CV

Education

• B.S. in Biology, University of Bordeaux (France), 2008-2010
• B.S. in Computer Science, University of Besancon (France), 2009-2011
• M.S. in Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Bordeaux (France), 2010-2012
• Ph.D in Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Bordeaux (France), 2012-2015

Work experience

• Jan. 2022 - present. Senior Research Fellow at UKDRI at University College London, London (United Kingdom)
• Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2021. Junior Researcher at IMN, Bordeaux (France)
• Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2020. Post-doctoral Researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (USA). Supervisor: Prof. Ana Maria Cuervo.
• Dec. 2015 - Dec. 2016. Post-doctoral Researcher at IMN, Bordeaux (France). Supervisors: Dr. Erwan Bezard and Dr. Benjamin Dehay.
• Oct. 2012 - Dec. 2015. Ph.D traning at IMN, Bordeaux (France). Supervisors: Dr. Erwan Bezard and Dr. Benjamin Dehay.

Grants & Awards

• Fondation Pilote (2021) Fondation Vaincre Alzheimer
• Programme de recherche (2021) France Alzheimer (declined due to relocation to the UK)
• Allocation Jeune Chercheur (January 2021) Fondation Alzheimer
• Junior Investigator Neuroscience Research Award (June 2018) Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Philippe Foundation Grant (2017)
• Fellow at the Tau Consortium Meeting – Rainwater Charitable Foundation (July 2017, July 2018)
• Biology/Health University of Bordeaux Ph.D. award (July 2016)
• Monique Ganier-Semancik award for Ph.D. award (April 2016)
• SBCF travel fellowship to attend at the 44st Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, 15-19 November 2014, (Washington).
• The Best Student Poster Award at 9th FENS satellite symposium: Multiple Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Progression, Baveno, Italy (July 2014)
• Henry Sabourin fellowship January 2012 – June 2012 (Rotary Club, Bordeaux)

Organizations

• Chair of the Gordon Research Seminar on Autophagy in Stress Development and Disease (March 2020 -postponed to March 2022 due to Covid19)
• Co-organizer of the 13th annual Advanced Scientific Programming in Python summer school (August 2021).
• Vice President of TEDxUniversitéDeBordeaux (2014)
• Secretary of the Neuroscience in Bordeaux Association (Oct 2012 – Oct 2014).

Teaching

• Animal models of neurodegenerative disorders. Second year of medical school, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
• Protein aggregation and Neurodegeneration. Long Island University, New York, USA.