate)

Languages:
French (native)
English (fluent)
German (A2)

Programming:
C/C++, Python, MATLAB, HTML/CSS

Peer review:
PLoS Biology, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B., J. R. Soc. Interface, Malaria J., J. Med. Entomol., J. Theor. Biol., etc.

Memberships:
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Health
Entomological Society of America