Education & Professional Experience
[Since 2022] Tenured Associate Professor, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
[2020-2022] Long-term fellow, Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris (Principal Investigator)
* 3 year contract: Birdsong for Human(e) voices: Building efficient voice prostheses inspired from bird vocal system
[2017-2019] Postdoctoral fellow, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France in Biomechanics and Modelling (S Van Wassenbergh)
* 2 year contract: Biomechanics of intra-oral water flow generation in fish
[2015-2016] Career break for medical reasons
[2014-2015] Postdoctoral fellow, University of São Paulo, Brazil in Anatomy and Evolution (E Höfling)
* 2 year contract: Morphological study of the pelvic system of Neotropical birds
[2012-2013] Postdoctoral fellow, Gipsa-Lab and INRIA, France in Computer Science, Modelisation (O Martin, L Reveret)
* 1 year contract: Analysis of Human Shapes and Motions: Biomechanical analysis from 4D data
[2009-2012] PhD in Functional Morphology (Frontières du Vivant - Paris Diderot)
* 3 year contract: Morpho-functional study of the pelvic system of birds, new elements on the origin of flight
[2010] Diploma in Geosciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
[2008-2009] Master of Sciences (2nd year) in Systematic, Evolution and Paleontology, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Paris, France)
* 6 months internship: Morpho-functional comparison between the teal and the quail (A Abourachid)
[2007] Teaching College Certificate
[2006-2008] Preparation for the highly competitive entrance examination for teaching in French High Schools “Biology & Earth Sciences”
[2004-2006] Master of Sciences in Earth, Atmosphere and Ocean, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris, France)
* 6 months internship: Description of a new species of Sapeornis, basal bird of the Liaoning Cretaceous (ZH Zhou)
* 1 month internship: Comparative morphology of a Lizard from the Chad (G Garcia)
[2002-2004] Preparation for the highly competitive entrance examination to French Engineering Top Schools “Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Earth Sciences”
[2002] French Equivalent of an A-level obtained with distinction “Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences”