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CURRICULUM VITAE
Stephan NTIE
Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences
Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku
B.P : 943, Franceville, Gabon
Tel : (241) 06769899 / (241) 04612200
Email : [email protected]
EDUCATION
2006-2012
2004-2005
2003-2004
1999-2001
PhD in Conservation Biology, department of Biological Sciences,
University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Master 1 in Environmental Biosciences, Faculté des sciences et
techniques Paul Cézanne, Université de Droit, d’Economie et Sciences
d’Aix-Marseille III, Marseille, France.
License of Biology, specialty Organismal Biology, Faculté des
sciences et techniques de Saint Jérôme, Université de Droit,
d’Economie et Sciences d’Aix-Marseille III, Marseille, France.
DEUG of Sciences, specialty Chemistry-Biology-Geology, Université
des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Franceville, Gabon.
SCIENTIFIC WORKS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2013 to present
2009-2012
2005-2008
2005-2008
2005-2007
2005
2001-2002
Enseignant-Chercheur at the Département de Biologie, Faculté des
Sciences, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku,
Franceville, Gabon.
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Biological sciences,
University of New Orleans, LA, USA.
Graduate Assistant, Comparative Phylogeography of central African
rainforest antelope genus Cephalophus. Supervisor: Dr. Nicola
Anthony, University of New Orleans, LA, USA.
Graduate Assistant, Organization of field work, meeting with
Gabonese, Cameroonian and Equatorial Guinean local officials and
negotiation of country permits. Supervisor: Dr. Nicola Anthony,
University of New Orleans, LA, USA.
Graduate Assistant, Establishment of a molecular diagnostic for the
identification of antelope species (genus Cephalophus) using noninvasive fecal samples. Supervisor: Dr. Nicola Anthony, University of
New Orleans, LA, USA and Centre International de Recherches
Médicales de Franceville (CRMF), Gabon.
Graduate Assistant, Genetic diagnostic of several ficus species.
Supervisor: Dr. Marie Hélène Chevalier, Centre d’Ecologie
Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE, CNRS), Montpellier, France.
Research Intern in tropical molecular ecology establishing population
and sex diagnostics of several Gabonese primate species. Supervisors:
Drs. Paul Telfer and Jean E. Wicking, Centre International de
Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CRMF), Gabon.
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
In preparation
1. Ntie S., Davis A.R. and Anthony N.M. Testing Pleistocene refugia and riverine barrier
hypotheses of diversification using central African duikers as a model.
In press or published
1.
Ntie S., Johnston A., Mickala P., van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Colyn M., Sonet G.,
Rouyer R., Wallace R.A., LeBlanc K., van Vliet N., Ryder O., Hymas O., Wickings
E., Telfer P., Maisels F., and Anthony N.M. (2010). A molecular diagnostic for the
identification of central African ungulates from feces. Animal Conservation 13(1): 8093
2.
Ntie S., Soto-Calderon I.D., and Anthony N.M. (2010). Cross-species amplification of
bovid microsatellites in central African duikers (genus Cephalophus) and other
sympatric artiodactyls. Molecular Ecology Resources 10(6): 1059-1065.
3.
Soto-Calderon I.D., Ntie S., Mickala P., Maisels F., Wickings E.J. and Anthony N.M.
(2009). Effects of storage type and time on DNA amplification success in tropical
ungulate faeces. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(2): 471-479.
4.
Johnston A.R., Morikawa M.K., Ntie S. and Anthony N.M. (2011). Evaluating DNA
barcoding criteria using African duiker antelope (Cephalophinae) as a test case.
Conservation Genetics 12(5): 1173-1182.
5.
Nicola M. Anthony, Patrick Mickala, Katharine A. Abernethy, Christiane Atteke,
Pulchérie Bissiengou, Michael W. Bruford, Francisco Dallmeier, Thibaud Decaens,
Akaibe Dudu, Adam Freedman, Mary Katherine Gonder, Olivier Hardy, John Hart,
Kathryn Jeffery, Mireille Johnson, Flore Koumba Pambo, Alexandra Ley, Lisa Korte,
Sally A. Lahm, Michelle Lee, Jake Lowenstein, Jean-Franc¸ois Mboumba, Dyana
Ndiade Bourobou, Alfred Ngomanda, Stephan Ntie, David Sebag, John Sullivan,
Hadrien Vanthomme, Virginie Vergnes, Erik Verheyen, Breda Zimkus (2012).
Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in Central Africa: new approaches and
avenues for international collaboration. Conservation Genet Resour. 4(2): 523-525.
