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About

Research & Academic Profile

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in cybersecurity (2023–present) at Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, in collaboration with Ledger Donjon. My doctoral research investigates the security properties of binaries compiled from programs written in the Go programming language. Specifically, it applies concolic (combined concrete and symbolic) execution techniques to identify bugs and vulnerabilities in production-ready binaries. I conduct this research under the supervision of Prof. Rida Khatoun (Télécom Paris), Dr. Yannick Seurin, and Nicolas Iooss (Ledger Donjon), bridging academic research and industrial security practice. Further details are available on thèse.fr.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I completed intensive preparatory classes (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles) in Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics before entering Télécom SudParis, a leading French engineering institution and member of both Institut Polytechnique de Paris and the Institut Mines-Télécom network. I graduated with a Master of Science and Engineering Degree (Diplôme d'Ingénieur), specializing in Cybersecurity with coursework spanning telecommunications, computer science, networks, and electronics.

In September 2022, I earned the ESSI certification (Expert en Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information) from ANSSI, the French National Cybersecurity Agency, demonstrating advanced expertise in information systems security.

My academic trajectory reflects a sustained commitment to understanding the formal foundations of secure systems while maintaining strong connections to practical implementation challenges in decentralized technologies.


Experience

  1. October 2022 → now

    Software security engineer & PhD candidate

    Ledger

  2. July 2023 – January 2024

    Learning Facilitator

    MIT Professional Education

  3. January 2023 – July 2023

    Teacher for Master Students

    AFORP – Pôle Formation UIMM Île-de-France

  4. February 2022 – August 2022

    Cybersecurity & Blockchain engineering intern

    Blockchain Partner by KPMG

  5. 2019 – 2022

    KRYPTOSPHERE

    • 2022–now Alumni
    • 2021–22 President of the Board, KRYPTOSPHERE FRANCE
    • 2020–21 President of the TSP/IMTBS Antenna
    • 2019–20 Partnership manager
  6. 2015 – 2016

    Research volunteer

    MATH.en.JEANS

KRYPTOSPHERE TSP/IMTBS Antenna, October 2020
KRYPTOSPHERE TSP/IMTBS Antenna, October 2020// where's Wally / Waldo / Charlie?