Senior Researcher
DENEUBOURG Jean-Louis (2004-2016) | webpage 1 ; webpage 2
Post Doctoral Researcher
CAMPO Alexandre | webpage
COLLIGNON Bertrand (Chargé de Recherche – FNRS) | webpage
NICOLIS Stamatios C | webpage
PERNA Andrea | webpage
TOFFIN Etienne | webpage
PhD Researchers
AME Jean-Marc (co-tutelle Université de Rennes – ULB) – 2006 | Current position: Actor, director, sound & music creator
“Experimental study and modelization of collective choices in gregarious insects” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, RIVAULT Colette
ASTUDILLO FERNANDEZ Aina (ULB) – 2011 | webpage
“Influence of the Allee effect and collective behavior on population dynamics. The case of the two spotted spider mite”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
BETTE Simon (FNRS)
BLANCHARD Solène (co-tutelle Université de Liège – ULB) – 2020
“The complex impact of temperature and carbon dioxide concentration on a multitrophic interaction involving aphids”
Supervisors: DETRAIN Claire (ULB), VERHEGGEN François (ULiège)
BLES Olivier (FRIA) | webpage
BOLOGNA Audrey (ULB) – 2017 | Current position: Independent hydrologist
“Impact of spatio-temporal availability of myrmecochorous seeds on the dispersal activity of Myrmica rubra ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)”
Supervisor: DETRAIN C
BOULAY Julien (ULB) – 2015 | Current position: Studies ingeneer (ApsideTOP, France) ; DSN Analyst ; (Harmonie Mutuelle, France)
“Study of the aggregation behavior of the Diptera necrophagous larvae: from the individual to the collective”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
BRIARD Léa (ULB) – 2015
“Study of decision-making processes during collective movements in domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus)”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
BROLY Pierre (ULB) – 2015 | Current position: Recruitment consultant (Kelly Services France)
“Mechanisms and functions of aggregation in terrestrial isopods”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
BUFFIN Aurélie (ULB) – 2011 | webpage
“Food flow and stock management in ant colonies”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
CALENBUHR Volker (ULB) – 1992
“Collective behavior in social and gregarious insects: chemical communication and self-organization”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
CAMPO Alexandre (ULB) – 2011 | webpage
“On the Design of Self-Organized Decision Making in Robot Swarms”
Supervisors: DORIGO Marco (Sciences Appliquées), DENEUBOURG J-L
CANONGE Stéphane (ULB) – 2011 | webpage
“From the individual to the collective: Dynamics of aggregation and collective choices in a gregarious arthropod, the cockroach Periplaneta americana“
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
CHRETIEN Léticia (ULB) – 1996
“Spatial organization of nest excavation material in Messor barbarus and of workers corpses in Lasius niger (Hymenopterae: Formicidae)” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
CLOTUCHE Gwendoline (ULB) – 2011 | webpage
“The silk as a thread to understand social behaviors in the weaving mite Tetranychus urticae“
Supervisors: DETRAIN C, HANCE T
COLLIGNON Bertrand (ULB) – 2012
“Recruitment of groups and role of leaders in ant Tetramorium caespitum: theoretical and experimental approach”
Supervisor: DETRAIN C
DEPICKERE Stéphanie (co-tutelle Paris XIII – ULB) – 2003
“Study of agregation’s dynamics and mechanisms in ants societies, especially in Lasius niger” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, FRESNEAU Dominique
DEVIGNE Cédric (ULB) – 2003 | Current position: Teacher-Researcher, HDR, FGES Masers at Catholic University of Lille
“Influence of distance and area marking on food recruitment in the ant Lasius niger” (French)
Supervisor: DETRAIN Claire
DIEZ Lise (ULB) – 2012 | Current position: Shiatsu practitionner
“Issues and mechanisms of prophylactic behavior: the rejection of cadavers in the ant Myrmica rubra”
Supervisor: DETRAIN C
DUSSUTOUR Audrey (UPS) – 2003 | webpage 1 ; webpage 2 ; webpage 3
“Spatiotemporal organization of collective movements in ants” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, FOURCASSIE Vincent
GARDIN Pauline (ULB – UCL) | webpage
HEREDIA Ana (ULB) – 2002 | Current position: Orcid, Brazil
“Polyethism and collective response during seed retrieval territory defense in the polymorphic ant Messor barbarus (Hymenoptera Formicidae)” (French)
Supervisors: DETRAIN Claire, PASTEELS Jacques
JEANSON Raphaël (UPS) – 2003 | webpage
“Agregation dynamics and collective decision making in arthropods” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, THERAULAZ G.
