Dr. Axel Touchard is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University (Department of Entomology). Since graduating with his PhD in 2015, Touchard has led venomics research of ant species from South America and Africa. In 2019, he received the Young Researcher Prize from the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (French Section). The objective of his research lies in characterizing bioactive molecules (toxins) and comprehending their function in biotic interactions in the context of ant venom and chemical ecology.