Deputy head of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists and Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral fellow, Paderborn, Germany.

French qualification for associate professor, February 2022.

Associate member of the Crephac (Centre de recherches en philosophie allemande et contemporaine, University of Strasbourg/ France) and the PRIN (Early modern Philosophy and Science, University of Piemont/ Italy)

Previous positions:

• 2021, September – 2022, August: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists: DFG-funded edition project of the “Historical-critical digital edition of the Paris manuscripts of Émilie du Châtelet’s Institutions de physique”.
• 2017, September ­– 2019, June: Ater (temporary assistant in education and research) and PhD student in philosophy at the University of Strasbourg.
• 2014, October – 2017, June: contractual PhD student in Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg (supervisor: prof. Frédéric de Buzon).

Education and degrees:

• 09/2019 PhD in History of Philosophy, University of Strasbourg (supervisor: prof. Frédéric de Buzon). Title of dissertation : La question du péché et du mal chez Montaigne et Descartes.

• 06/2014, Master degree in Philosophy (Master in Humanities and Social Sciences, mention Philosophy), University of Strasbourg (supervisor: prof. Frédéric de Buzon). Title of dissertation: Montaigne et Descartes, Les concepts moraux.

• 05/2012 Bachelor degree in Philosophy (Bachelor in Humanities and Social Sciences, mention Philosophy), University of Strasbourg, mention « bien ».

• 2009 High School Diploma at Lycée classique de Diekirch (Luxembourg)

Prizes and Awards

• Funding from Paderborn University’s equal opportunities funding line 2 (Support for junior professors and post-doctoral students through WiMi positions) for a one-year pre-doc candidate in early modern philosophy.
• Acquisition of Third-party funding for the international, hybrid Conference Women and their Body (15th-17th March 2023)
• Seal of Excellence from European Commission Horizon Europe (2022) for the Project: DescartesSurgery, “Descartes and Renaissance Surgery: The Mechanical Idea of Human Being”.
• VivaMente Award 2022 from the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR) Pisa.

Languages skills:

Modern Languages:

• Luxembourgish (mother tongue)
• German (excellent)
• French (excellent)
• English (fluent)
• Italian (fluent)

Ancient Languages:

• Latin (good)
• Ancient Greek (basic)

Research Experience (Grant-writing Experience):

• 2024: Proposal for Grant from the deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, Einzelprojekt: Du Châtelet
• 2023: Proposal for Grant from the Forschungsprogramm der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaft für 2025; Projekt: Émilie du Châtelet in der deutschen Aufklärung – Archäologie eines philosophischen Systems.
• 2023: Proposal for Grant from the deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, Einzelprojekt: „The Lotzean roots in Constance Jones’s ethics and moral psychology“
• 2023: Proposal for Grant from the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung: Innovative Frauen im Fokus; Project: PHIL_IN „Sammeln und sichtbar machen des weiblichen europäischen Kulturerbes in Philosophie- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte“
• 2020+2021: Proposal for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: European Postdoctoral Fellowship; Project: DescartesSurgery, “Descartes and Renaissance Surgery: The Mechanical Idea of Human Being”.

Responsibilities at the Universities

• Since September 2024: Member of the UPB research commission (Humanities/Kulturwissenschaften) for mid-level academic positions.
• Since September 2022: Coordinator of the New Voices Project by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn.
• March 2016 – March 2018: elected voting member of the faculty board at the University of Strasbourg
• Committee for the organisation of a doctoral summer school 2015 (from 6 to 11 July), Strasbourg.
• February 2015 – February 2017: Member of the voting board at the doctoral school, representative for the PhD students (University of Strasbourg).

Memberships

• Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie
• ESEMP (European Society for Early Modern Philosophy)
• Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund e.V.
• CREPHAC (Centre de recherches en philosophie allemande et contemporaine, University of Strasbourg/ France)
• PRIN (Early modern Philosophy and Science, University of Piemont/ Italy)