Science communication and outreach work

In parallel to my research work, during my PhD I was also a presenting scientist at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a scientific outreach museum in Paris. My work consists in presenting scientific fields and experiments to a wide audience from a catalogue. We talk about fundamental scientific concepts such as light combination to create colors, as well as subjects linked to the current events, with a cycle of serious games on sustainability and the Anthropocene, or more recently crowd effects and voting following the presidential elections. I also take part in events such as "Science Infuse" during which I presented my research project through fun simple experiments, or "la Nuit des Etoiles" which aims at popularizing hobby astronomy.

The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is not my first outreach experience. I was previously a member of EPICS, the science popularization organization of the students of ESPCI. We took part in annual scientific events, and most notably organized an exhibition at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in 2018, starting from scratch by obtaining fundings and designing a scenography with students from ENSAD. During a week, we showed through interactive experiments the research done at ESPCI, both historical findings and recent developments.

Thanks to the priviledged relationship of our team senior scientist, Frederic Restagno, with French television, I also took part in the French outreach TV show e=M6, where I studied the mechanical resistance of toilet paper in a report of waste.