Frédéric graduated from the University of Montpellier II (France) where he started working on the phylogeography of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) using samples from French Guiana in 1998. He later obtained a doctoral degree in 2002 while conducting his PhD thesis on using molecular methods to reconstruct the phylogeny and evolutionary history of armadillos, anteaters and sloths. Since 2005, he is a CNRS researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences on the University of Montpellier II campus where he continues working on xenarthran evolution and systematics using molecular methods.
Please visit Frédéric's homepage to learn more about his work.
Email: contact@xenarthrans.org