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 (9 hours per year) Level: Graduate Topic: Robotic assistive devices for occupational applications: From research to deployment Department: Control Engineering |
| 2024– | Lecturer, Lyon 1 University , France (6 hours per year) Level: Graduate Topic: Human motion analysis for human-robot interaction Department: Robotics and Biomechanics |
| 2018– | 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 per year) 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
| 2025 | Participation in the podcast Mission Info of France TV Promoting women in science, in a podcast for children aged 7-11 yrs (interview) |
| 2025 | Participation in an event Les Décodeuses du Numérique Exchange with high school students to introduce robotics and researcher job |
| 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
| 2023 | Best paper award at IEEE ARSO 2023 | 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
| 2025 | Workshop on Enhancing Human Intuition and Robotic Precision with Optimization-Driven Shared Autonomy at JNRR 2025 |
| 2025 | Symposium on Simulated and XR Environments for Ergonomics and Physical Assistance at PREMUS 2025 |
| 2025 | Seminar “Mechantronics Days” of ENS Rennes (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rennes, France) |
| 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
| November 2024 | Co-organizer of the workshop on “Human Movement Modeling for Human-Robot Interaction” at the International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2024) in Nancy, France |
| November 2024 | Main organizer of the symposium French Humanoid Robotics Days (JNRH 2024) in Nancy, France |
| 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 |
PhD Committees
| 2025 | Clément Thévenot (University of Lorraine, France) ; Alexandre Schortgen (University Grenoble Alpes, France) |
| 2024 | Erwann Landais (University of Bordeaux, France) ; Océane Dubois (Sorbonne University, France) ; Bianca Lento (University of Bordeaux, France) ; Anna Bucchieri (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) ; Arthur Favennec (University of Lorraine, France) |
| 2023 | Morgan Langard (University of Angers, France) |
| 2022 | Mathilde Schwartz (University of Lorraine, France) ; Isabelle Maroger (University of Toulouse, France) ; Etienne Moullet (Sorbonne University, France) ; Guillaume Jeanneau (Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France) |
| 2021 | Quoc Hoa Bach (Sorbonne University, France) ; Baptiste Menges (University of Lorraine, France) ; Simon Bastide (University Paris-Saclay, France) |
| 2019 | Nolwenn Briquet-Kerestedjian (Centrale-Supélec and University Paris-Saclay, France) |
Hiring Committees
| 2025 | Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 61) ; Université de Technologie Tarbes Occitaine Pyrénéées (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 61) |
| 2024 | Supmicrotech Besançon (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 61) ; Université de Toulouse (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 74) ; Université Paris-Saclay (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 74) |
| 2022 | Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 61) ; Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Electronique et ses Applications (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 27-61) ; INRIA Bordeaux (Reserarch Engineer) |
| 2012 | Sorbonne Université (Assistant/Associate Prof., CNU 61) |
Community
| 2024- | Co-chair of the technical committee on “Humans and Robots” of the French Robotics network (GdR Robotique) |
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.
Editorial Activities: Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (since 2023); Associate Editor for IEEE/RSJ IROS 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021; Associate Editor for IEEE ICRA 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020; Associate Editor for IEEE Humanoids 2025, 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.
