Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience - Admin side

·          August 2024 - Present:  Director, Sponsored Research Services 

Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, Research Management Services, University of Ottawa. 

·          April 2019 - 2024:  Senior Research Chairs Advisor 

Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, Research Management Services, University of Ottawa. 

·          June 2017 - April 2019:  Research Facilitator

Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa. 

·          April 2016 - May 2017:  Research Administrative Officer

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa. 

·         March 2015 - March 2016:  Executive Assistant to the Vice-Dean Research

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa. 

 ·         December 2014- April 2015: Executive Assistant

To the director of Zagari, Simpson and Associates, Saint-Laurent, Québec 

·         2009 - 2016:  Consulting work and translation

                Work experience - Research side 

Until 2016: Reviewer for Cognition, Neuroscience, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychologia, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Acta Psychologica, Psychophysiology, Bioelectromagnetics, Applied Psycholinguistics, Journal of Hearing Science·        

 2010-2013:  Postdoctoral researcher

Auditory Development Lab, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour,

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mc Master Institute for Music and the Mind

·         2006-2010: PhD student and research assistant

Institut de Neuroscience Cognitive de la Méditerranée, CNRS, Marseille, France

Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Educational Background

·         June 2010 to August 2013:       

Postdoctoral Fellow researcher in the Auditory Development Lab, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University. Supervisor: Dr. Laurel Trainor

·         January 2010:

Ph.D in Neuroscience – Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II (with the highest grade and the personal congratulations of the PhD committee). Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée, CNRS, Marseille, France.              Supervisor: Dr. Mireille Besson

 PhD thesis: Title “Influences of musical and linguistic expertise on linguistic and non-linguistic sounds processing”.

         http://www.dart-europe.eu/full.php?id=376551

·        2006:

Master Degree in Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (with honors) - Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II, France.

Master thesis: Title “Behavioural and electrophysiological approaches of the semiotic of sounds”.  Supervisors: Mitsuko Aramaki & Mireille Besson.

·        2004:

Bachelor in Biology - Université St Marthe, Avignon, 84000, France.

·        2002:

Graduated from the French National Musical School in piano and music theory (Final graduation) in Avignon,

84000, France.   

·       2001:

 Scientific High School Diploma - Baccalauréat Science, option biology – Lycée Frédéric Mistral, Avignon, 84000, France. 

Funding & Awards

-       Society of Research Administration International (SRAI) - Future of the Field Award in 2024 - SRAI’s Future of the Field Program celebrates the rising stars of research administration—innovators and emerging leaders who are shaping the future of the profession. These exceptional individuals are making an impact today while paving the way for tomorrow. 

-       Postdoctoral Fellowship from the NSERC-Create training program in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (ACN) from 2011/09 to 2013/08.

-       Postdoctoral Fellowship from the NSERC-Create training program in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (ACN) from 2010/09 to 2011/09

-        French National Agency of Research, Research Fellowship, from 2009/10 to 2010/04 and from 2008/06 to 2008/07

-        EGIDE exchange program: PHC France-Thailand, International Research Fellowship, from 2006/01 to 2008/12

-        Ph.D. Fellowship from the French Ministry of Research, National Academic  Fellowship, from 2006/09 to 2009/09

-       Merit Scholarship from the French National Education Ministry, National Academic Fellowship, from 2005/09 to 2006/09 (during the Master degree)

Oral presentations and posters

Talks : 

• • 11th August 2013: Annual Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (ACN) Training Network workshop (NSERC-Create) on the theme Hearing and Health. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Talk on the theme: "Pitch and time encoding in polyphonic sounds". Marie C.

• 9th August 2013: Society of Music Perception and Cognition conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Talk on the theme: “Investigating the origin of the high voice superiority effect in music” Marie C., Gavin M. Bidelman, Ian C. Bruce, & Laurel J. Trainor.

• 12th April 2013: Interview for a professor position at the Psychology department, Université de Montréal. Talk on the theme: “ Traitement des sons polyphoniques : influence de la culture et de la nature".  Marie C.

• 3rd March 2013: Invited conference at the 3rd annual TEDx McMaster U conference, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Talk on the topic: “Polyphonic sound processing: influence of culture and nature”.

• 3rd May 2012: The 6th Conference on Mismatch Negativity and its Scientific and Clinical Applications. The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, Talk on the theme: "Influence of musical training on MMN to acoustic and phonological deviants in normal-readers and in dyslexic children". Marie, C , Besson, M.,and Chobert J.

