Current Position
| 2019–Present | CNRS Research Scientist LARSEN Team, LORIA, Nancy, France Research Topics: Human-Robot Interaction, Exoskeletons, Collaborative Robotics, Human Movement Analysis, Human Motion Simulation, Ergonomics |
Education
| 2015 | PhD in Robotics, Pierre et Marie Curie University, France Advisors: Philippe Bidaud, Ph.D and Vincent Padois, Ph.D Thesis Title: Virtual Ergonomics for the Design of Collaborative Robots |
| 2011 | M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Pierre et Marie Curie University, France With highest honors Specialization: Robotics |
| 2011 | Engineer’s Degree, Ecole Polytechnique – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, France Specialization: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics |
| 2004–2006 | Preparatory Class, Lycée St Louis, France Intensive two-years course for preparation to entrance exams of French engineering schools Specialization: Engineering Science, Physics, Mathematics (MPSI/PSI*) |
Research Experience
| 2017–2019 | Postdoctoral Researcher LARSEN Team, INRIA Nancy Grand Est, France Team Directors: Serena Ivaldi, Ph.D and Francois Charpillet, PhD Research Topics: Human-Robot Interaction, Human Movement Analysis, Ergonomics |
| 2015–2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher Action Lab, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA Lab Director: Dagmar Sternad, Ph.D Research Topics: Motor Neuroscience, Human Motor Control, Human-Robot Interaction |
| 2011–2015 | PhD Candidate/Graduate Research Assistant The Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Paris France CEA-LIST Interactive Robotics Laboratory, Saclay, France Advisors: Philippe Bidaud, Ph.D, Vincent Padois, Ph.D and Yvan Measson Research Topics: Collaborative Robotics, Human Movement Simulation, Ergonomics |
| 2011 | Research Assistant (Intern) CEA-LIST Interactive Robotics Laboratory, Saclay, France Advisor: Yvan Measson Research Topics: Collaborative Robotics, Human Movement Simulation |
| Summer 2010 | Research Assistant (Intern) Robotics Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada Advisor: Lionel Birglen, Ph.D Research Topics: Embedded Electronics |
| Summer 2009 | Research Assistant (Intern) Naval Architecture Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Advisor: Sander Calisal, Ph.D Research Topics: Ship Hydrodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Teaching Experience
| 2024– | Lecturer, Centrale-Supélec, France (6 hours) Level: Graduate Topic: Robotic assistive devices for occupational applications: From research to deployment Department: Control Engineering |
| 2024– | Lecturer, Lyon 1 University , France (6 hours) Level: Graduate Topic: Human motion analysis for human-robot interaction Department: Robotics and Biomechanics |
| 2018–2023 | Lecturer, University of Lorraine, France (12 hours per year) Level: Graduate Topic: Behavior Analysis Department: Cognitive Sciences |
| 2021–2022 | Lecturer, Centrale-Supélec, France (3 hours) Level: Graduate Topic: Physical Human-Robot Interaction for Industry 4.0 Department: Control Engineering |
| 2016 | Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University, USA (38 hours) Level: Undergraduate Topic: Introduction to Neuroscience Department: Biology |
| 2015 | Teaching Assistant, Pierre et Marie Curie University, France (192 hours) Level: Undergraduate and Graduate Topics: Experimental Robotics, Control Theory, Modeling and Control of Multibody Systems, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics Department: Mechanical Engineering |
| 2011–2014 | Teaching Assistant, Pierre et Marie Curie University, France (25 hours per year) Level: Graduate Topic: Modeling and Control of Multibody Systems Department: Mechanical Engineering |
| Summer 2007 | Tutor, Lycée de l’Essouriau, France (7 months full time) Level: High School Topics: Mathematics, Physics, Biology |
Outreach
| 2024 | Conference and lab visit for the event A votre Santé 2024 Conference and visit of the experimental room of Loria on the development and deployment of robotic assistive devices for occupational applications |
| 2023 | Interview for the Podcast Plus Tard Je Serai (French) Podcast about women working in ”male mostly” jobs |
| 2022 | Conference in Lycée Baumont, St-Dié des Vosges, France Conference on exoskeletons for high school students |
| 2022 | Participation in the French National Firefighters Congress Demonstration of occupational exoskeletons to school students, firefighters, and general public |
| 2021 | Participation in the comic book Les Décodeuses du Numérique by CNRS-INS2I Comic book portraying women working in computer science |
| 2021 | Participation in #FutuRobot event by CNRS Short videos of popularization of science |
| 2017 | Presentation at INRIA “Industry Days” Robotics technologies to improve ergonomics at work |
| 2016 | Researcher at the Living Laboratory Exhibit, Museum of Science, Boston, USA Demonstration of motor neuroscience experiments to museum visitors, large scale data gathering |
| 2015 | Participation to the French National Competition on Collaborative Robotics Simultaneous safe interaction and on-line ergonomic assessment using Kuka LWR |
| 2014 | Demonstration at professional exhibitions: Innorobo 2014, Industrie Paris 2014 and PSA Peugeot Citroen Day on Industry 4.0 On-line ergonomic assessment during exoskeleton assisted manipulation |
| 2007 | Tutor in the program “Une grande école : pourquoi pas moi ?” with Ecole Polytechnique Presentation of French higher education and tutoring for disadvantaged high school students |
Grants and Awards
Fundings
| 2022 | University of Lorraine Interdisciplinary POMPEXO project on Exoskeleton Assistance for Firefighters (participant, 17k€) |