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (2007 – PRESENT)
1. Ntie S. Testing Pleistocene refugia and riverine barrier hypotheses of diversification using
central African duikers. Oral presentation at Professional Development Workshop CABAlliance 2013, Franceville, Gabon. July 22-27, 2013.
2. Ntie S., Davis A., Rouyer R.L., Mickala P. and Anthony N.M. Testing Pleistocene refugia
and riverine barrier hypotheses of diversification using central African duikers as a model
(genera Cephalophus and Philantomba). Poster presentation at 16th Evolutionary Biology
Meeting, Marseille, France. September 18-21, 2012.
3. Ntie S. Tester les hypothèses des refuges du Pléistocène et des barrières fluviales en
utilisant les céphalophes d’Afrique centrale comme modèle (genres Cephalophus et
Philantomba). Oral presentation at Petit Pois Déridé 2012, Avignon, France. August 2831, 2012.
4. Ntie S. Testing Pleistocene refugia and riverine barrier hypotheses of diversification using
central African duikers as a model (genera Cephalophus and Philantomba). Oral
presentation at Eighth Annual Gulf Coast Conservation Biology Symposium, New
Orleans, USA. June 1st, 2012.
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5. Ntie S., Mickala P., Johnston A., Vanthomme H. and Anthony N.M. Using molecularbased species diagnostics. Oral presentation at USA-Gabon Workshop 2011, Franceville,
Gabon. May 23-27, 2011.
6. Ntie S., Johnston A. and Anthony N.M. Do rivers constitute effective barriers to gene
flow among central African duikers (genus Cephalophus)? Oral presentation at Evolution
2011, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. June 17-21, 2011.
7. Ntie S., Johnston A.R., Soto-Calderon I.D., Mickala P., Bowkett A.E., Jansen van Vuuren
B., Colyn M., Telfer P., Maisels F., Hymas O., Rouyer R.L., Wallace R.A., LeBlanc K.,
van Vliet N., Sonet G., Verheyen E., Ryder O., Wickings E.J., Lahm S.A. and Anthony
N.M. (2009). Optimal storage methods and identification of forest artiodactyls species
from their fecal pellets. Oral presentation at Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho, USA. June
12-16, 2009.
8. Rouyer R.L., Ntie S., Johnston A.R. and Anthony N.M. Mapping tropical forest duiker
distributions from their feces using a molecular-based species diagnostic. Poster
presentation at Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho, USA. June 12-16, 2009.
9. Ntie S. Optimal storage method and molecular species identification of central African
forest ungulates. Oral presentation at Fifth Annual Gulf Coast Conservation Biology
Symposium, New Orleans, USA. October 2nd, 2008.
10. Ntie S., Johnston A.R., LeBlanc K., Mickala P., van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Wickings
E.J., Maisels F., Telfer P., Ryder O. and Anthony N.M. Molecular identification of central
African ungulates from fecal pellets. Poster presentation at Third International
Conservation Genetics Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, New York,
USA. September 27-29, 2007.
11. Ntie S., Johnston A., Mickala P., Van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Maisels F., Telfer P.,
Wickings E.J., Maisels F., Ryder O. and Anthony N.M. Poster presentation at the
inaugural meeting of Biodiversitas Gabonica, Libreville, Gabon. July 11-13, 2007.
AWARDS
2012
First place in recognition of an outstanding student presentation at the
Eight Annual Gulf Coast Conservation Biology Symposium, New
Orleans, Louisiana, USA. June 1st, 2012.
RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS (as PI)
2011
1,400 USD
2008-2010
5,000 USD
2005-2007
24,981.80 EUR
Research Travel Funds, College of Sciences, University
of New Orleans. US-Gabon Workshop 2011, Franceville,
Gabon.
Graduate Research Enhancement Award, Department of
Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans. Biogeographical History of Forest Antelope in Central
Africa.
FORINFO fund, FSP Titre VI Projet 2002 0046 00.
Establishment of a molecular diagnostic for the
identification of antelope species (genus Cephalophus)
using non-invasive fecal samples.
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RESEARCH GRANTS (as participant)
2013-2017
4,950,000 USD
2010-2011
59,855 USD
2006-2010
240,000 USD
National Science Foundation Office of International
Science and Engineering OISE 1243524 (PI Tom Smith;
co-PIs Nicola Anthony and Katy Gonder). Partnerships
in International Research and Education: Mapping
evolutionary process in the face of climate change: an
integrated approach to education and conservation
prioritization in Central Africa.
