I grew up in the suburbs of Paris, France, and studied molecular biology at the Pierre and Marie Curie university. I did my thesis research at the Institut Curie, in the lab of Arturo Londono, where I studied the replication of telomeres. I then joined Anabelle Decottignies in Brussels, Belgium, to work on TERRA, the non-coding RNA that is expressed at telomeres. After two years enjoying the finest chocolates and the world-best ales, I moved to sunny California. I joined the Karlseder lab at the Salk Institute, where I used telomeres to study the regulation of double strand breaks repair. I joined MCDB in August 2018 to open my research group focusing on DNA double strand break repair, genome stability and telomere biology.

When I am not teaching or writing grants, I still enjoy being at the bench to clone plasmids or do cell culture.

Outside the lab, you can find me skiing, hiking, sailing, or enjoying one of Colorado's numerous breweries.