Croisscience - Fête de la science

Embassy of France in the United States

Curious about Science? Join D-Fi USA and the Office for Science and Technology for their latest event celebrating the "Fête de la science".

D-Fi USA, in partnership with the Office for Science and Technology (OST) at the Embassy of France in the United States, invites you to join the event Croisscience, a free conference showcasing scientists who hold a Ph.D. from French universities. Created in 1991, “La Fête de la Science” is an annual french event - celebrated on November 6-16th internationally - promoting Science to broader audiences, allowing both adults and children to learn more about various scientific topics, participate in science-related events, and meet real-life scientists. During Croisscience, three experts in their field will share with you their latest research on fascinating scientific topics and answer your questions. Grab a croissant and get ready for some Science!Program:1:00-1:05 PM: Welcome and Introduction by D-Fi USA - Dr. Laurie Herviou (Ph.D.)1:05-1:10 PM: Presentation of the Office for Science and Technology (OST) 1:10-1:20 PM: Targeted radionuclide therapy and cancer - Dr. Jonathan Tranel (Ph.D.)1:20-1:30 PM: Computer science - Dr. Sophia Knight (Ph.D.)1:30-1:40 PM: Understanding complex system, from the shape of corals to environmental justice - Dr. Paul Valcke (Ph.D.)1:40-2:00 PM: Discussion with the speakers

Meet the Speakers:
<h3>Dr. Jonathan Tranel
</h3>Born and raised in Paris, Dr. Jonathan Tranel has a passion for applied physics for human health which led him to medical physics. After his Master and Medical Physics residency, his curiosity and taste for adventure pushed him to pursuit with his PhD in 2016, performed at the Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse in Targeted Radionuclide Therapy. Finally, his first and current postdoctoral position has brought him across the pond, at the University of California in San Francisco where he is working since January 2020.

<h3>Dr. Sophia Knight</h3>Dr. Sophia Knight received her PhD in 2013 from LIX at Ecole Polytechnique. Her dissertation analysed the flow of information between interacting agents, using game semantics, modal logic, and process calculus. From 2013 to 2016, she was a postdoctoral researcher at LORIA at Université de Lorraine. From 2016 to 2018, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Uppsala University in the Concurrency group. She is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Department of Computer Science. She does research on the relationship between knowledge, communication, information flow, and interaction in dynamic multi-agent systems, using tools from concurrency theory and epistemic logic. She is interested in applying these ideas to problems in social networks and other multi-user online systems with personal data, as well as to security problems.

<h3>Dr. Paul Valcke</h3>Dr. Paul Valcke has always been fascinated by understanding how things work, and how things get into their shape. After a formation in theoretical physics of complex systems, he has done his Ph.D. on an interdisciplinary problem: how do corals get their shape, and how does it relate to their environment? He now uses the same type of scientific methodology applied to interdisciplinary subjects such as the coupling between economy and climate, in order to find paths toward a just transition.

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