1997-2000     PhD (summa cum laude) at the Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée ,
                      Collège de France, supervised by David Quéré .

1992-1996    Graduated from the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la
                    Ville de Paris (ESPCI), French engineering grande école.
                    Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA), MS degree in Physical Chemistry. 
 
 

2000-2003    Postdoc (Rohsenow fellowship) at the Non-Newtonian Fluids Lab , Dep. of Mech. Eng., MIT,
                     supervised by Gareth McKinley.
                      Viscoelastic instabilities in extensional rheology. Highly efficient fins for heat transfer.
                     The shape of the tektites.

1997-2000    PhD (granted by the Rhodia / Rhône Poulenc compagny)
                     Spontaneous motion of liquid indexes in capillary tubes.  Super hydrophobicity, 
                     wettability and 2D imbibition of micro-patterned surfaces.

1996-1997    Military service at the Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales
                   Rheology and stability of suspensions.

1995-1996    DEA (master) internship supervised by David Quéré:
                     Capillary sorption by porous membranes.

1994           Engineer internship in a Rhône-Poulenc research lab supervised by Louis Vovelle:
                   Coating of synthetic fibers.
 
 

2003            Course for Independent Activities Program at MIT, " Millifluidics ".
2000-2001   Teaching Assistant for lab class in Interfacial Hydrodynamics at the École Polytechnique .
2000             Research supervision of a DEA student.
1998-2000   Tutoring in Thermodynamics at the ESPCI.
1998             Teaching Assistant in Medical Physics at the Paris V University. 
1997             Animator at the Palais de la Découverte (science museum in Paris).