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Currently 12 people work in the Department of Invertebrates: 8 staff (equivalent to 5.7 full-time positions), 1 student and 3 volunteers.
Jean MARIAUXCurator T +41 22 418 63 43 |
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jean.mariaux[x]ville-ge.ch
Born in 1960. MSc and PhD at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1991) [Prof A. Aeschlimann]; Post-doctoral position at the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (1991-1992) [Dr M. Braun]; Assistant Professor University of Neuchâtel (1992-1995); Curator of the Departmant of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Natural History Museum of the city of Geneva (1995-2002); Curator, Department of Invertebrates since 2002. Associate professor, Department of Animal Biology, University of Geneva since 2006.
Vice-president, Swiss Systematics Society
Board member, European Federation of Parasitologists
Scientific board member, GBIF-Switzerland
Council member, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Scientific Advisory Board member, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
“I’m interested in systematics and parasitology in general, with a focus on the class of cestoda (tapeworms). I study their diversity and evolution with both morphological and molecular characters. I’m currently working as part of a global programme focusing on the discovery of new forms of these parasites all over the world. I have also worked on the systematics of birds and reptiles, as well as on the problem of coevolution between hosts and parasites.”
list of publications of Jean Mariaux (pdf; 56k)
Research Officer
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yves.finet[x]ville-ge.ch
Born in 1951. Degree in Civil engineering from the Polytechnic School at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium (1974). Agronomist (1978), then PhD, at the Science Faculty of the University of Brussels (1982).
Assistant, then research deputy, at the FNRS (National Foundation for the Scientific Research) in Belgium from 1978 to 1984. Research officer at the Museum of Geneva since 1986. Worked first on insect pests (Coleoptera - beetles) feeding on poplar trees, then on the fauna of marine molluscs of the Galapagos Archipelago, with expeditions to these islands in 1984 and 1993.
Scientific collaborator of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Member of the editorial board of Novapex, journal of the Belgian Society of Malacology.
Research Officer
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peter.schuchert[x]ville-ge.ch
Born in 1958. Degree in biology, PhD thesis, University of Bern (1988); 1988 postdoctoral studies at the Zoological Institute of Innsbruck University; assistant professor, University of Basel (1990-1992); research fellow, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute (NIWA, 1993-95); assistant professor University of Basel (1996-1997); since 1998 research scientist in the Department of Invertebrates.
Vice president of the Hydrozoan Zoologists Association
Editor of the Revue suisse de Zoologie
"I'm interested in marine invertebrates and have mainly worked on the biology and systematics of hydrozoans [hydroids and medusae], mostly of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean."
list of publications of Peter Schuchert (pdf; 60k)
Assistant curator retired since May 2012
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alain.dechambrier[x]ville-ge.ch
Born in 1950. CFC Chemistry (1972). Certificate in Parasitology, Neuchâtel University (1985). Master, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (1987). Co-ordinator of the exhibitions Volcanica (1993), Objectifs Volcans (1995), Volcans passions (2001) and Les Volcans dans la bande dessinée (2006).
Corresponding member of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris (since 1975)
Member of the International Advisory Board of Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Acta Scientarum, Maringa, Brazil.
Founding member of the Cultural Association Sudan-Switzerland, Geneva.
"I am interested in the study of a fascinating group of parasitic flatworms, the proteocephalid Cestodes. In order to study their taxonomy and systematics, I have collected freshwater fish, reptiles and amphibians in the course of field expeditions in more than 30 countries, mostly in tropical regions. At the moment, I am focusing on the Cestode faunas from Africa and Australia.2
list of publications of Alain de Chambrier (pdf; 100 k)
Technical/Laboratory assistant (80%)
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janik.pralong[x]ville-ge.ch
Laboratory assistant, in charge of most laboratory work and specimen preparation in the department since 1996.
Honorary curator (since 2002)
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claude.vaucher[x]ville-ge.ch
Curator in charge of the Department until 2002.
Specialist in parasitic helminths.
Corresponding member of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.
list of publications of Claude Vaucher (pdf; 80k)
Honorary curator (since 1997)
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ruth.faundez[x]ville-ge.ch
Research officer until 1997.
Specialist in Porifera.
Technical assistant (since 1992) (40%)
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roselyne.gautier[x]ville-ge.ch
Technical assistant (since 2010) (50%)
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aud.haugerud [x]ville-ge.ch
Student at the University of Geneva
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vincent.widmer [x]ville-ge.ch
Currently pursuing an MSc on the systematics of the parasitic Hymenolepididae of birds.
Volunteer scientist
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PhD, Michigan State University
Working on the phylogeny of Rhampholeon.
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