Background: Bio, Education, Work, Skills
I was born on May 19, 1983 on the island of Saint Pierre part of the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Google Map) is a France-owned territory, located 13 kilometers off the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada. With a population of about 6,000 people, Saint Pierre and Miquelon is the smallest overseas territory of France.
Growing up on a small island has greatly influenced my research vision. In Saint Pierre, everyone knows where water is collected and treated, what happens to sanitary wastewater and stormwater, how the transport system works, how and where electricity is generated, how solid waste is handled, and how the island accesses to the Web through telecommunication infrastructure. Knowing about all this infrastructure is a basic part of our lives. As an urban engineer having grown up in Saint Pierre, not specializing on one system but instead view infrastructure as a system of systems has become an evidence and a key component to designing cities that are more livable, sustainable, and resilient.
After having studied in different countries and traveled the world, I settled in Chicago in 2012 when I joined the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor. I received tenure and became an associate professor in 2017, and I was promoted to professor (full) in 2023. In 2019, I spent six months as a Visiting Professor at the University of Transport Technology in Hanoi (Vietnam).
I am a citizen of France and the United States (naturalized in 2022). I live in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago with my wife and daughter.
Post-Doctorate at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Singapore)
Future of Urban Mobility Group
Advisor: P. Christopher Zegras
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Dissertation title: The Properties and Effects of Metro Network Designs
Advisor: Professor Christopher A. Kennedy
Higher Studies Diploma in Industrial Engineering: Innovation and Development
International University exchange Erasmus program
M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
1st class honours
Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering
Research Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
Professor (Courtesy Appointment), Department of Computer Science
Director, Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Associate Researcher, Institut de Recherche sur les Sciences et Techniques de la Ville (IRSTV)
Location: Nantes, France
Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering
Research Associate Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
Associate Professor (Courtesy Appointment), Department of Computer Science
Director, Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
Director, Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)
Visiting Research Fellow, Future of Urban Mobility
Location: Singapore
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering and Cities Center
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering and Cities Center
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Business Analyst
Location: Paris, France
Key Account Manager in Industrial Sales
Location: Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France
Research student in Strength of Polymers, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Location: London, United Kingdom
Summer Employee
Location: Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France
French: native
English: bilingual
Spanish: conversational
Python (including Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, NetworkX, MatPlotLib libraries), R, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, C++, LaTeX, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver), MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)