Education
July 2008-January 2010 Stanford University, CA, USA
Post-doctoral training in the psychophysiology of emotion regulation
October 2003-January 2008 University of Geneva, Switzerland
PhD in Psychology/Affective Sciences
October 2001-July 2003 University of Geneva, Switzerland
Degree in Psychology (License)
October 1999-October 2001 University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Psychology and Special Education Pre-degree
Research experience
August 2024-Present, Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology
University of Lausanne (CH)
- Research topics: Emotional emergence via appraisal processes, emotion regulation mechanisms, difficulties in emotion regulation, emotion regulation beliefs and competence, interpersonnal physiological synchrony
February 2020-July 2024, Assistant Professor (SNSF Eccellenza Grantee)
University of Lausanne (CH)
- Project title: “Impact of individual differences on the emotional emergence, as well as on the selection, implementation, and efficiency of emotion regulation strategies”
August 2019-January 2020, Reseach collaborator
CHUV University Hospital, Lausanne (CH)
- Data analyses and article writing on different projects related to cognitive and emotional processes in patients with psychosis and prisoners
March 2019-January 2020, Senior Lecturer (Maître d’enseignement et de recherche)
University of Lausanne (CH)
- Project title: “Emotional intelligence and emotional synchrony”
November 2015-February 2019, Junior Principal Investigator / SNF Ambizione fellow
University of Lausanne (CH)
- Project title: “Affective consequences of emotion regulation relying on situation selection”
October 2013-December 2014, External scientific collaborator (25%)
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, School of Health, Fribourg (CH)
- Project title: “Role of the work environment on the caregiver emotion regulation in Swiss nursing homes.”
July 2008-January 2010, Postdoctoral scholar
Stanford University (CA, USA) (Advisor: Prof. James J. Gross)
- Specific effects of expressive and physiological suppression on early emotional responses
- Specific effects of global suppression and acceptance on early emotional responses
- Investigation of emotion response coherence modifications due to suppression and acceptance strategies
October 2003-January 2008, PhD thesis research
University of Geneva (CH) (Advisor: Prof. Klaus R. Scherer)
- Specific physiological concomitants of emotion experience emergence
- Neural synchronization driven by emotion experience emergence
- Emotion induction using stimuli adapted to individual preferences
- Creation of a new picture database for emotion induction
- Using facial electromyography to evaluate the temporal sequence of novelty and valence appraisal
October 2002-March 2003, Master thesis research
University of Geneva (CH) (Advisor: Prof. Klaus R. Scherer)
- Using reaction times to evaluate the timing of intrinsic pleasantness appraisal
Teaching experience
August 2019-Present, As Senior Lecturer, University of Lausanne (CH)
- Titular of the semester courses (2h/week):
– “Academic Training” (Bachelor students) – – “Socio-cognitive approach to normal and pathological functioning” (Master students)
August 2018-August 2019, As Senior Lecturer, University of Lausanne (CH)
- Titular of the semester courses (2h/week): – “Cognitive Psychology I” (Bachelor students) – “Cognitive Psychology II” (Master students)
August 2018-August 2019, As Senior Lecturer, EPFL (CH)
- Titular of the semester courses (2h/week): – “Cognitive Psychology A” (Bachelor students) – “Emotion Psychology” (Bachelor students)
September 2016-July 2018, As Senior Lecturer, University of Lausanne (CH)
- Lecturer of the course “Cognitive psychology”, 1 semester, 2h/week, for Master students at the Institute of Psychology
- Punctual interventions in BA and MA courses on affective processes (+ exam supervision)
February 2016-July 2018, As Senior Lecturer, EPFL (CH)
- Lecturer of the course “Psychology of Emotion”, 1 semester, 2h/week, for 3rd year Bachelor students within the Social and Social and Human Sciences Teaching
- Punctual interventions in BA and MA courses on affective processes (+ exam supervision)
July 2008-January 2010, As Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University (CA, USA)
- Initiator and leader of the Journal Club “Bridging emotion regulation and other psychological concepts across disciplines” for graduate students
October 2003-October 2007, As Teaching Assistant, University of Geneva (CH)
- Leader of the seminars linked to the course “Psychology of emotion” for undergraduates
- Lecturer in the course “Psychology of emotion” for undergraduates
- Walking hours for bachelor students following the course “Psychology of emotion”
- Contribution to assignments and exam preparation and corrections
- Organization, punctual lectures, and follow-up for the course given to students preparing the Postgraduate diploma (DEA) in Affective Sciences
- Organization, punctual lectures, and follow-up for the course given to students preparing the Master thesis in Affective Sciences
October 2001-July 2003, As Junior Teaching Assistant, University of Fribourg (CH)
- Preparation and assistance for a statistic practical for undergraduate students