About me
On this page, you can read more about my background, what I strive for in research, my research philosophy and some personal information.
You can also access my CV.
Background
Born and raised in France, I was trained in natural sciences and engineering at CentraleSupélec, where I graduated in 2018 with a specialization in energy systems. In parallel, I prepared a Master’s in Environmental Economics at Université Paris-Saclay, with a focus on quantitative modelling. I joined the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in 2019 for my Master’s thesis, in which I studied the use of Multi-Regional Input-Output tables for environmental accounting.
I pursued my work on Input-Output analysis during my PhD at the Potsdam Institute, during which I designed new methods to project MRIO tables in the future, track emissions along supply chains and model the impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on global supply chains. Based on this work, I received my PhD in Climate Physics from the University of Potsdam in 2025, under the supervision of Leonie Wenz, Anders Levermann and Hauke Ward.
Since 2024, I have been working as a post-doctoral researcher in the team of Matthias Kalkuhl, in the Climate Economics Department of PIK. There, I have developed and applied a quantitative trade model to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of carbon border adjustment mechanisms. In addition, I have been leading research on the interaction between fossil fuel use, international security and global trade.
I am looking for a new position in 2027, to expand my work at the intersection of trade, climate policy and geoeconomics.
Topics of interest
I am driven by the passion for rigorous and policy-relevant research. I came to academia through climate policy and energy markets and I pay close attention to the ongoing shifts in climate discourses, geopolitics, trade and critical supply chains. Despite growing nationalist discourses, I believe international cooperation is more than ever needed to preserve global commons such as the climate, biodiversity, cultures, human skills and knowledge. I hope my research can help design new forms of multilateralism amid growing geopolitical pressure.
I am also interested in questions of national and international inequalities. I am struck by the gap between the public and academic perception of international trade and wealth concentration. I advocate for a better representation of people’s preferences in economic models and against the omnipresence of normatively disputable “optimal” solutions in the economics literature.
Finally, I follow with a mix of awe and apprehension the progress of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models. I acknowledge how powerful and useful these tools are becoming, but I am concerned by their impacts on education, skill development and employment. I root for open-weight models, as they strongly limit the risk of immense power accumulation by an oligopoly of AI labs. More generally, I root for open-source and interoperable protocols on the internet!
Research philosophy
My initial education in engineering, PhD in Climate Physics and ongoing research in economics illustrate my taste for interdisciplinary research. My academic journey brought me in contact with widely different academic communities – industrial ecology, national accounting, environmental economists, political scientists, geoeconomists, lawyers –, which all bring different views and perspectives on the challenges of the 21st century. This experience is humbling. Academia still works in largely hermetic silos, granting limited attention to what happens in other fields. Yet, I discovered that the ground knowledge in one field can be completely disregarded in other fields. Economists often lack a good understanding of the real-world processes underlying their models. Political scientists underestimate the value of a toy model to highlight trade-offs and illustrate mechanisms. Engineers and industrial economists overlook the impact of supply, demand and general equilibrium responses.
In my research, I humbly attempt to connect the knowledge that exists in different fields. I do my best to acknowledge the contribution of researchers from other fields and to translate concepts and methods between disciplines. I enjoy cooperating with experts from different fields and discovering new concepts and methods. I reject the idea that some research fields would be “superior” to others.
I root for open science: our job as researchers is to contribute to this globally shared pool of knowledge that we call science, and I believe our credibility hinges on transparent, replicable and openly licensed material. Whenever possible, I publicly release my papers and I package my code and data into reusable, auditable and expandable open-source software.
Personal information
I attach great importance to my work-life balance. Since June 2026, I’m the lucky dad of a baby boy. When he gives me the time, I enjoy playing water polo, football, chess and beach volleyball. I’m also a music enthusiast: I play the piano and I have a sweet spot for fusion jazz. I can even brag about a tiny DJ career, mostly practised at PIK social events!