National Science Foundation Office of International
Science and Engineering OISE 0968587 (co-PIs: Nicola
Anthony and Katy Gonder). Workshop: Evolution and
conservation of central African biological diversity: new
approaches and avenues for international collaboration.
National Science Foundation Division of Environmental
Biology DEB 0516425 (PI: Nicola Anthony).
Comparative Phylogeography of Central African
Duikers.
COURSES AND SEMINARS TAUGHT
Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology Laboratory. Students practice resolving problems on
the basic knowledge of DNA structure, replication, transcription, and
genetic engineering.
Scientific communication
Different types of scientific communication. Lectures and
laboratory on the major scientific communication tools and ways to
better contribute to the scientific community and behind.
Scientific English
Reading scientific literature. Lectures and laboratory classes where
students learn how to critically read a scientific paper and reformulate
in English in their own words the important(s) aspect(s) of the paper.
ECOTROP
Field course. A Graduate field course that takes place every spring in
Lopé national park, Gabon. Students have several seminars and
practical research experience in conservation biology, remote sensing,
entomology, paleoecology, ecology and health, and sociology.
2090
Research tools in biological sciences. A class with laboratory
specifically designed to introduce students to research methods in
biological sciences.
1071
Biodiversity Laboratory. An undergraduate laboratory that exposes
students to representatives of the various Class, Phylum, and /or
Kingdom. Additionally, differences in meiosis/mitosis, Reproduction,
Evolution, Mendelian genetics and the scientific method are also
explained.
1061
Contemporary Biology Laboratory. An undergraduate laboratory class
that presents microscopy, major animal and plant classes, Evolution,
and Conservation to students.
MENTORSHIP
2013 Renaud Paterne Limesse (Master 2) : Échantillonnage non-invasif des céphalophes
forestiers dans six aires protégées du Gabon et identification moléculaire. Coencadrement : Dr. Patrick Mickala, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku,
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Franceville, Gabon.
2013 Hugues Gildas Bikang Bi Ateme (Master 1) : Évaluation spatiale et temporelle des
populations de Lépidoptères (Saturniidae, Sphingidae) dans les plateaux Batéké. Coencadrement : Dr. Rodolphe Rougerie, Université de Rouen.
2013 Franck Mounioko (2013) : Évaluation spatiale et temporelle des populations de
Lépidoptères (Geometridae) dans les plateaux Batéké. Co-encadrement: Dr. Rodolphe
Rougerie, Université de Rouen.
2013 Simon Arnaud Mve Ba Zibe (Master 1) : Dichotomous Identification Key and Field
Survey of Wasmannia auropunctata in Langoué. Co-encadrement: Olly Griffin,
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
2013 Thierry Ganzi (Master 1) : Inventaire des amphibiens dans cinq aires protégées du
Gabon.
OTHER PROESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2013-present
2006-2012
2007-2012
2011-2012
2009-2010
Board member for the Ecomusée du Haut-Ogooué, Franceville, Gabon
Social coordinator, Biology Graduate Students Association (BGSA),
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
Member of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), New Orleans
chapter, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Member of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), USA.
Member of the American Society of Naturalist (ASN), USA.
SKILLS, LANGUAGES
Informatics: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint),web-design (Weebly), GIS (QGIS
(basic), ArcGIS (basic)), phylogeny programs (PAUP, MrBayes), sequence and genotype
editing (Sequencer, BioEdit, Clustal, GeneMapper), statistical programs (R, SPSS (basic),
SAS (basic)), population genetic programs (SPAGeDi, MIGRATE, NETWOK,
STRUCTURE, GENELAND, Collapse, Arlequin, Gimlet, SAMOVA)
Languages: French (fluent), English (fluent), Fang (fluent), German (basic).
SUGGESTED REFERENCES
Dr. Nicola Anthony (PhD Advisor) ; Department of biological Science, University of New
Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA – email : [email protected]
Dr. Nicaise Lepengue (Head of department) : Département de Biologie, Université des
Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Franceville, Gabon – email : [email protected]
Dr. Patrick Mickala (Collaborator) : Département de Biologie, Université des Sciences et
Techniques de Masuku, Franceville, Gabon – email : [email protected]
Dr. Sally Lahm (Collaborator); Professorial lecturer, George Washington University,
Department of Global Health, Washington, D. C., USA – email: [email protected]
Dr. Kathryn Jeffery (Collaborator), Scientific advisor, Agence Nationale des Parcs
Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon – email : [email protected]
Dr. Alfred Ngomanda (Collaborator), Director of Institut de Recherche en Ecologie
Tropicale (IRET), CENAREST, Libreville, Gabon – email : [email protected]
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