Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

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Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Born	(1939-11-05) 5 November 1939 (age 81)[1] Lyon, France[1]
Alma mater	University of Lyon
Spouse(s)	Roland Mourer ​ (m. 1964)​
Children	2
Scientific career
Fields	Avian palaeontology

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (born 5 November 1939) is a French paleontologist specializing in birds of the Eocene and the Oligocene.^[1] In her early career, she discovered with her husband the Laang Spean cave site of prehistoric humans in Cambodia.^[2][3]

Early life and career[]

She studied at University of Lyon.^[1] Her early work was on large Quaternary mammals.^[1] She then proceeded in 1961 to a doctorate in Centre national de la recherche scientifique focusing on Pleistocene birds, a topic few at the time studied in France or Europe.^[1]

Following her marriage in 1964 to Roland Mourer, she relocated to Cambodia where he was assigned by the French military as a "coopérant" in Kampong Chhnang (city).^[1] In 1965 she was appointed as a geology professor at Royal University of Phnom Penh, a post she held until the civil war in 1970.^[1] During this time she discovered with her husband the Laang Spean cave site of prehistoric humans.^[2][3]

In 1970, at the outbreak of civil war in Cambodia, she returned with her two small children to France. In 1971, she secured an appointment with CNRS at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1.^[1] In 1975 she completed her "Thèse d’Etat", in 1984 her habilitation, and in 1985 she was appointed director of research in CNRS which she held until her retirement in 2005.^[1]

Since her return to France, and also following her retirement, she focused on research of avian fossils.^[1] Between 1987 and 1999 she was secretary of the Society for Avian Paleontology and Evolution (SAPE).^[1]

Recognition[]

The 8th international meeting of SAPE, in 2012, was dedicated to Mourer-Chauviré in tribute to her role as founder and secretary.^[1]

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