Jerome Francois Micheletta Portrait

Dr Jerome Micheletta

Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour

Jerome.Micheletta@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Biography

I am a member of the and co-director of the . I completed my PhD in 2012 working on the link between crested macaques鈥 communication and their social system (with and ). I obtained my Masters in Eco-physiology and Ethology at the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg (France) in 2007 and studied Zoology as an undergraduate at the Henry Poincare University of Nancy (France). Before joining the 小蓝视频, I worked as a Field Assistant for the , North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Research interests

My research focuses on the evolution of social communication. I am particularly interested in the link between social complexity and communication complexity. I mostly study the communication system of the socially tolerant and understudied crested macaque (Macaca nigra), combining observations of wild animals and cognitive experiment with captive populations.

I am currently leading the NetFACS project, which is funded by the . In this project, we combine the Facial Action Coding System (an anatomically-based system designed to break-down facial expressions into their most basic observable units, the contraction of individual facial muscles) with Social Network Analysis (a method to measure relationships between units in a system) to develop a novel framework to study communication via the face: . In this framework, facial expressions will be conceptualised as a network of facial muscles, interacting to produce communication. This method will take into account the dynamic nature of facial expressions and therefore, better reflect its complexity.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach on the undergraduate degree programmes for BSc Psychology and BSc Forensic Psychology. I coordinate the Research Project module for the MRes Science, and the Animal Behaviour module for the BSc Psychology. I also supervise undergraduate dissertations related to comparative and evolutionary psychology, social cognition, and primate behaviour.

Research outputs

2024

Clark, P. R., Kavanagh, E., Micheletta, J., Waller, B., Whitehouse, J.

1 Jun 2024, In: International Journal of Primatology. 45, 17p.

2023

Clark, P. R., Liebal, K., Micheletta, J., Slocombe, K. E., Waller, B., Whitehouse, J.

9 Oct 2023, In: International Journal of Primatology

Clark, P. R., Duboscq, J., Micheletta, J., Mielke, A., P茅rez, C., Rincon, A. V., Waller, B. M.

3 Oct 2023, In: eLife. 12, 17p., RP87008

Ballesta, S., Joly, M., Loyant, L., Meunier, H., Micheletta, J., Waller, B.

1 Sep 2023, In: Animal Cognition. 26

Agil, M., Chanvin, M., Diko, N., Lamarque, F., Micheletta, J., Widdig, A.

1 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Primatology. 44

Catinaud, J., Julle-Dani猫re, E., Luisi, B., Mar茅chal, L., Micheletta, J.

1 Aug 2023, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 265, 8p., 105990

Duboscq, J., Engelhardt, A., Micheletta, J., Neumann, C., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D.

1 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Primatology. 44

Micheletta, J., Rollings, J., Van Laar, D., Waller, B.

1 Jun 2023, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 49, 6, p. 823-984, 14p.

Bard, K. A., Chotard, H., Davila鈥怰oss, M., Micheletta, J.

1 Jan 2023, In: American Journal of Primatology. 85, 1, 15p., e23451