Curriculum Vitae
Positions held
Current
- Directeur de Recherche (Senior Research Scientist), CNRS, since 2010.
Past
- Director, Département d'Etudes Cognitives, Ecole normale supérieure, 2014-2022.
- Director, Ecole Universitaire de Recherche "Frontiers in Cognition", Ecole normale supérieure - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, 2018-2022.
- Director, Labex "Institut d'Étude de la Cognition", Ecole normale supérieure, 2014-2018.
- Déléguée Scientifique, Agence d'Evaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur, 2007-2009.
- Maître de Conférences (Assistant/Associate Professor), Department of Linguistics, University of Paris 8, 1999-2010.
- Associated Researcher, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, 1999-2010.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, 1998-1999.
Education
- Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 2002.
- PhD in Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 1997.
Research grants
- « Differences in language learnability across ages », ANR, with Anne Christophe and Alex Cristia, 2018-2022.
- « Language learning in context », ANR, with Anne Christophe, 2014-2018.
- « Acquisition phonologique en perception et en production », Fondation de France, 2011-2014.
- « Bootstrapping language acquisition: An integrative approach », ANR, with Anne Christophe and Emmanuel Dupoux, 2011-2014.
- « The acquisition of native language phonological alternations: Compensating for assimilation », The British Academy, with Nivedita Mani and Katrin Skoruppa, 2009-2010.
- « Early language acquisition: Experimental and computational approaches », ANR, with Anne Christophe and Emmanuel Dupoux, 2006-2009.
- « Early phonological acquisition: Algorithms and simulations », CNRS, 2002-2004.
- « Phonological deafnesses: A crosslinguistic study », CNRS, 2000-2002.
PhD students
- David Schwitzgebel (co-advised with Brent Strickland, Institut Jean Nicod)
- Megan Dailey, PhD 2024
- Hualin Xiao (co-advised with Brent Strickland, Institut Jean Nicod), PhD 2021
- Si Berebi (co-advised with Outi Bat-El, Tel Aviv University), PhD 2021
- Gerda Ana Melnik, PhD 2019
- Adriana Guevara Rukoz (co-advised with Emmanuel Dupoux, LSCP), PhD 2018
- Julia Carbajal (co-advised with Emmanuel Dupoux, LSCP), PhD 2018
- Alexander Martin, PhD 2017
- Yue Sun, PhD 2015
- Céline Ngon, PhD 2013
- Katrin Skoruppa, PhD 2009
- Marcela San Giacomo, PhD 2009
- Rozenn Le Calvez (co-advised with Emmanuel Dupoux, LSCP), PhD 2007
- Inga Vendelin, PhD 2007
Honor
- Institut Universitaire de France (junior member, 2006)
- Director, Département d'Etudes Cognitives, Ecole normale supérieure, 2014-2022.
- Director, Ecole Universitaire de Recherche "Frontiers in Cognition", Ecole normale supérieure - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, 2018-2022.
- Director, Labex "Institut d'Étude de la Cognition", Ecole normale supérieure, 2014-2018.
- Déléguée Scientifique, Agence d'Evaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur, 2007-2009.
- Maître de Conférences (Assistant/Associate Professor), Department of Linguistics, University of Paris 8, 1999-2010.
- Associated Researcher, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, 1999-2010.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, 1998-1999.
Education
- Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 2002.
- PhD in Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 1997.
Research grants
- « Differences in language learnability across ages », ANR, with Anne Christophe and Alex Cristia, 2018-2022.
- « Language learning in context », ANR, with Anne Christophe, 2014-2018.
- « Acquisition phonologique en perception et en production », Fondation de France, 2011-2014.
- « Bootstrapping language acquisition: An integrative approach », ANR, with Anne Christophe and Emmanuel Dupoux, 2011-2014.
- « The acquisition of native language phonological alternations: Compensating for assimilation », The British Academy, with Nivedita Mani and Katrin Skoruppa, 2009-2010.
- « Early language acquisition: Experimental and computational approaches », ANR, with Anne Christophe and Emmanuel Dupoux, 2006-2009.
- « Early phonological acquisition: Algorithms and simulations », CNRS, 2002-2004.
- « Phonological deafnesses: A crosslinguistic study », CNRS, 2000-2002.
PhD students
- David Schwitzgebel (co-advised with Brent Strickland, Institut Jean Nicod)
- Megan Dailey, PhD 2024
- Hualin Xiao (co-advised with Brent Strickland, Institut Jean Nicod), PhD 2021
- Si Berebi (co-advised with Outi Bat-El, Tel Aviv University), PhD 2021
- Gerda Ana Melnik, PhD 2019
- Adriana Guevara Rukoz (co-advised with Emmanuel Dupoux, LSCP), PhD 2018
- Julia Carbajal (co-advised with Emmanuel Dupoux, LSCP), PhD 2018
- Alexander Martin, PhD 2017
- Yue Sun, PhD 2015
- Céline Ngon, PhD 2013
- Katrin Skoruppa, PhD 2009
- Marcela San Giacomo, PhD 2009
- Rozenn Le Calvez (co-advised with Emmanuel Dupoux, LSCP), PhD 2007
- Inga Vendelin, PhD 2007
Honor
- Institut Universitaire de France (junior member, 2006)