Curriculum Vitae

More details can be found on my LinkedIn, including my full transcript to date.

Education

University College London (2019-2023)

MSci (Hons) - Master in Science, Psychology and Language Sciences

GRADE: Predicted First
Year 4: Research Pathway
Some modules: Neural Computational, Topics in Neurobiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Calculus & Linear Algebra, Intermediate Statistical Methods, Introduction to Deep Learning for Speech and Language Processing, Brain Stimulation…

Lycee Charles Peguy Paris 11 (High School, 2016-2019)

French Scientific Baccalaureate, with Further Maths (Bac S Spe Maths)

Udacity (2020)

Completion of 2 (3-month long) Nanodegrees:

SCGB Research Fellow in Computational Neuroscience at Simons Foundation (from Sept 2022)

Awarded a fellowship grant to work on a supervised research project starting in Term 1 of 2022-2023.
Supervisor: Dr Brendan Bicknell (Gatsby Unit & Häusser Lab)
Project:
Skills:

MSci Research Intern in Neural Plasticity and Crossmodal Reorganisation at UCL (from Sept 2022)

SDE Intern at Amazon (July-Sept 2022)

Joined the Selection Contribution Platform (SCP) organisation for 3 months in London.
Skills: Java, Unit Testing, Load Testing, Technical Writing, AWS SQS, AWS S3

Research Placement in AI Engineering Research at Imagination Technologies (July-Sept 2021)

Research Intern & BSc Thesis Student in the Affective Brain Lab at UCL (May 2021 - April 2022)

BSc Thesis: “Information Sharing: Influence of News Instrumentality, Valence and Uncertainty” (Grade: 82; 9,986 words)
Supervisors: Prof Tali Sharot (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL-MIT), Valentina Vellani (PhD candidate)
Assisting in other projects of PhD candidate Valentina Vellani (see LinkedIn for more info)

Spring Tech Insight Intern at Amazon (April 2021)

Offered a place to attend a 3-day tech insight programme from Amazon, followed by a mentorship scheme.

Student Researcher in NLP Project Team at UCL AI Society (Dec 2020 - March 2021)

Left to focus on studies/exams + because of the project’s next stage being business-level (and my current focus being on learning NLP for now!)

Research Mentee/Intern in Natural Language Processing (Nov 2020 - May 2021)

Project: “Developing a Segmentation Pipeline to Characterise and Quantify Radiomic Features of NSCLC CT Scans”
Mentor: Zihao Fang, UCL PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Research Assistant in the LangCogLab at UCL (Sept 2020 - August 2021)

at the UCL Language & Cognition Lab (Faculty of Brain Sciences, Dept of Experimental Psychology)

Media Officer of the UCL Neuroscience Society (March 2020 - March 2021)

Responsible for managing:
- the UCL NeuroSoc Facebook Page(>5k likes, 5.4k followers)
- the Instagram account (1,378 followers, +673 since March 2020 / during my position)

computational/programming: Python, R, Java, MATLAB (basic), Deep Learning Frameworks (PyTorch, Keras, scikit-learn, Tensorflow 1), SQL (basic), Git (Basic), speech science software (PRAAT, ELAN and others), MS Office, exposure to AWS
languages: French (Native), English (Fluent), Turkish (Native), German (Intermediate Writing), Latin (Basic Writing)

UCL Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship for Excellence (£3,000) (2021)
Nomination for the BPS Cognitive Psychology Undergraduate Project Prize (2022)
Jackson Lewis Scholarship Award for Best 2nd Year Student in the Faculty (£200) (2021)
Dean’s List for Year 2 (2021) & Year 3 (2022)
Academic Excellence Scholarship from VUAmsterdam for their summer term (800euros) (2021)
Student Achievement Prize for overall performance in my first year (2019/20; £50) and my third year (2021/22; £100)
Nominated by the Board of Examiners for the competitive UCL Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship for Excellence (2020)

UCL Neuroscience Society, UCL Artificial Intelligence Society, UCL Francophone Society…
German Evening Classes (B2) at the Centre for Languages and International Education (UCL) for the spring term 2020
Participated in the Global Citizenship Programme (Outbreak Strand)