Education

• 2012: Habilitation (H.D.R.), University of Strasbourg.
  
  
• 2002: Ph.D. (doctorat) in Mathematics, University of Nantes. Advisor: Christian Blanchet.
  
  
• 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

• 2024—now: Director of the IMB.
• 2020—2023: Deputy director of the IMB.
• 2017—now: Professor (professeur des universités) at the University of Burgundy.
  
  
• 2005—2017: CNRS researcher (chargé de recherche) at the University of Strasbourg.
  
  
• 2004—2005: Post-doctoral Marie Curie fellow at the University of Pisa.
  
  
• 2002—2004: Post-doctoral fellow at the IMAR, Bucharest.
  
  
• 1999—2002: Doctoral fellow (allocataire-moniteur) at the University of Nantes.