- Ph.D., Ecology | Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France (2023)
- M.S., Ecology | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France (2016)
- B.S., Ecology | Université de Montpellier 2, France (2014)
Postdoctoral researcher @ International Union for the Conservation of Nature Species Survivial Commission Shark Specialist Group, Montpellier - France (remote) (2023 - 2024)
- Coordinated over 60 scientists for the submission of Important Shark and Ray Areas across the Mediterranean and Black Seas and the Western Indian Ocean Region.
- Lead research on shortfalls in the protection of Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Central and South American Pacific, paper submitted in Marine Policy with over 40 co-authors.
Research scientist @ Foundation for research on biodiversity, Montpellier - France (2021 - 2022)
- Analysed data on human population growth within and near protected areas over the last two centuries in the USA.
- Led research on human disturbance impacts on freshwater biodiversity in New Zealand over three decades.
- Presented research findings orally within a large international research group (PARSEC).
Research scientist @ Institut of Research for the Exploitation of the Sea, Sète - France (2019 - 2020)
- Led and conducted a fieldwork programm to sample benthic biodiversity in Mediterranean coastal environments.
- Led research and analyses with R on the effects of human disturbances on marine coastal biodiversity
Research assistant @ National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton - New Zealand (2017 - 2019)
- Assisted research projects with statistical modelling and GIS tasks
- Led research on human disturbance impacts on freshwater biodiversity in Waikato Region Streams.
- Conducted fieldwork in a remote New Caledonia atoll and in New Zealand streams.
- Mouton T.L., Gonzalez-Pestana A., Rohner C.A., Charles R., García-Rodríguez E., Kyne P.M., Batlle-Morera A., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Armstrong A.O. et al. (2024). “Shortfalls in the protection of Important Shark and Ray Areas undermine shark conservation efforts in the Central and South American Pacific.” Submitted to: Marine Policy. (Major revisions)
- Mouton T.L., A. Boyé, M. Mclean, J.D. Tonkin, S. Dolédec, N. Bonada, M. Floury, P. Verburg, N. Mouquet, D. Mouillot, F. Leprieur (2024). “Climate change reverses the latitudinal species and trait richness gradients of river invertebrates.” Submitted to: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. (Major revisions)
- Pimiento C., C. Albouy, D. Silvestro, T. L. Mouton, L. Velez, D. Mouillot, A. B. Judah, J. N. Griffin and F. Leprieur (2023). "Functional diversity of sharks and rays is highly vulnerable and supported by unique species and locations worldwide." Nature Communications 14(1): 7691.
- Mouton T. L., F. Leprieur, M. Floury, F. Stephenson, P. Verburg and J. D. Tonkin (2022). "Climate and land‐use driven reorganisation of structure and function in river macroinvertebrate communities." Ecography 2022(3): e06148.
- Mouton T. L., F. Stephenson, L. G. Torres, W. Rayment, T. Brough, M. McLean, J. D. Tonkin, C. Albouy and F. Leprieur (2022). "Spatial mismatch in diversity facets reveals contrasting protection for New Zealand's cetacean biodiversity." Biological Conservation 267: 109484.
- Stephenson F., A. A. Rowden, T. Brough, G. Petersen, R. H. Bulmer, J. R. Leathwick, A. M. Lohrer, J. I. Ellis, D. A. Bowden, S. W. Geange, G. A. Funnell, […] T. L. Mouton, et al. (2022). "Development of a Seafloor Community Classification for the New Zealand Region Using a Gradient Forest Approach." Frontiers in Marine Science 8(792712).
- Mouton T.L., J.D. Tonkin, F. Stephenson, P. Verburg, M. Floury (2020). “Increasing climate-driven taxonomic homogenization but functional differentiation among river macroinvertebrate assemblages.” Global Change Biology. 00:1–12.
- Stephenson F., J.E. Hewitt, L.G. Torres, T.L. Mouton, T. Brough, K.T. Goetz, C.J. Lundquist, A. B. MacDiarmid, J. Ellis, and R. Constantine (2021). “Cetacean conservation planning in a global diversity hotspot: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies”. Ecosphere 12(7)
- Stephenson F., K. Goetz, B.R. Sharp, T.L. Mouton, F.L. Beets, J. Roberts, A.B. MacDiarmid, R. Constantine and C.J. Lundquist (2020). "Modelling the spatial distribution of cetaceans in New Zealand waters." Diversity and Distributions 26(4): 495-516.
- Mouton T.L., F.E. Matheson, F. Stephenson, P. D. Champion, S. Wadhwa, M.P. Hamer, A. Catlin and T. Riis (2019). "Environmental filtering of native and non-native stream macrophyte assemblages by habitat disturbances in an agricultural landscape." Science of The Total Environment 659: 1370-1381.
- Jabado R., P.M. Kyne, E. Garcia-Rodriguez, R. Charles, A.O. Armstrong, T.L. Mouton, A. Gonzales-Pestana, A. Battle-Morera, C.A. Rohner (2024). Western Indian Ocean: a regional compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas. IUCN SSC SSG Shark Specialist Group.
- Jabado R., E. Garcia-Rodriguez, P.M. Kyne, R. Charles, A.O. Armstrong, J. Bortoluzzi, T.L. Mouton, A. Gonzales-Pestana, A. Battle-Morera, C.A. Rohner, G. Notarbartolo di Sciara (2023). Mediterranean and Black Seas: a regional compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas. IUCN SSC SSG Shark Specialist Group.
- Stephenson F, Rowden A., Anderson T., Hewitt J., Costello M., Pinkerton M., Morrison M., Clark M., Wadhwa S., Mouton T.L., Lundquist C.J. (2018). Mapping Key Ecological Areas in the New Zealand Marine Environment: Data collation. Prepared for the Department of Conservation. November 2018
- Stephenson F., Goetz K., Mouton T.L., Beets F., Hailes S., Roberts J., Pinkerton M., MacDiarmid A. (2020). Spatial distribution modelling of New Zealand cetacean species. Fisheries New Zealand. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 240. 217 p.
- de Winton, M., Mouton T.L. (2018) Technical Report on Vegetation Status in Waituna Lagoon: 2009–2018. Prepared for Department of Conservation.