Justine
Boutry

Dr. Justine Boutry is an evolutionary ecologist and postdoctoral researcher studying how climate change influences parasite–host dynamics. She focuses on the effects of heat waves on a bacterial parasite’s ability to cause damage to its host, the freshwater crustacean Daphnia, as well as the subsequent impacts on freshwater ecosystems. By understanding these relationships, she aims to predict how climate change will reshape epidemics and ecosystems.

Justine aims to predict how climate change will reshape epidemics and ecosystems.

Justine holds an MSc in eco-evolution and genomics from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 and a PhD in evolutionary parasitology from the University of Montpellier. Originally from a country town in the Bresse region of France, she now lives in Ramat Gan with her ferret. She is passionate about scientific communication, sharing her research in breweries, on the radio, and in performances as a queer drag artist. She enjoys cooking, hiking, paragliding, and, most of all, spending time with loved ones.