Junior Scientific Committee (COSJUN)

In three words, I am... curious, thoughtful, and balanced.

Currently a postdoctoral researcher at GIN and STROBE, I am working on new treatment combinations for glioblastoma combining focused ultrasound (FUS) and radiotherapy. After engineering school, I did my thesis at GIN under the supervision of Emmanuel Barbier and Chantal Pichon on the impact of FUS-induced permeabilization of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) on the brain, particularly its microvascular properties and neuroinflammatory responses. I am generally interested in the use of FUS for tumors of the central nervous system, its effects on healthy and tumor tissue, but also the combination of this treatment modality with other innovative therapies.

In three words, I am... Creative, versatile, logical

Currently a doctoral student at LPNC at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc, I am interested in REM sleep (REM sleep) and, more specifically, its microstructure, which is the subject of growing scientific interest. My work, supervised by Jean-Baptiste EICHENLAUB and Pascal HOT, aims to characterize this microstructure and its evolution over the course of a lifetime, in normal and pathological aging, using large cohorts of retrospective data.  

In three words, I am... Cheerful, altruistic, meticulous, 

After graduating from the University of Trento, Italy, I began my PhD in Frédéric Saudou's group at GIN. My research aims to understand the role and dysfunction of axonal transport in Huntington's neurodegenerative disease.

In three words, I am... An enthusiastic and kind-hearted philosopher!

I hold a Ph.D. from a joint program at the Grenoble Institute of Philosophy (IPhiG-UGA) and Macquarie University (Sydney), supervised by Kourken Michaelian and Neil Levy. With a master’s degree in philosophy and another in cognitive science, my research lies at the intersection of the philosophy of technology, ethics, and cognitive science. My dissertation focuses specifically on the impact of emerging technologies on human memory through the study of cognitive prostheses, both in their therapeutic applications and in their potential for cognitive enhancement. My work is situated within the theoretical framework of extended cognition, which views the environment as constitutive of cognitive and affective processes, combining philosophical analysis, empirical research, and ethical inquiry.

As a neurologist at Grenoble University Hospital specializing in Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, I am also interested in learning processes and medical education. In this context, I am pursuing a Ph.D. to improve the teaching of neurology to medical students.  More specifically, I am involved in developing a tool that uses artificial intelligence and knowledge graphs to generate formative assessments. The ultimate goal is to promote effective learning strategies based on the principles of progressive, generative, distributed, and interleaved learning.

As a psychiatrist in the adult psychiatry department at Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, I head up a unit dedicated to neuromodulation treatments, providing clinically validated care (electroconvulsive therapy, accelerated and robotized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, ketamine and esketamine treatments), as well as research protocols (transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial electrical stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, deep brain stimulation). My clinical activity is divided between the unit's day hospital and specialist consultations for the treatment of resistant depression or other psychiatric disorders requiring neuromodulation treatment. I also provide specialist consultations for bipolar disorders at the bipolar disorder expert center.

After completing a PhD in neuroscience under the supervision of Prof. Mircea Polosan and Dr. Julien Bastin at the Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences (GIN), followed by postdoctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Fabien Vinckier at the Brain Institute (ICM) in Paris as part of the Motivation, Brain and Behavior, I am currently continuing my research at the GIN, in the Brain, Behavior and Neuromodulation team led by Dr. Julien Bastin. I study alterations in motivation and reward processing in mood disorders (bipolar disorder and depression), using behavioral tasks, neurocomputational modeling, and brain imaging. The aim is to better understand the pathophysiology of these disorders, identify biomarkers predictive of treatment response, and develop personalized management strategies, particularly through neuromodulation.

In addition to my clinical and research activities, my status as a university hospital practitioner (PHU) also allows me to teach at the University of Grenoble-Alpes, mainly at the Faculty of Medicine, where I am involved in initial and continuing education in psychiatry.

In three words, I am... an explorer, thorough, and responsible!

I am a postdoctoral researcher in cognitive neuroscience at GIN, studying the mechanisms of psychiatric and neurological disorders under the supervision of Brigitte Piallat. After completing a PhD atUniversité Grenoble Alpes the joint supervision of LPNC-GIN, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in the Department of Psychiatry and the Weill Institute for Neurosciences, I am now working on the personalization of deep brain stimulation using invasive electrophysiological markers, based on a closed-loop approach (adaptive stimulation). My goal is to identify biomarkers that will enable real-time adjustment of stimulation in order to optimize its therapeutic effectiveness.

My research combines behavioral approaches, electrophysiological recordings (EEG, sEEG, and intracerebral local field potentials), decision-making process modeling, and the use of electronic trackers (rings, smartwatches) for ecological measurements in real-life conditions. I am also developing a new project integrating video polysomnography recordings to explore the links between brain activity, sleep, and cognitive functioning in Parkinson's disease. I am particularly interested in non-motor symptoms and the interactions between brain activity, confidence, decision-making, and affective states, with the aim of identifying new therapeutic avenues for neurocognitive disorders.

I also teachUniversité Grenoble Alpes atUniversité Grenoble Alpes the Psychology, Mathematics, and Computer Science Applied to the Humanities and Social Sciences programs.

In three words, I am... conscientious, diligent, and determined.

As a doctoral student at the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience (GIN) under the supervision of Mircea Polosan and Mario Hervault, I am working on the link between the brain and behavior, particularly on the inhibition of intrusive thoughts in patients suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Our goal is to evaluate the behavioral and electrophysiological markers of inhibitory control of thoughts in these patients in order to better understand the pathology and, ultimately, develop new therapeutic solutions. This research project lies at the intersection of clinical and basic research and draws inspiration from the interaction between these two dimensions.

I am a neurologist at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, specializing in epilepsy and more specifically in pre-surgical assessments of drug-resistant focal epilepsy, particularly the use of stereoelectroencephalography. 
I am affiliated with GIN for my research work on a variety of topics, including insulo-opercular epilepsy, microelectrode recordings, and experiential phenomena. I also collaborate on various projects with different teams at GIN.
I am currently in my first year of a science thesis at EDISCE with a B2B project that aims to develop the first functional brain atlas of clinical signs of epilepsy.