Born April 10th 1971
Married, two children
From December 2014
Research Director at Inserm
UMR_S Inserm U1172
Lille Neuroscience & Cognition (Head: Dr. uc Buée)
LabEx DISTALZ
Université de Lille, Faculté de Médecine
« Visiting Professor » at Taipei Medical University (Taipei, Taïwan)
From January 2006
Inserm permanent investigator (CR1)
UMR Inserm U837 (Head Dr. Luc Buee)
LabEx DISTALZ
Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Centre
Université Lille-Nord de France
From 2002 to 2005
Post-doctoral researcher (FNRS)
Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery/IRIBHM
ULB, Brussels, Belgium
From 1999 to 2002
Post-doctoral fellow
Laboratory of Neurophysiology
ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Education
2007: "Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches", Lille, France
1999: PhD in Neurosciences, UJF, Grenoble, France
1994: Msc in Neurosciences, UCBL, Lyon, France
1989-1993: Undergraduate studies, ULP, Strasbourg, France
Scientific interests
Physiopathology of neurodegenerative disorders
Huntington's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Tau
Animal models
Physiology and metabolism
Neuropharmacology
Adenosine receptors
Caffeine
Translational research
Editorial boards and Expertises
Editorial board Neurobiology of Disease
Associate Editor Journal of Caffeine and Adenosine Research
Editorial Board, Matters
Review Editor for Frontiers in Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry (Neurodegeneration)
Review Editor for Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Academic Editor for Plos One
Guest Editor, Special Issue « Tau Protein: Function and Pathology », International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Editorial Board Member of The World Scientific Journal
Editorial board of "La lettre des Neurosciences" (French Neuroscience Society)
Reviewing (main journals in Neuroscience, grants)
PhD committees (France, Portugal)
Other
Member of Cnrs Section committee
Board member of the French Society of Neuroscience
Co-Responsible for the Neuroscience-Physiology Master Axis (Biology-Health Master, Lille)
Member of the Animal Ethical Committee
Past member of the Scientific Council of Lille 2 University
Past member of the Doctorate School Council (EDBSL)
Societies
American Society for Neuroscience
French Society for Neuroscience
European HD Network