Who am I?
University Education
Born in Strasbourg (France) in 1989, I grew up and made all my education in Alsace. After my school certificate at the Notre-Dame de Sion middle school (Strasbourg) and my high school diploma at the Louis Couffignal high school (Strasbourg), I have joined the University of Strasbourg in 2007.
Son of an accountant and of a teacher of accounting, brother of an accounter, it was natural for me to study chemical physics. I started with a Bachelor in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry (2007-2011), and continued with a Master degree in Physics and Chemistry, with a specialisation in Teaching science (2011-2013) in order to prepare the French habilitation for teaching Physics and Chemistry in middle and high schools. I went on with a second Master degree, in Material Physics and Nanoscience (2013-2014), to gather more knowledge on Physics and prepare myself for a PhD.
Top of the year, I've made both of my internships and Master theses at the Institut Charles Sadron (Strasbourg), first under the supervision of Prof. Thierry CHARITAT then with Dr. Fouzia BOULMEDAIS. After getting the French habilitation for teaching in middle and high schools (CAPES, 2014) and a grant from the French government, I started my PhD in Biophysics under the supervision of Dr. Carlos MARQUES at the Institut Charles Sadron; and successfully defended my thesis in 2017.
Research Interest
My current interests in research are mostly revolving around the lipids and lipid membranes physics and chemical physics, and their interactions with biomolecules and macromolecules. I use for my research multiple techniques, from optical microscopy to molecular dynamics simulations. After working a while with fluorescence microscopy, both epi- and confocal laser scanning microscopy, I started to work with interferometric microscopy, notably interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT). In the same time, I gained an increasing interest in numerical simulations, and I started learning Gromacs to run my own personal project on lipid phase transitions.
A key part of my research is programmation. It is indeed critical for me to interface the microscope I am using with a computer, using LabVIEW for instance; but also to process and analyse all the data collected in microscopy and through numerical simulations, which I often do with Python or Java (for ImageJ). I also use other common or uncommon languages, such as Bash, C, C++, HTML, CSS or Ti-Basic. Knowing so many different languages is possible thanks to my curiosity and dedication, but mostly for my passion for algorithmic on which depend all programmation languages. Together with my other passion for statistics and Machine Learning, my programmation skills built my dedication to Data Science.
Hobbies and passions
I sustain a huge interest in art in general: writing, painting/drawing, music, movie, etc.My interest for illustrations and drawings is perfectly integrated in my research activites. Using softwares for illustrations, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Gimp or Inkscape, I always look forward to realise my own diagrams, illustrations and templates for my presentations, articles, and many more. Of course, I also create illustrations without any relation to my work. Besides creating paintings (acrylic paint, pastel, charchoal, etc.) and portraits, I used my spare time as an undergrad making a webcomic in collaboration with students from the USA.
Still during my time at the University, I started getting a lot of interests in creating videos, and specifically short movies. I took part for 6 years to short movies festivals and contests, in particular the Marathon Video of Strasbourg (1st price in amateur category). I used my skills in video-making to make a short movie for a CNRS-hosted contest in 2015.
After learning music theory and trombon in my youth, I learnt how to play bass guitar by myself when I went to the College, and joined a heavy metal band until I started my PhD. It allowed me to go on tour in France and Europe and had a lot of fun.
Resume
If you want to know what are my current work experience and what was my academic formation, you will find all the information here. For more details on my CV, feel free to download the pdf version below.Work Experience
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PostDoctoral Research Associate — 2021 - present
Department of Engineering, King's College London ( London (UK) ) -
PostDoctoral Research Associate — 2018 - 2021
Department of Chemistry, King's College London ( London (UK) ) -
PostDoctoral Research Associate — 2017 - 2018
Institut Charles Sadron ( Strasbourg (FR) ) -
Ph.D. Student & Teaching Assistant — 2014 - 2017
Institut Charles Sadron ( Strasbourg (FR) )
Academic Formation
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Ph.D. in Biophysics — 2014 - 2017
Institut Charles Sadron ( Strasbourg (FR) ) -
M.Sc. in Physics of Materials — 2013 - 2014
Universite de Strasbourg ( Strasbourg (FR) ) -
M.Sc. in Physics & Chemistry — 2011 - 2013
Universite de Strasbourg ( Strasbourg (FR) ) -
B.Sc. in Maths, Physics & Chemistry — 2007 - 2011
Universite de Strasbourg ( Strasbourg (FR) )
COMPLETE RESUME
Contact
I am currently based at the Department of Engineering at King's College London (London, UK). To contact me, you can use any of the links you can find on this page on the Follow me sections, or just simply use my email address.
If you are interested to work with me, please contact the group leader Dr. Yansha Deng to discuss the opportunities currently available.
Outreach and Work experience
As a former teacher, I have a natural interest in outreach activities to share my research with a wide audience. This include participation to the Science Week at the Science Museum of London or to the Big Bang Day at the The City Academy in Hackney. I am always looking for new opportunities to go out of the lab and present my research or just science in general. If you are looking for a volunteer, feel free to contact me.
Inside the lab, my interest for outreach is expressed both by my involvement in public relations, for instance by designing and creating Research Postcards to present the projects of all the researchers working at the Department of Chemistry. I am also in charge of taking students for week-long work experiences to present the job of a researcher in Academia.