| 2021-2025 | ANR JCJC ROOIBOS project on User-Specific Adaptation of Collaborative Robot Motion for Improved Ergonomics (coordinator, 244k€) |
| 2021-2023 | INRIA ADT funding for 2 years of engineer on Human-Exoskeleton Simulation (~90k€) |
| 2021 | ERGOBOT internal Loria project on Collaborative Robot Control for Optimal Long-term Fatigue Management (3.5k€) |
| 2020 | CNRS-INS2I funding for 1 year of engineer on Sensor Integration for Human Motion Analysis in Human-Robot Collaboration (~45k€) |
Awards
| 2018 | Finalist for the Young Investigator Award of the French Society of Biomechanics |
Fellowships and Scholarships
| 2018 | Postdoctoral fellowship from Region Grand Est, 50 % salary funded for 1 year |
| 2011–2014 | CFR doctoral fellowship from CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), 100 % salary funded for 3 years |
Invited Talks
| 2024 | Seminar of LAAS-CNRS laboratory (Laboratoire d’analyse et d’architecture des systèmes, Toulouse, France) |
| 2024 | Seminar of LBMC laboratory (Laboratoire de Biomécanique et Mécanique des Chocs, Lyon, France) |
| 2022 | Seminar of the GT1 of French GdR Robotique on robotics and ergonomics |
| 2022 | Seminar of R4 Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional robotics network |
| 2021 | Seminar of the GT1-GT6 of French GdR Robotique on occupational exoskeletons |
| 2021 | IROS 2021 workshop on Challenges and Opportunities of Human-robot Symbiosis: from Wearable Robots to Neurorobotics |
| 2021 | Seminar of the LC2S INRS – ENSAM Metz joint lab |
| 2021 | SoftBank Robotics Seminar |
| 2020 | AFIA (French Association for Artificial Intelligence) seminar on Robotics and AI |
| 2020 | I-RIM workshop on Socio-Physical Interaction Skills for Cooperative Human-Robot Systems in Agile Production |
| 2019 | Conference “Novel technological Innovations for Occupational Safety and Health” (OSH InnoTech), organised by the Polish Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Warsaw, Poland |
| 2018 | Seminar of the Team Human Motion, Adaptation and Sport Performance of CIAMS lab of University Paris-Sud |
| 2018 | Seminar of the Team Auctus of INRIA Bordeaux |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Organization of Workshops
| May 2024 | Co-organizer (remote) of the workshop on “Innovations and Applications of Human Modelling in Physical Human-Robot Interaction” at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024) in Yohohama, Japan |
| May 2022 | Co-organizer of the workshop on “Integrating Multidisciplinary Approaches to Advance Physical Human-Robot Collaboration: Challenges of Interfacing Wearable Robots with the Human Neuromotor System” at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022) in Philadelphia, USA |
| October 2021 | Co-organizer of the workshop on “Challenges and Opportunities of Human-Robot Symbiosis: from Wearable Robots to Neurorobotics” at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021) |
| May 2021 | Co-organizer of the workshop on “Integrating Multidisciplinary Approaches to Advance Physical Human-Robot Collaboration: Physical Assistance for Occupational Applications” at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021) |
| May 2020 | Co-organizer of the workshop on “Integrating Multidisciplinary Approaches to Advance Physical Human-Robot Collaboration” at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020) in Paris, France (remote) |
| May 2019 | Co-organizer of the workshop on “Human Movement Science for Physical Human-Robot Collaboration” at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019) in Montreal, Canada |
| August 2018 | Main organizer of the “Collaborative Robotics and Ergonomics” workshop at the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) in Florence, Italy |
| June 2018 | Member of the organization committee of the French Humanoid Robotics Days (JNRH 2018) in Nancy, France |
Member of PhD Committee
| 2024 | Anna Bucchieri (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) |
| 2024 | Arthur Favennec (University of Lorraine, France) |
| 2023 | Morgan Langard (University of Angers, France) |
| 2022 | Mathilde Schwartz (University of Lorraine, France) |
| 2022 | Isabelle Maroger (University of Toulouse, France) |
| 2022 | Etienne Moullet (Sorbonne University, France) |
| 2022 | Guillaume Jeanneau (Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France) |
| 2021 | Quoc Hoa Bach (Sorbonne University, France) |
| 2021 | Baptiste Menges (University of Lorraine, France) |
| 2021 | Simon Bastide (University Paris-Saclay, France) |
| 2019 | Nolwenn Briquet-Kerestedjian (Centrale-Supélec and University Paris-Saclay, France) |
Journal and Conference Reviewer
Conferences: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO), International Ergonomics Association (IEA).
Journals: IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (ACM THRI), Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics, Robotica, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Wearable Technologies, Plos One.
Program Committee: Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (since 2023); Associate Editor for IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024, 2022, 2021; Associate Editor for IEEE ICRA 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020; Associate Editor for IEEE Humanoids 2023; Program Committee Member of Human Friendly Robotics (HFR) 2019, 2021 and 2022; Scientific Committee Member of Digital Human Symposium (DHM) 2022; Publication Chair for IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) 2024; Publication Chair for IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO) 2023.
Member of Professional Societies
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Women in Engineering (IEEE-WIE), European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), French Society of Biomechanics (SB).
