RESEARCH 
Goal of my research is to bridge the science of liquid and solid 
foams and emulsions at different length scales (from interfaces, via 
thin films to the full two-phase materials) and with different 
approaches (experiments and modelling). At ICS we cover a wide range of 
expertise from formulation/processing to the characterisation of the 
structural or mechanical properties of foams and emulsions, with the 
goal to push our understanding of the static and dynamic 
structure/property relations and to develop cellular polymers with 
enhanced or new properties. 

DIPLOMAS & EDUCATION
| 2014                 | 
Habilitiation, “A science of transition - from liquid to solid foams” at University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France | 
| 2004 | PhD Thesis, "Stability of foams and films in confined geometries" with Prof. D. Weaire in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland | 
| 2000 | Postgraduate Diploma of Science, University of Canterbury, New Zealand | 
| 1995- 1999 | Double studies of pure Physics and Physics/Mathematics for teaching at Universities of Rostock and Berlin, Germany | 
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| Since 2019       2016-19  | 
CNRS research director at the Institut Charles Sadron, UPR 22 (Institut de Chimie), Strasbourg, France  CNRS researcher at the Institut Charles Sadron, UPR 22 (Institut de Chimie), Strasbourg, France  | 
| 2007-16 | CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR 8502 (Institut de Physique) and Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France | 
| 2006-07 | Visiting Fellow (Bourse de la Ville de Paris), Complex Systems and Materials, Université Paris 7, France | 
| 2004-06 | Embark Research Fellow, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | 
AWARDS & ACEDEMIC MEMBERSHIPS
2017 ERC Consolidator grant
2016 
Member of Academia Net ( http://www.academia-net.org/ ) 
2015 
Bronze Medal of the CNRS
2015 
“Prix de la recherche 2015” -  in the category “Physics” (for ANR Samousse, PI F. Elias) 
2013 
Selection into the group “CNRS young cadre” 
2013 
Prix “Irène-Joliot Curie - Young female scientist of the Year”  
given by the French Ministry of Education and the EADS Foundation
2013 
Henkel “Laundry and Homecare Research Award” 
2012 
ERC Starting Grant from the European Research council 
2001 
University price 2000 of the Universtiy of Canterbury
1995 
Selection into the German National Merit Foundation
PUBLICATIONS