I am currently a Project scientist in Massimo Vergassola’s lab at UCSD. After studying soft matter physics in Paris, I moved into the physical/quantitative biology field for my PhD with Didier Chatenay. I then joined Massimo Vergassola’s group in the Pasteur Institute (Paris) for my post-doc. As the lab relocated to San Diego, I felt that I could use some sun in my daily life and squeezed into one of the boxes.