Curriculum vitae
Research training across genomics, clinical cohorts and network methods
Doctoral assistant in multi-omics integration at EPFL, with a background in life sciences engineering and biomedical technologies spanning oncology, neurodegeneration and rare disease.
Experience
Apr 2023 — present
Doctoral student — EPFL, Lausanne
Developing multi-omics approaches to improve the molecular diagnosis of rare diseases and extreme paediatric phenotypes within the SwissPedHealth Lighthouse Project. Integrating genomics with downstream molecular layers to uncover the functional consequences of genetic variation and strengthen causal variant prioritisation.
Mar 2022 — Mar 2023
Master's thesis — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Ligon Lab / Center for Patient Derived Models. Optimising an ex vivo drug sensitivity testing platform for solid tumours.
Aug 2021 — Feb 2022
Operational Excellence (OPEX) intern — Medtronic, Tolochenaz
Process and operational excellence work in a medical device manufacturing setting.
Feb 2021 — Jul 2021
Semester project — Brisken Lab, ISREC, EPFL
Disentangling hormone receptor signalling in breast cancer.
Sep 2020 — Feb 2021
Semester project — Lashuel Lab, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL
Data-driven analysis of the genetics and molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease: large transcriptomic datasets, differential expression and enrichment analysis, protein–protein interaction networks. Highlighted a previously unreported protein of potential importance in the disease.
Sep 2020 — Feb 2021
Semester project — Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL
Machine learning techniques for stress detection from physiological signals (ECG, EDA), comparing computational models for detecting stress and its anticipation.
Aug 2018 — Sep 2018
Research intern — Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, Lausanne
Electroporation for dendritic cell vaccines: genetic modification of monocyte-derived dendritic cells under sterile conditions, blood handling and immune cell isolation.
Education
2019 — 2022
MSc Life Sciences Engineering — EPFL
Minor in Biomedical Technologies.
2015 — 2019
BSc Life Sciences Engineering — EPFL
2012 — 2015
Baccalauréat Scientifique — Lycée Français d'Agadir
Skills & areas
Omics
- Whole-genome sequencing
- Transcriptomics
- Proteomics
- Metabolomics
- Variant interpretation
Methods
- Heterogeneous knowledge graphs
- Random walk with restart
- Multi-layer network integration
- Statistical genetics
- Gene prioritisation
- Machine learning
Domains
- Rare disease
- Infectious disease
- Paediatric cohorts
- Oncology
- Clinical translation
Laboratory
- Mammalian cell culture
- Electroporation
- ELISA
- Flow cytometry
- DNA & RNA handling
Languages
- French — native
- Arabic — native
- English — professional
- Spanish — elementary
Leadership & associations
Sep 2019 — Sep 2020
Vice President & Project Manager, Trading Game — The Finance Association, EPFL
Led weekly meetings for a team of seven from different backgrounds, built the trading game website and managed the main partnerships.
Sep 2018 — Sep 2019
Event Manager — The Finance Association, EPFL
Organised the largest student trading contest in Switzerland, alongside conferences and round tables.
May 2018 — Jul 2019
Sponsoring Manager — SV Travel
Sponsorship research and fundraising for the bachelor end-of-studies trip.