Kinga IGLÓI, PhD
39 years old (born Oct. 1982) - Hungarian
Married, two children (2011, 2013)
kinga.igloi@gmail.com
Campus Biotech, 9 chemin des Mines 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Professional experience and employment
June 2015-onwards: Maître-assistante at University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
May 2010-May 2015: Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Neurology & Imaging of Cognition (LabNIC), CMU, UniGE (Prof. Sophie Schwartz), Switzerland.
Oct. 2009-Apr. 2010: Post-doctoral fellow, Neurobiology of the Adaptative Processes (NPA) Laboratory, UPMC (Dr. Laure Rondi-Reig), Paris, France.
2007: Visiting student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), (director: Prof. N. Burgess), London, United Kingdom.
2006-2009: PhD student, Laboratory of Physiology of Perception and Action (LPPA), Collège de France, Paris (supervisors: Prof. A. Berthoz and Dr. L. Rondi-Reig), Paris, France.
2003: Research training, Center of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (CEFE), Montpellier, France (Dr. F. Bonadonna), Montpellier, France.
Education and training
2009.10.13 : PhD Defence
2006-2009 : Collège de France and University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France PhD in Neuroscience
2002-2006 : Ecole Normale Supérieure (admitted 7th place), Paris, France, Masters in Biology and Social Sciences
2000-2002: Lycée du Parc, Lyon, France, Preparatory Class, Biology
2000: Lycée Français, Budapest, Hungary, Baccalauréat
Teaching experience
Since May 2010: University of Geneva, Bachelor and Master level for Prof. Christoph Michel, Prof. Sophie Schwartz and Prof. Patrik Vuilleumier (12h per year of teaching and giving 2 exams per year).
2010-2013: University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, Master level for Dr. Laure Rondi-Reig.
2006-2009: Associate lecturer (moniteur) at University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (64h per year at Bachelor level).
Awards and prizes
2013 Best Oral Presentation Prize Swiss Society for Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology (SSSSC) 500CHF
2011 Post-doctoral grant AXA Research Fund 120 000€
2010 Post-doctoral grant Fyssen Foundation 25 000€
2010 Travel Award Forum of European Neuroscience (FENS) 750€
2008 For Women and Science Junior Prize L’Oréal-UNESCO-Academy of Sciences 10 000€
2008 40th Anniversary Award European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS) 500 €
2008 Travel Grant Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) 650 €
2007 Travel Award European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS) 500 €
Languages
Hungarian Mother tongue
French Fluent (French resident since 2000)
English Fluent (visiting researcher for one year in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), London)
German Fluent (7 years in the German educational system)
Fulfilled administrative duties and services
2019-onwards European coordinator for La République en Marche in Haute-Savoie (74) France
2014-2015 Ambassador of the L’Oréal For Girls in Sciences Program in high schools
2008-2015 Part of the L’Oréal for Women and Sciences Program
2005-2007 Active member of the Paris-Montagne Association aimed to favour access to science for children and teenagers in difficult situations
2005-2006 Secretary of Pollens (“pour une reflexion Politique à l’ENS”: group of nonpartisan political thought of the Ecole Normale Supérieure)