Research - Supervised PhD students

My doctoral supervision spans neural stimulation, computational neuroscience and bioimpedance instrumentation. See also the Neuro Interface Lab team.

Current PhD students

Research: feature extraction from cardiac impedance measurements, in collaboration with FineHeart.
Funding: CIFRE doctoral funding with FineHeart.
Co-supervision: Noëlle Lewis (IMS), Mirko Maldari and Stéphane Garrigue (FineHeart).
Expected defence: January 2027.

Research: observability and controllability of biological systems for new biomarkers and therapeutic methods.
Funding: doctoral scholarship from the University of Bordeaux, SPI doctoral school.
Co-supervision: Timothée Lévi (IMS).
Expected defence: October 2028.

Research: computational neuroscience, stimulation modeling and neural dynamics.
Joint supervision: with Marcos G. E. da Luz, Department of Physics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), in an international cotutelle.
Recent publications: studies in Biological Cybernetics and Physical Review E.

Defended: 30 September 2025, CY Cergy Paris Université.
Thesis: Improvement of Electrical Impedance Tomography for in vivo Functional Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Fascicles.
Funding: CY Cergy Paris Université doctoral funding.
Co-supervision: Olivier Romain (ETIS) and Olivier Français (ESYCOM).
Contributions: modeling and experimental instrumentation for tracking nerve activity with electrical impedance tomography; development of NRV.

Defended: 6 September 2023, CY Cergy Paris Université.
Thesis: Improving the selectivity of peripheral nervous system electrical stimulation using intrafascicular electrodes and non-conventional waveforms.
Funding: joint ANR–NIH BIOTIFS project.
Co-supervision: Olivier Romain (ETIS) and Yannick Bornat (IMS).
Contributions: selective stimulation and kilohertz conduction block, NRV modeling and BIMMS instrumentation.
Distinction: 2025 Open Science Thesis Award, Pluridisciplinaire et transversale category.