LAURENT Michel Olivier (ULB) – 2015 | Current position: Publication Writer at Modis
“Collective behavior under aggregation site disturbance: The case of Periplaneta americana“
LECLERC Jean-Baptiste (ULB) – 2017
“Impact of spatio-temporal availability and attractiveness of myrmecochoric seeds on dispersant activity of Ant Myrmica rubra“
LEHUE Marine (ULB) – 2019
“Role and plasticity of the interface between the nest and the environment in the Ant Myrmica rubra“
LIONI Arnaud (ULB) – 2000 | Current position: Independent in alternative medicine
“Self-assembly and collective transport in Oecophylla” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
MAILLEUX Anne-Catherine (ULB) – 2002 | webpage
“Behavioral rules underlying food strategies in Lasius niger” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, DETRAIN Claire
MEUNIER Hélène (co-tutelle ULP, Strasbourg – ULB) – 2007
“Study of underlying mechanisms of collective phenomena in non-human primaty (Cebus capucinus): from experiments to modelization” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, PETIT Odile.
MICHELENA Pablo (Université de Toulouse) – 2006
“Spatiotemporal organisation of ungulates’ groups: an experimental study of sex segregation in merinos sheep (Ovis aries)” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, BON Richard
MILLOR Jésus (ULB) – 2000 | Current position: Teacher at the European School of Ixelles (Brussels, Belgium)
“Theoretical and experimental study of defensive behavior in honeybees (Apis mellifera)” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
NICOLIS Stamatios (ULB) – 2003 | webpage
“Food recruitment and aggregation dynamics in social insects” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
PEREIRA Hugo (ULB) – 2021
“Risques sanitaires et exploitation des ressources alimentaires chez la fourmi Myrmica rubra” (French)
Supervisor : DETRAIN Claire
PLANAS – SITJA Isaac (ULB) – 2017 | webpage
PORTHA Stéphane (ULB) – 2004
“Individual and collective decisions during food recruitment in the ant Lasius niger: influence of food nature and brood” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, DETRAIN Claire
RAMINEZ AVILA Gonzalo Marcelo (ULB) – 2004
“Synchronization phenomena in light-controlled oscillators”
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, GUISSET J-L
RASSE Philippe (ULB) – 1999 | webpage
“Study of size regulation and nest’s structuration in the ant Lasius niger” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
ROBERT Marianne (ULB) – 2012 | Current position: Works in UK
“The behavior of tropical tunas around floating objects: From the study of individual and collective behaviors to the study of the ecological trap”
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
SAFFRE Fabrice (ULB) – 2000 | Current position: Works in Finland
“Dynamics and mechanisms of swarming in social spider (Anelosimus eximius)” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, KRAFFT B., PONCARRE DE NANCY U.
SAUWENS Christian (ULB) – 2000
“Study of self-assembly dynamics in several ant species” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
SEMPO Grégory (ULB) – 2004 | webpage
“Division of labour for internal tasks in nest and spatial distribution of castes in the dimorphic ant Pheidole pallidly” (French)
Supervisor: DETRAIN Claire
SERVIGNE Pablo (ULB) – 2008 | webpage
“Experimental and comparative study of myrmechocory: the case of sud dispersing ants Lasius niger et Myrmica rubra” (French)
Supervisor: DETRAIN Claire
SUEUR Cédric (co-tutelle Université de Strasbourg – ULB) – 2008 | webpage
“Comparative study of social relationships influence and collective movements in two macaques species (Macaca tonkeana, M. mulatta)” (French)
Supervisors: DENEUBOURG J-L, PETIT Odile
TOFFIN Etienne (ULB) – 2010 | webpage
“Nest morphogenesis in ants: experimental and theoretical study in ant Lasius niger” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG Jean-Louis
