Dr Jerome Micheletta
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 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 91腦瞳厙, 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
2025
Waller, B. M., OCallaghan, O., Micheletta, J., Whitehouse, J.
16 Jun 2025, In: Nature Reviews Psychology
Research output: Article
Lewis, K. E., McBride, S. D., Micheletta, J., Parker, M. O., Rincon, A. V., Wathan, J., Proops, L.
28 May 2025, In: PeerJ. 13, 38p., e19309
Research output: Article
Phelipon, R., Bertrand, L., Jardat, P., Reigner, F., Lewis, K., Micheletta, J., Lansade, L.
14 May 2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 23p., e0319315
Research output: Article
De Moor, D., Skelton, M., Amici, F., Arlet, M. E., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Ballesta, S., Bergh瓣nel, A., Berman, C. M., Bernstein, S. K., Bhattacharjee, D., Bliss-Moreau, E., Brotcorne, F., Butovskaya, M.,
11 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Animal Ecology, 16p.
Research output: Article
2024
Perea-Garc穩a, J. O., Massen, J. J. M., Ostner, J., Sch羹lke, O., Castellano-Navarro, A., Gazagne, E., Jos矇-Dom穩nguez, J. M., Beltr獺n-Franc矇s, V., Kaburu, S., Ruppert, N., Micheletta, J., Gupta, S., Majolo, B.,
24 Nov 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 11p., 29115
Research output: Article
Huang, P., Arlet, M. E., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Brent, L. J. N., Duboscq, J., Garc穩a-Nisa, I., Kaburu, S. S. K., Kendal, R., Konen獺, M., Marty, P. R., McCowan, B.,
1 Sep 2024, In: Behavioral Ecology. 35, 5, 14p., arae066
Research output: Article
Waller, B., Kavanagh, E., Micheletta, J., Clark, P. R., Whitehouse, J.
1 Jun 2024, In: International Journal of Primatology. 45, 17p.
Research output: Article
Whitehouse, J., Clark, P. R., Micheletta, J., Liebal, K., Slocombe, K. E., Waller, B.
1 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Primatology. 45
Research output: Article
2023
Rincon, A. V., Waller, B. M., Duboscq, J., Mielke, A., P矇rez, C., Clark, P. R., Micheletta, J.
3 Oct 2023, In: eLife. 12, 17p., RP87008
Research output: Article
Loyant, L., Waller, B., Micheletta, J., Meunier, H., Ballesta, S., Joly, M.
1 Sep 2023, In: Animal Cognition. 26
Research output: Article