Brief CV
Personal informations
• Born: February 1983
• Affiliations: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (Collège de France, Paris)
Academic record
• 2009: PhD at the Physics Department of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Advisor: Pierre Gaspard
• 2006: Post-graduate diploma (DEA en Sciences physiques) at the ULB
• 2005: Master in Physics with the highest honors (La plus grande distinction) at the ULB
• 2001: European Baccalaureate at the European School of Brussels I (Uccle)
Fellowships and academic positions
• 2022 – 2023 : Senior Research Associate at the FRS-FNRS (Maître de recherches)
• 2014 – 2022 : Research Associate at the FRS-FNRS (chercheur qualifié)
• 2013 – 2015: Scientific stay at the ENS and Collège de France (Paris) in the group of Jean Dalibard
• 2009 – 2013: Postdoctoral Researcher (Chargé de Recherche) FRS-FNRS
• 2005 – 2009: Research Fellow (Aspirant) FRS-FNRS
Grants and awards
• 2023: Highly Cited Researcher 2023 Clarivate™
• 2022: Highly Cited Researcher 2022 Clarivate™
• 2022 – 2026: Elected member of the Collegium (Académie Royale de Belgique)
• 2022 – 2027: ERC Consolidator Grant LATIS
• 2017 – 2022: ERC Starting Grant TopoCold
• 2021: Highly Cited Researcher 2021 Clarivate™
• 2019: Adolphe Wetrems Prize, awarded by the Classe des Sciences de l’Académie Royale de Belgique
• 2015: Agathon de Potter Prize, awarded by the Classe des Sciences de l’Académie Royale de Belgique
• 2011: Antonella Karlson Prize, awarded by the FRS-FNRS
Areas of research
• Quantum gases and engineered quantum systems
• Quantum simulation and artificial gauge fields
• Topological states of matter, quantum Hall physics and quantum geometry
• Periodically-driven quantum systems (Floquet engineering)
• Topological photonics
Teaching duties
• 2019 – 2021: Course on topology in physics (Master at ENS, Paris)
• 2020 – 2024: Course on advanced condensed-matter physics and quantum many-body systems (Master at ULB, PHYS-F-431)
• 2016 – 2019: Introductory course on solid-state physics (Bachelor at ULB, PHYS-F-308)
Editorial duties
• 2017 – 2022: Editorial Board of Physical Review A (APS)