Bio

I am a tenured Research Scientist CNRS at LIRA / Paris Observatory - PSL since 2020.

As a student, I hesitated between Space Systems Engineering and Astrophysics, pursuing a dual Engineering degree from École Polytechnique (Paris, 2010) and ISAE-Supaero (Toulouse, 2011), and an Astrophysics Master’s degree from Université de Toulouse (2011). My PhD in astronomical instrumentation and observations of exoplanetary systems (Université Paris Cité, 2014) combined those interests. Following this, I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute/Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and later served as a NASA Hubble Fellow (2018 Sagan Fellow) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

English CV (PDF) | French CV (PDF)

Research

My research is both in astronomical instrumentation and observations, for the study of young circumstellar environnements (exoplanets and debris disks).

Directly image faint planet orbiting bright stars is particularly challenging due to the enormous flux ratio (high contrast level) and small separation (high angular resolution) between then. My instrumentation research is about developing optical and post-processing methods to make this type of observations a reality. In parallel, I analyze debris disks (Kuiper belt analogs) and exoplanets images from current high-contrast instruments, to understand the late stages of planetary system formation and evolution.

In 2025, I was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, ECHOES, to develop both instrumental and observational aspects of my research.

Publications:

Outreach

Podcast Science ( PodcastScience.fm ) is a french-speaking popular science podcast. Behind the scene each week, I am in charge of astrophysics and general physics episodes. Episodes are aired each Wednesday (8.30 pm France time) and then released as a Podcast.

Contact

  • LIRA / Observatoire de Paris | Bâtiment 16, Bureau 218 | 11 Avenue Marcellin Berthelot | 92190 Meudon, France
  • +33 1 45 07 79 57