Background

In 2007, after preparatory classes for the grandes écoles I left my homeland New Caledonia to study in France. After 3 years studying computer science and applied mathematics at ENSEEIHT engineering school in Toulouse, I worked for 2 years as an IT engineer in Paris on rather non-scientific applications (post and banking services). Though I liked software development, I was missing the scientific environment. During that time I found myself reading and searching a lot about neurosciences and realized this was actually the field I wanted to be in. I have always been very interested in sciences, especially psychology and medicine, but it took me a while to identify that it was neurosciences which were made for me. So I got back to study in 2013. I had the chance to be accepted in the “Mathématiques, Vision, Apprentissage” (MVA) research master program of ENS Cachan. I took classes on medical imaging, machine learning, computer vision, image processing and object recognition. This was a great way for me to extend my skills to applications in biology and especially neurosciences. The same year I did a research internship in the Neural Processing, Neuromodulation and sensory plasticity team of Daniel Shulz at UNIC, an experimental neurosciences lab. It was a great experience but I realized I wanted to pursue in a more applied context. That is when I started my PhD and met EEG, fMRI and neurofeedback. Here is my curriculum vitae and below is an interactive timeline of my training and experience (it might take a little time to load):