CV

I am an early career scientist from France interested in viral pathogenesis and host-pathogen interaction, with the objective of developing novel therapies against herpesviruses. I am committed to making academia a better place for everyone and believe that all research should be made open-access. Outside of the lab, you are more likely to find me in the mountains, skiing or rock climbing.

Education

• 2016 - PhD in Biology, Institut Curie & Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
• 2012 - Master of Genetics, University of Paris, Paris, France.
• 2011 - Ecole Polytechnique, Master of Science and Engineering, Paris, France.

Work

• since 2025 - Senior Staff scientist, Lab of Keith Jerome, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
• 2022-2025 - Staff scientist, Lab of Keith Jerome, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
• 2016-2021 - Postdoctoral fellow & Scientist, Lab of Eric Verdin, Buck Institute, Novato, CA, USA.
• 2012-2015 - PhD student, Lab of Deborah Bourc’his, Institut Curie, Paris.
• 2012 - Master student, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
• 2011 - Master student, Institut Curie, Paris.

Service and other contributions

• 2024 - Fred Hutch VIDD-IDS/UW Virology Research symposium organizing committee
• 2020-2021 - Committee member in the Buck Institute Racial Justice Task Force
• 2020 - Point of contact between the Buck Institute and the QBI coronavirus research group at UCSF
• Since 2015 - Github contributions
• Since 2012 - Mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students
• Since 2010 - Wikipedia contributions

Patents

• 2019 - Gene Drive in DNA viruses. US Patent 12344837-B2. Inventor: Marius Walter.

Research Funding

• 2024-2025: Fred Hutch Evergreen fund - Role: PI
• 2024-2026: NIH/NIAID R21 - R21AI178255 - Role: PI - Title: Viral gene drive as a novel curative therapy for HSV infection
• 2022 - Fred Hutch VIDD Faculty Initiative Program - Role: PI

Awards and Fellowships

• 2019 - Post-doctoral fellow Travel Award - American Society for Virology
• 2016 - Research grant from the Philippe Foundation.
• 2012-2015 - PhD fellowship from the Ecole Polytechnique
• 2011 - EMBO short term fellowship
• 2011 - Ecole Polytechnique research internship prize
• 2010 - Ecole Polytechnique best collaborative scientific project

Talks

• 2024 - Selected speaker - “The Social Life of Viruses” conference, Carolina, Puerto Rico, USA.
• 2022 - Invited speaker - European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
• 2022 - Invited speaker - Laboratory of Viral Disease, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
• 2021 - Invited speaker - Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
• 2021 - Invited speaker - Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS), University of Toulouse, France
• 2021 - Invited speaker - Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), University of Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France.
• 2019 - Selected speaker - American Society of Virology’s annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
• 2018 - Selected speaker - “The CRISPR-Cas Revolution” Conference, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA.
• 2018 - Selected speaker - Bay Area Virology Symposium, Berkeley, USA.
• 2015 - Selected speaker - EMBO Mobile Genome Conference, Heidelberg, Germany.
• 2015 - Selected speaker - “DNA methylation & Epigenomics” Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, USA.