• 5th August 2011: Annual Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (ACN) Training Network workshop (NSERC-Create) on the themes:  Simultaneous pitch encoding, development and influence of musical expertise.

• 18th June 2011: McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, talk on the topic: Transfer of training between music and speech: common processing, attention or memory?

• 23th November 2009: Besson, M. & Marie, C., Invited conference at the 8th Sino-German workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience, “Art & Science”, Munich, Germany: “The Musicians Brain”.

• 12th November 2009: Marie, C & Besson, M., Invited conference at the Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland: “Influence of musical and linguistic expertise on the processing of linguistic and non-linguistic sounds”.

• 11th April 2008 : Marie, C & Besson, M.,. Invited conference at the Forum des Sciences Cognitives of Paris: « Music language and dyslexia ».

• October 2006 : Besson, M., & Marie, C. Invited conference at « Les sentiers de la connaissance »: « Brain imaging methods », Allauch, France.

Posters:

- 1-4 May 2012: The 6th Conference on Mismatch Negativity and its Scientific and Clinical Applications. New York City, poster presented: Marie, C., Bruce, I., & Trainor, L. J.  “ Simultaneous pitch encoding: Using auditory nerve response to predict MMN amplitude in the auditory cortex of infants.”

- 14-17 August 2011: SMPC conference in Rochester, poster presented: Marie, C., Herrington, L., & Trainor, L. J.  “ Influence of practiced instruments on the automatic encoding of polyphonic melodies.”

- 9-12 June 2011: The Neurosciences and Music IV “Learning and Memory”. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Posters: Marie, C., Trainor, L “Development of simultaneous pitch encoding: an MMN study with infants”

-7-8 August  2010: Annual ACN Training Network workshop, McMaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

-25-26-27 November 2009: Young researchers conference in hearing, musical acoustics and audio signal » in Marseille, France.

Marie C., Kujala T., Besson M. “Musical and linguistic expertise influence preattentive and attentive processing of non-speech sounds.”

-28 -29 September 2009: London-Marseille Joint Meeting, INCM-CNRS, Marseille, France. Marie, C., Delogu, F., Lampis, G., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., & Besson. M. “Influence of musical expertise on tonal-language processing:  Behavioural and Electrophysiological study”.

-12 -16 August 2009: 7th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Marie, C., Delogu, F., Lampis, G., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., & Besson. M. “Influence of musical expertise on  tonal-language processing:  Behavioural and Electrophysiological study”.

-13 -14 December 2008: 2nd scientific meeting of the International research group in Neuroscience France-Morocco.

Marie, C., Magne, C., Besson, M. “An electrophysiological approach to the comparison of speech rhythm processing between non-musicians and musicians”.

 J. Chobert, C. François, C. Marie, D. Schön, J.L. Velay, M. Habib & M. Besson “Multi-feature MMN to speech sounds in dyslexic and control children”, presented by Julie Chobert.

-10-13 July 2008: International Conference on  Music, Language and the Mind. Medford, MA.

Marie, C., Magne, C., Besson, M. “An electrophysiological approach to the comparison of speech rhythm processing between non-musicians and musicians”, presented by Cyrille Magne.

-5-6 June 2008: 16ième Symposium of the graduate school of life sciences and health, Faculty of medecine, Marseille.

-31March- 4 April 2008: Scholars Week, Murfreesboro, TN, : Magne, C., Marie, C., Besson, M. Comparison of Speech Rhythm Processing Between Non-Musicians and Musicians.

-12-13-14 March 2008: Young researchers conference in hearing, musical acoustics and audio signal » in Toulouse, France.

Marie, C., Magne, C., Besson, M « An Electrophysiological Approach to the Comparison of Metric Processing in Speech between Non-musicians and Musicians ».

-17-18 January 2008: International Conference on « Music, language, brain » in Dijon, France. Marie, C., Magne, C., Besson, M « Approche électrophysiologique du traitement du mètre dans le langage parlé: comparaison entre musiciens et non-musiciens ».

Frey, A., Marie, C., Prod’Homme, L., Timsit-Bertier, M., Schön, D., & Besson, M. “Les unités sémiotiques temporelles sont-elles des unités qui véhiculent du sens en musique ? Approche électrophysiologiques”, presented by Aline Frey.

Research commentary:

12 February 2008 : TV show « Le Magazine de la santé » (France 5) « Projet de remédiation de la dyslexie par la musique ».