VAES Oscar (ULB) – 2023 | webpage
“Caractérisation et valeur fonctionnelle des niveaux d’activité au sein de la fourmilière de l’espèce Myrmica rubra” (French)
Supervisor: DETRAIN Claire
VAN DAMME Thierry (ULB) – 1998
“Modelization and experimental study of nest building and transportation in ants” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
VOGEL DAVID (ULB) – 2015
“Collective decision at Physarum” (French)
Supervisor: DENEUBOURG J-L
Master Students
BLES Olivier (2012-2013 – Université de Strasbourg)
BOHELY Thibault (2014-2015 – Université de Strasbourg)
BONNEC Julien (2007-2008 )
BRUNET Charlotte (2014-2015 – ULB)
BUFFIN Aurélie (2006-2007)
CALVO MARTIN Mariano (2014-2015 – ULB)
CERVANTEZ Luz (2009-2010 – Département de Biologie des Organismes ULB)
CLAESSENS Alice (2014-2015 – ULB)
CLAUSS Ysaline (2021-2022 – ULB)
CLUYTENS Benjamin (2009-2010 – Département de Biologie des Organismes ULB)
COEUGNIET Louis (2022-2023 – Département de Biologie des Organismes ULB)
COQUET Anaïs (2008-2009 – Université de Strasbourg)
CRABEELS Aurore (2011-2012 – Biologie ULB)
DE BRAEKELEER Aurore (2014-2015 – ULB)
DE SELLIERS DE MORANVILLE Lucy-Anne (2020-2021 – ULB)
DECKERS Jente (2020-2021 – VUB & ULB)
DELFERRIERE M. (2014 – ULB)
DEWEVER Lina (2008-2009 – VUB)
DUBECQ Lionel (2011-2012 – Bioinformatique et modélisation ULB)
EUGÉNIE Pauline (2021 – Université de Toulouse III, Stagiaire ULB)
FACK Vinciane (2011-2012 – Biologie ULB)
FOURNEL Virginie (2006-2007)
FRANCOISE D. (2014 – ULB)
GALLIOLO Elena (2017-2018 – Traineeship University of Parma (Italy) – Erasmus + grant)
GASPARD France (2018-2019)
GHYSSENS Quentin (2006-2007)
GIBON Céline (2007-2008)
GUIET A. (2009 – ULB)
HANSE Robin (2013-2014 – ULB)
HERTER Hugo (2009-2010 – Bioinformatique ULB)
HOEBEKE Lucie (2009-2010 – Département de Biologie des Organismes ULB)
JULIE Pierre (2011-2012 – Stagiaire Université de Toulouse)
JOSSART Margaux (2017-2018 – ULB)
KINDEKENS Jonathan (2006-2007)
KIRIDIS S. (2006 – ULB)
KOSTET Hanan (2009-2010 – Sciences Appliquées ULB)
LE BORGNE Hélène (2009-2010 – Université de Strasbourg)
LE POLAIN Marie (2007-2008)
LISART Léon (2021-2022 – ULB)
LOPEZ VIGNOTE Andrea (ULB & ULiège – 02/01/2022 to 06/30/2022)
LOUIS Marceau (2008-2009 – ULB)
MANGHI Alice (2014-2015 – ULB)
MARCQ Geoffrey (2009-2010 – ULg)
MONTOURCY V. (2009 – ULB)
MOQUET Laura (2011-2012 – Stagiaire + Université de Strasbourg)
MOTARD A. (2004 – ULB)
MOUHAT Hajat (2020-2021 – ULB)
NATHAN C. (1997 – ULB)
NEVE DE MEVERGNIES Thibault
NOLL Mélissa (2009-2010 – Université de Dijon)
PAJOT Amélie (2013-2014 – Université Paris XIII)
PERRET Audrey (2009-2010 – Université de Strasbourg/Dijon)
PETRE C.A. (2005 – ULB)
PIRAUX L. (2003 – ULB)
PRIEUR Jacques (2009-2010 – Université de Strasbourg)
RODRIGUES Joël (2014-2015 – ULB)
ROMERO Johanna (2014-2015 – Université Catholique de Louvain)
SCHMIDT Camille (2008-2009 – Université de Strasbourg)
SCHNELLER William (2011-2012 – Stagiaire Université de Lyon)
SCHOUTEET Tom (2008-2009 – VUB)
SOUTIF Emeline (2017-2018 – ULB)
TASSE O. (1997 – ULB)
TERRAMORSI Roxane (2006-2007)
TOURNEUR Florence (2011-2012 – Biologie ULB)
TOUSSAINT Elise (2011-2012 – Biologie ULB)
URBAIN Laure (2011-2012 – ULB)
VALDIVIESO L. (2010 – ULB)
VAN OFFELEN Julie (2017-2018 – ULB)
VERLAET Henri (2013-2014 – ULB)
VO NGOC Lam (2007-2008)
VRANCKEN Caroline (2014-2015 – ULB)
WALRAVENS Jonathan (2009-2010 – Département de Biologie des Organismes ULB)
WILLEPUT Romain
Trainees
BOULARBAH Oussama (09/03/2015 – 03/04/2015)
GALLIOLO Elena (06/06/2018 – 07/09/2018)
Gallezot Prune (ENS Lyon – ULB – 06/02 au 09/06/2023)
HARDY François (UCL – 04/04/2022 to 04/15/2022)
LE ROUX Lisa (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris – 02/21/2022 to 06/10/2022)
PELSMAEKERS Elissa (2021 – ULB)
RUBIERA RODRIGUEZ Servane (ULB – 01/09/2022 au 30/11/2022)
SURET Léo (01/04/2019 – 31/05/2019)
THIEFFRY Sylvia (11/06/2018 – 31/07/2018)
VAN COMPERNOLLE Amaury (09/03/2015 – 03/04/2015)