From PhD research to public outreach — exploring air quality across three continents.
Three continents, three different worlds: Madagascar (low-income), India (middle-income) and France (high-income). One question followed me everywhere — can low-cost air quality sensors actually tell people what they're breathing? On May 28th I successfully defended my PhD.
I gave my first big conference talk at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2026. A big room — professors, researchers, people who've spent decades on this — but somewhere in the middle I stopped being nervous, because I genuinely believe in what we've built: HUGISS, connecting air quality sensors with emission inventories for source apportionment.
What happens when you take air pollution science out of the lab and into people's hands? At Science is Wonderful! (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Commission), we turned air quality research into an interactive "Air Detectives" experience where visitors built their own cities and saw their choices change the air in real time.
Culmination of an international project for my Ph.D. thesis, titled "Air Quality Evolution at the Local Scale in the Absence of a Calibration Reference Point." This ambitious endeavor was made possible through funding from GIE-GERS at Université Gustave Eiffel, the CLEAR-Doc COFUND, Université de Fianarantsoa, and Madatlas Madagascar.
Sharing the journey of my InCITIES Program! Alongside a truly inspiring cohort, we delved deep into crucial topics such as sustainable mobility, urban planning, air quality, and transportation infrastructure resilience.
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Showcasing entrepreneurial innovation through the CLEAR-Doc program, transforming PhD research into startup ventures focused on sustainability and air quality solutions.
🚀 One stage. Two bold ideas. One unforgettable week in Paris. Kicked things off with my MT180 thesis pitch — 180 seconds to distill months of research into something punchy and public-facing.