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Antoine Kouchner, Vice-President for Strategy and International Relations

Antoine Kouchner is a professor who obtained his PhD from Paris Diderot University in 2001. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Fermi Laboratory in Chicago, he joined the Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory (UMR UPCité, CNRS, CEA, Paris Observatory, CNES), of which he is the current director.
He is the spokesperson (principal investigator) for the international ANTARES collaboration, which analyses data from the first neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea, and Vice-President of the General Assembly of the European Consortium for Astroparticle Physics (APPeC).
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Laëtitia Atlani-Duault, Deputy Vice-President for the European Union and European University Networks

Laëtitia Atlani-Duault is an anthropologist. Her work focuses on the construction and governance of humanitarian and health crises, and their impacts. She is president of the Covid19 Ad Memoriam Institute, which she founded at Université Paris Cité, research director at the Ceped laboratory (IRD, Université Paris Cité, INSERM) and an affiliate professor at the Mailman School of Columbia University in New York. She was recently a senior adviser on humanitarian affairs at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into sexual abuse within the Church in France, and a member of the government’s Covid-19 Scientific Council. She was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal in 2008 and was appointed Knight of the Order of Academic Palms in 2018 and Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2023.
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Stéphanie Allassonnière, Vice-President for Innovation and Commercialisation

Stéphanie Allassonnière is a professor of applied mathematics at Université Paris Cité and Deputy Director of the PR[AI]RIE Institute. Her research focuses on the statistical modelling of medical data to understand common characteristics across populations and to design classification and decision-support systems. She is also involved in medical and engineering education, and is co-founder of Sonio, a start-up offering a support tool to help practitioners monitor pregnancy, women’s and children’s health, and reassure families.
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Joëlle Kivits, Deputy Vice-President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Joëlle Kivits is a lecturer and researcher in sociology and public health. She was appointed Professor at Université Paris Cité in 2021. She holds the Chair in ‘Gender and Health Prevention’ – Cité du Genre / ECEVE. Her research focuses on the role of gender in the mechanisms of (re)production of social inequalities in health and the integration of a gender-based approach into intervention research in prevention. Working across disciplines, she contributes to the development of innovative approaches for evaluating complex health interventions, notably by utilising qualitative research methods and tools.
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Thomas Patzak, Deputy Vice-President for Digital Affairs

Thomas Patzak has been a Professor of Physics at Université Paris Cité since 2000. His work focuses on neutrino physics, particularly the study of flavour oscillations at particle accelerators such as CERN and Fermilab. He led the DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) team at the Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory (APC) from 2008 to 2023. He served as Chair of Local Committee 29 and Chair of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Physics. Thomas Patzak served as Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Sciences of the Université Paris Cité from 2019 to 2023. He is a recipient of the Young Talent Award from the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and an honorary senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.
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Sylvain Chaty, Deputy Vice-President for Culture, Science and Society

Sylvain Chaty is a professor at Université Paris Cité, an astrophysicist at the AstroParticle and Cosmology (APC) Laboratory within the Faculty of Sciences, and an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research focuses on stellar evolution, particularly that of binary star systems comprising neutron stars and/or black holes, from their formation through to their merger, during the emission of gravitational waves. He is a member of the international LIGO-Virgo (gravitational wave detection observatories) and CTA (high-energy astronomy observatory) collaborations. Passionate about sharing and spreading knowledge, he has written several books for a variety of audiences.
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Xavier Sense, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors

Xavier Sense is a senior lecturer in Information and Communication Studies. A member of the IUT’s Information and Communication Department since 2009, he teaches communication, semiotics and digital culture, and his research focuses on design, the digital humanities and digital writing.

In 2016, he became Deputy Director of the IUT, then Acting Director until June 2017, when he was elected Director of the IUT, which, with the creation of Université Paris Cité in 2020, became the IUT de Paris – Rives de Seine.

At the same time, he became involved with the Aduit (Assembly of IUT Directors), of which he has been vice-president since 2018. This role led him to play an active part in developing a ‘competence-based’ teaching model as part of the national reform of IUT course provision. He was also asked to review the dual assessment system of Hcéres and the National Consultative Commission (CCN) for IUTs. He also sits on the national monitoring committee for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes.
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Miryana Hémadi, Deputy Vice-President for Human Resources and Finance

Miryana Hémadi is a Professor of Chemistry and has been affiliated since 2008 with the Chemistry Department, at the Interfaces, Processes and System Dynamics Laboratory (CNRS UMR 7086). She conducts research at the interface of chemistry, physics and biology. She specialises in hybrid nanomaterials for biomedical and environmental applications.
She played an active role in the development of the faculty between 2019 and 2023, serving as Vice-Dean for Human Resources and Chair of the Postings and Human Resources Committee at the Faculty of Sciences, Université Paris Cité.
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Philippe Roussel Galle, Deputy Vice-President for Valuation of tangible and intangible Heritage

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Sophie Gil, Deputy Vice-President for Sustainable Development and Social and Environmental Responsibility

Sophie Gil is a Professor of Biochemistry and Perinatal Medicine at Université Paris Cité. A biochemist by training, she was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Châtenay-Malabry before being promoted to Professor in 2009. From the 2000s onwards, she developed an interest in environmental factors affecting pregnancy, which led her to join the Faculty of Pharmacy in Paris, where, from 2012 to 2023, she led a research group within Inserm U1139. In 2023, she joined Inserm U1144. She has always been actively involved in university life (Faculty Council, University Academic Council, PhD programme coordinator). From 2019 to 2023, she served as Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Université Paris Cité and was responsible for implementing the reform of health studies.
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Youcef Kadri, Student Vice-President

