Lilian Cabon

Lilian Cabon is a doctoral researcher at the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), affiliated with the Faculty of Biological Sciences at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Her research focuses on understanding the long-term maintenance of color polymorphisms in grasshoppers, particularly green-brown polymorphism and melanisation variations.

Educational Background:

• Bachelor Degree in Biology of Organisms and Populations, University of Lille 1, France
• Master Degree in Behavioural and Functional Ecology, University of Rennes 1, France

Research Focus: Investigating the evolutionary and ecological mechanisms behind color polymorphisms in grasshoppers using niche chooser and niche conformer species. Her work aims to uncover the processes that maintain these polymorphisms over time, integrating ecological, genetic, and behavioral approaches.

Contact: Based at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany.