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2019 - Present
Group leader at the Institut de l'Audition
Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Topic : Neural coding in the auditory pathway
Lab Website: Barral Lab

2011 - 2018
Postdoctoral fellow at NYU
Center for Neural Science - New York University, NYC, USA
Topic : Information processing in neuronal networks
Advisors : Alex Reyes - Functional interactions of neurons in a network
                 Xiao-Jing Wang - Propagation of information in feedforward networks
                 John Rinzel - Dendritic integration using dynamic-clamp

2007 - 2011
Ph.D. in Biophysics
Physico-Chimie Curie laboratory - Institut Curie - Paris VII University, Paris, France
Dissertation topic : The hair bundle amplifier of inner ear hair cells
Advisor : Pascal Martin - Active mechano-sensitivity by hair cells in the inner ear
Graduate school : "Frontiers in Life Sciences"

2003 - 2007
Student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure - Paris, France
During these 4 years, I obtained degrees in conjunction with universities Paris VI and Paris VII and started my PhD program.

2001 - 2003
"Classes préparatoires" in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry - Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France

Intensive Courses and Summer Schools
2007    Biology of the Inner Ear - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
2007    Imaging - Eurohear Training Meeting, Venice, Italy
2006    Electrophysiology - Eurohear Training Meeting, Venice, Italy
2006    Protein biochemistry, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Grants
2018 - 2021    CNRS Momentum from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2018 - 2021    Career Development Award from the Human Frontier Science Program
(HFSP, CDA00009/2017-C)

Fellowships
2012 - 2015    Postdoctoral fellowship from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP, LT000132/2012-L)
2010 - 2011    PhD thesis fellowship from the Pierre-Gilles de Gennes foundation

2007 - 2010    PhD thesis fellowship from the French ministry of research
2003 - 2007    Fellowship from the French ministry of education as a student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Awarded to the top 10 chemistry students in France

Awards
2018    Travel grant from the NSF to attend the Computational and System Neuroscience meeting (Cosyne)
2014    Travel grant from the NSF to attend the Computational and System Neuroscience meeting (Cosyne)

2011    Prize for Young Researcher from the Bettencourt foundation
2011    Travel award from the Association for Research in Otolaryngology for the Annual Mid-Winter Meeting

2010    Travel award from the Association for Research in Otolaryngology for the Annual Mid-Winter Meeting
2007    Tuition and travel grant from Marine Biological Laboratory to attend the Biology of the Inner Ear course

Teaching
2017 - 2018   Teaching assistant - New York University, New York, USA
                        Neuroscience lab and tutorials at undergraduate level
2007 - 2010   Teaching assistant - Paris VII university, Paris, France

                        Biophysics, mechanics, LabVIEW at undergraduate level
2006 - 2007   Teaching assistant - Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
                        Tutorial in chemistry at undergraduate level
2000 - 2005   Tutored students in mathematics, physics and chemistry to exam levels

Organization of conferences
May 12th 2018    Sense to Synapse 2018
April 8th  2017     Sense to Synapse 2017