Hello I'm Geoffroy Saint-Aimé, a
French student and temporary member of the marmots team!
I am at RMBL during this spring to
develop one of the requisites of my Master program.
It's a great opportunity to work at
RMBL, and observing the marmots emerging from hibernation and
interacting. I am being advised by the Professor Daniel Blumstein to
look into the socials effects of emergence on marmots, relations
between emergence and dominance among socials animals.
Coming from France, it was a great
adventure to live in the US, and going in a snow-mountain was a kid's
dream. Acclimatization to the new conditions of altitude and
temperature was really rough, but I'm enjoying the snow. I really
appreciate the life here and the landscape, it's a new horizon for
me. I will not be here for long, but I had already a great experience
by meeting foxes, deers, and of course marmots. This experience is a
great personal achievement and is improving my scientific skills. I
am with Gabi and Ana, two exceptional members of the marmots team,
and thanks to them I was able to learn several interesting things
about marmots and some good stories about RMBL.
