Education
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2012: Habilitation (H.D.R.), University of Strasbourg.
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2002: Ph.D. (doctorat) in Mathematics, University of Nantes.
Advisor: Christian Blanchet.
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1999: Master (D.E.A.) of Mathematics,
University of Nantes.
Research interests
- Low-dimensional topology: knots, 3-manifolds, mapping class groups.
- Quantum topology: finite-type invariants, TQFT's.
- ... and all related topics in topology, algebra and geometry!
Academic positions
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2024—now: Director
of the IMB.
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2020—2023: Deputy director
of the IMB.
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2017—now: Professor
(professeur des universités)
at the University of Burgundy.
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2005—2017: CNRS researcher
(chargé de recherche)
at the University of Strasbourg.
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2004—2005: Post-doctoral Marie Curie fellow at the
University of Pisa.
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2002—2004: Post-doctoral fellow
at the IMAR, Bucharest.
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1999—2002: Doctoral fellow (allocataire-moniteur) at the
University of Nantes.