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1982 Civil Engineer degree from the Civil Engineering School of Paris (ESTP), Architecture Option.

1982–1983 Engineer at the CATED Company, in charge of the Acoustics and Building Structures.

1983-1985 Physics teacher at the French High School of New York.

1985–1986 Engineer at ELKEM CHEMICAL, in charge of concrete specificities.

1986–1988 Engineer in charge of the artificial acoustic system for listening tests at SODETEG.

1989 PhD degree of Université du Maine, “Perceptive validation of an objective model for characterization of room acoustic quality” (“Validation perceptive d’un modèle objectif de caractérisation de la qualité acoustique des salles”) under the supervision of Professor Michel Bruneau.

1990-1991 Postdoctoral research fellow at IRCAM on Sound quality indicators for room acoustics.

1991-2014 Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences) at the Civil Engineering Department of the Technical Institute of Cergy-Pontoise, research in LMRTE.

2004-2007 Head of the the Civil Engineering Department of the Technical Institute of Cergy-Pontoise

2007 Habilitation thesis (HDR, Acoustics) Université de Cergy Pontoise, “Sound Environment Perception” (“Perception de l’environnement sonore”).

2010-2015 Member of the scientific council of IROQUA “Research Initiative for Aeronautics Acoustic Optimization” (“Initiative de Recherche pour l’Optimisation acoustiQUe Aéronautique”)

2014-2016 Full professor (Professeur des universités) at the the Civil Engineering Department of the Technical Institute of Cergy-Pontoise, Assistant Director of the LMRTE laboratory, University of Cergy-Pontoise.

2016-present Full professor (Professeur des universités), research in ETIS, UMR 8051, CY Cergy Paris University, ENSEA, CNRS.

Current position

Full professor at the the Civil Engineering Department of the Technical Institute of Cergy-Pontoise, research in ETIS, UMR 8051, CY Cergy Paris University, ENSEA, CNRS.

Vice-president of the French Acoustic Society (2020-2021).

Vice-president of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), in charge of countries from Europe and Africa (2019-2021).

Nominated member of the Scientific Council of INSIS CNRS (Institut des sciences de l’ingénierie et des systèmes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2019-2023)

Nominated member of the Scientific Council of INRS (Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité, 2020-2023)

Current PhD students

Nolan Eley, September 2019, co-superviser Brian Katz, CNRS, UMR 7190, Institut Jean Le Rond ∂’Alembert, Sorbonne Université.

Current research projects

ANR CENSE – Characterization of urban sound environments: a comprehensive approach combining open data, measurements and modelling.
Work package leader of the urban sound perception group

European project ANIMA – Aviation Noise Impact Management through Novel Approaches.
Task leader of pilot experiments (Use of virtual reality for better communication with communities around airports – Use of mobile application – Big data about noise annoyance around airports).

European project ARTEM – Aircraft noise Reduction Technologies and related Environmental iMpact.
Involvement in the perception group working on sound signatures of future aircraft.