Curriculum Vitae

        FRANCESCA MERLIN

        Permanent research fellow (DR2 : Research director)

        Director (DU) of the Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques (IHPST)

        CNRS (UMR 8590) & University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

        13 rue du Four, 75006 Paris (France)

        Areas of specialty: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science.

        Areas of competency: Philosophy of probability, history of biology, epistemology, metaphysics. 

Education

       HDR - Habilitation to Direct Research (November 2021), Philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, IHPST-Paris (France)

        Synthesis report: "Chance and inheritance. Studies in philosophy of biology" 

        Committee: Silvia Caianiello (CNR, Naples), Silvia De Monte (ENS Paris), Denis Forest (University of Paris 1), Thierry Hoquet (University of Paris Nanterre), Philippe Huneman (IHPST, CNRS) Charles Pence (Catholic University of Louvain), Angela Taddei (Curie Institute)

Ph.D (June 2009), Philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, IHPST-Paris (France)

        Dissertation: "Chance and the sources of biological variation: a critical analysis of a multiple notion"

        Committee: Jean Gayon (co-director), Michel Morange (co-director), Frédéric Bouchard, Thierry Martin, Miroslav Radman

        MA (2005), History and Philosophy of Science, University Paris 1, IHPST-Paris (France)

        Thesis: "The concept of chance in contemporary biology"

        Director: Jean Gayon

        BA (2004), Philosophy, University of Padua (Italy)

        Thesis: "Biology and the canon of beauty: a possible connection?"

        Director: Giovanni Boniolo

        Training in biology:

        Molecular biology, Genetics, Developmental biology, Evolutionary biology, Unity and diversity of life (2003-2004, Faculty of Biology, University

of Padua, Italy)

Grants and fellowships

2011-2012 - Postdoctoral Fellowship, F.R.S.-FNRS, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)

2010 - Prize « Jeune Chercheur » of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences (SPS, France)

2009-2010 – Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fonds Québécois de la Recherché sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT, QC, Canada).

2007 – Visiting Scholar at the Philosophy Department of the University of California Davis (UCD) thanks to a mobility grant of Ile-de-France region.

2005-2008 – Doctoral research grant, University of Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Academic memberships

Since 2007 International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB)

Since 2007 Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS)

Since 2014 Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)

Since 2015 European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)

Since 2024 Société française de philosophie (SFP)

Languages

Italian (native tongue), French (fluent), English (fluent), Latin (competent reading).