Information about training programme

• Title of training: Training programme in Entomology with specialization in fossil insects: implications for phylogeny, biogeography, and palaeoecology
• Description of project: Fossils are of great interest for the reconstruction and tests of the phylogenies, biogeography scenarios and palaeoenvironements. It is especially the case for insects, despites the very frequent under-evaluation of their diversity
• Duration of training: 1 week

Type of training

1. Practical experiences
• Techniques (preparations, collection techniques)
• Identification of fossil insects
• Inclusions of fossil insects in phylogenies
• Experience in writing a scientific paper
2. Lectures
• History of insects
• Inference of attributes from recent taxa to fossils

Contact information of mentor / supervisor

• Name of mentor / supervisor: Dr André Nel
• Institution / Organisation: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
• EDIT partner number: 2
• Unit / Department / Laboratory: Department of Systematics, UMR 5202
• Address: Entomology, CP 50, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris
• Indicative time period when mentor is not available: to be finalized

Target audience: MSc students, PhD students as well as early career researchers.