Juliette Pont

I am interested in the ecology, evolution and mechanisms of life-history and behaviour, in particular cognition. My current research focuses on aging of memory function in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

2008- Post-doctoral researcher, Group of Tadeusz Kawecki, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne. 2007 Ph.D. in Biology with Tadeusz Kawecki, Unit of Ecology and Evolution, University of Fribourg. 'Evolutionary biology of olfactory memory in Drosophila melanogaster: specific versus general mechanisms'. 2002 M.Sc. in Biology, University of Geneva. 'Population genetic of the common shrew Sorex araneus in Northern Norway'. 2001-2002 Experimental work for M.Sc., Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. 2000 B.Sc. in Biology, University of Geneva.