Holder of a PhD in Pharmacy, Youcef Kadri has researched the role of intracerebral cholesterol metabolism in understanding the mechanisms of excitotoxicity associated with epilepsy. He resumed his studies in medicine in September 2021 and in political science in September 2022, to complement his skills as a pharmacist. At the same time, he became actively involved in university life, serving as Student Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Health in January 2020, then as Student Vice-President in December 2022 for the remainder of the term.
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Marie-Agnès Sari, Vice-President for Education

Marie-Agnès Sari is a professor in biochemistry, specialist in hemoproteins and iron metabolism at the Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques (Université Paris Cité – CNRS). From 2019 to 2023, Marie-Agnès Sari was vice dean for Education at the Faculty of Sciecnes of Université Paris Cité.

She is part of the Conseil national des universités (64) and the National Committee for Scientific Research (section 16). As Head of the PACES programme at Université Paris Descartes, she also served as Deputy Director of the Faculty of Fundamental and Biomedical Sciences.
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Gautier Bourdeaux, Deputy Vice-President for Lifelong Learning and Continuing Education

Gautier Bourdeaux is an associate professor qualified to conduct researches at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management where he is responsible of a Banks and Finances programme. He is a Member of the Centre for Business Law and Management (CEDAG, EA 1516) and his works are mostly focused on banking law and management as well as financial law and international trade law.
In 2001 he established and led a professional degree programme delivered through apprenticeships aimed at train professionals in the banking sector. He also established a master’s degree programme in wealth management, delivered through apprenticeships. A member of the Academic Senate and the Faculty Council for Social Sciences and Humanities from 2020 to 2023, he also chaired the University’s Committee on Agreements and Statutes.

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Patrick Nataf, Deputy Vice-President for Pedagogic Innovation

Patrick Nataf is a heart surgeon, lecturer at Université Paris Cité (PU-PH) since 2005 and head of the cardiac surgery department at Bichat Hospital since 2006. From 2015 to 2019, he was Head of the Cardiovascular Division at Bichat Hospital, which brings together the departments of cardiology, neurology, diabetology and cardiac surgery.
He is the Scientific Director of the ANR ‘Lynx’ Labcom: Augmented Reality in Surgery (INSERM, Université Paris Cité and Lynx® Consortium). He is the International Medical Director of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Quartier d’Innovation en Santé (QIS) in Montreal.
Since 2014, he has co-led the Connected Health research theme within Team 3 of the INSERM Unit U1148 and the Connected Health Centre of Excellence at Bichat Hospital. He currently co-leads the ‘Biomaterials and Immersive Technologies’ team within INSERM Unit 1148 LVTS and is responsible for teaching using immersive technologies at the Illumens simulation centre at Université Paris Cité.
He has been coordinating the University Diplomas in Connected Health since 2018 and in the Metaverse in Healthcare at Université Paris Cité since 2023.

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Anne-Paule Roqueplo, Vice-President for Research

Anne-Paule Roqueplo is a doctor and former resident at the Paris hospitals; she holds a PhD in Science (1995) and a qualification to supervise research (2006). She was appointed University Professor and Hospital Practitioner (in the discipline of Genetics, CNU sub-section 47-04) in 2008. She established and led Team 13 at the PARCC (PARis Cardiovascular research Centre, Inserm U970), entitled ‘Genetics and Metabolism of Rare Cancers’.

She practises clinical and biological oncogenetics at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital and heads the Federation of Genetics and Genomic Medicine at the AP-HP Centre University Hospital Group – Université Paris Cité.
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Raphaël Porcher, Director of the College of Doctoral Schools

Raphaël Porcher is a University Professor and Hospital Practitioner in Biostatistics, working within the Methods for the Therapeutic Evaluation of Chronic Diseases (METHODS) team at the Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université Paris Cité (CRESS – UMR1153) and at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris. He holds a chair at the PR[AI]RIE Institute of Artificial Intelligence and is a member of the Inserm Ethics Review Committee. He was a member of sub-section 46-04 of the National Council of Universities.
His research focuses on statistical and machine learning methods for personalised medicine and causal inference methods.
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Mickaël Ménager, Deputy Vice-President for Open Science

Mickaël Ménager has been a Research Fellow (CRCN) at INSERM since 2018, Director of the ‘Inflammatory Responses and Transcriptomic Networks in Diseases’ laboratory at the Imagine Institute (Necker Hospital, Paris) since 2017, and Head of the Single-Cell@Imagine technology development laboratory since 2020.
Since 2022, Mickaël Ménager has been a member of the INSERM CSS2 committee and the Open Science lead for the Imagine Institute. He obtained his PhD under the supervision of Dr Geneviève de St-Basile in 2008, in Professor Alain Fischer’s unit, before joining, as a postdoctoral fellow (2009–2017), Professor Dan Littman’s laboratory at the Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine, in New York. His team is exploring the complexity of the innate immune response and inflammation by combining cutting-edge multi-omics experiments at the single-cell level with approaches based on artificial intelligence, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. Mickaël Ménager was a successful applicant in the 2016 Atip-Avenir call for proposals, the City of Paris’ Emergence programme (2018) and the Collège de France’s Delheim Prize in 2019.
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