CV

Education

• PhD in Statistics - Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), 2017-present
• Exchange semester - University of Stavanger (Stavanger, Norway), 2016
• Engineering degree (master equivalence) in Bioinformatics and modelling - INSA de Lyon (Lyon, France), 2012 - 2017

Work experience

• Lecturer in Statistics - Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), January-December 2021
  • Preparation and delivery of lectures in statistics for first, second and third year undergraduate and masters level
• Tutor - Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), July-August 2020
  • Preparation and delivery of lectures for statistial models course, assignment marking
• Genomics Aotearoa associate - Genomics Aotearoa (New Zealand), 2019-present
  • Instructor and helper for Genomics Data Carpentry workshops
• Statistics consultant - Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), 2019-2020
  • Assistance for statistical analyses: linear and logistic regressions, hypothesis testing, etc.
• Teaching assistant - Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), 2018-2020
  • Marking of introductory statistics assignments, demonstrator for introductory statistics lab
• Intern in Biostatistics - Bioaster (Lyon, France), February-July 2017
  • Development of a statistical approach for multi-omics pathway enrichment analysis (in R and Python)

Skills

• Statistics: Linear regression, simple and multivariate analysis, parametric and non-parametric tests, Bayesian statistics, clustering.

• Biology: Molecular and cellular biology, Regulatory networks, Molecular evolution and phylogeny, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Cancer biology

• Programming languages:
  • Proficient in R (and Rmarkdown), Python, Julia, LaTex, Shell script
  • Experience with: Java, C, C++, Matlab, Knime
• Languages: French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (basic).

Publications

Talks

• UCLA Computational Medicine - Research Frontiers in Biomathematics Seminar — online — November 2020
  • Gene Regulatory Networks Simulation (speaker)
• NeSI webinar series — online — October 2020
  • Simulating Gene Regulatory Networks on HPC (speaker) - watch the recording here
• Thematic Month on Mathematical Issues in Biology – CIRM — Marseille, France — February-March 2020
  • Simulating post-transcriptional regulation, ploidy and more with the sismonr package (poster)
• New Zealand Statistical Association (NZSA) 2019 — Dunedin, New Zealand — November 2019
  • Causal Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks (oral presentation)
  • Honourable Mention Student Talk Award
• DECO2019 - The Interface of Mathematics and Biology — Napier, New Zealand — February 2019
  • Simulating gene expression profiles with the R package sismonr (oral presentation)
• IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) 2019 — Madrid, Spain — December 2018
  • The sismonr package: Simulation of In Silico Multi-Omic Networks in R (poster)
  • Grant: Massey University Postgraduate Travel Grant
  • Program Committee member of the associated Workshop on challenges and opportunities in Large Scale Network Analysis in Systems Biology
• New Zealand Statistical Association (NZSA) 2018 — Palmerston North, New Zealand — November 2018
  • How R and Julia hang out together to simulate complex (oral presentation)
  • Won the Best Student Talk Award
• New Zealand Mathematics and Statistics Postgraduate Conference (NZMASP) 2018 — Waikanae, New Zealand — November 2018
  • How R and Julia hang out together to simulate complex (oral presentation)
  • Member of the Organising Committee

Teaching