Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences (SPPIN), CNRS UMR 8003
Université Paris Cité
office : H 367 - lab : E 363 or E 374
45 rue des Saints Pères
75270 Paris Cedex 06
France

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Small networks of neurons, called microcircuits, are the basic building blocks of brain computation, continuously integrating sensory inputs with internal representations to guide behavior. While these circuits have been studied extensively in isolated brain tissue, their role during natural behavior remains poorly understood. My research aims to uncover how specific neural circuits support motor control and spatial orientation in the intact brain. Using in vivo imaging, electrophysiology, and targeted circuit manipulations in both head-fixed and freely moving mice, I study population activity patterns linked to walking and head direction. These experimental approaches are combined with computational modeling to understand how neural interactions—particularly inhibitory circuits—give rise to precise movement control and stable internal representations of orientation (find more details in the research section of this website).

Sep 2019	Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) Université Paris Descartes, France HDR thesis and presentation title : "Bridging Modeling and Experimental Neuroscience"
since Oct 2015	CNRS Researcher (CRCN) Laboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale, Université Paris Cité, France investigating how brain circuits support motor control and spatial orientation in the intact brain using in vivo imaging, electrophysiology, and targeted circuit manipulations
Aug 2014 - Sep 2015	Post-Doc in experimental neuroscience Laboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale, Université Paris Descartes, France studying the link between calcium signaling and spiking activity of cerebellar molecular layer interneurons in the group of Isabel Llano
Aug 2009 - Jun 2014	Post-Doc in computational and experimental neuroscience Center for Neural Science, New York University, United States working on signal integration and processing in the auditory cortex in the group of Alex Reyes
Nov 2007 - Jun 2009	Post-Doc in computational neuroscience Group for Neural Theory, LNC, ENS, INSERM, Paris, France working on mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction in the group of Boris Gutkin
Jan 2004 - Jun 2008	PhD student in the framework of a binational promotion - "cotutelle" Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology, Paris V, France and Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, (TU Dresden), Germany working on induction and maintenance of synaptic plasticity (download thesis) supervisors: Nicolas Brunel (Paris) and Frank Jülicher (Dresden)
Oct 1997 - Jul 2003	Masters in Physics University of Technology Dresden, Germany Diploma Thesis at the Institute for Theoretical Physics under the supervison of Michael Meyer-Hermann studied one year at the University of Edinburgh, UK (Oct 2000 - Jun 2001)

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