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Laurianne Vagharchakian Research Scientist

Course and current status

Laurianne Vagharchakian,
Executive Advisor at the French Behavioural Insights Unit

Born: 08.11.1977
Nationality: French, Italian
Email: vagharchakian@gmail.com

EDUCATION:

          2003: PhD Thesis in Physics, defended in Paris October 31st, 2003.

          2000: Master's degree in Physics of Liquids, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris VI.   
                   (DEA de Physique des Liquides).
 

Scientific summary

Since Sept 2018 : Excutive advisor at the French Behavioural Unit, Paris, France.
Direction Interministérielle de la Transformation Publique (DITP)
Behavioral Insights Applied to Public Policy

2013-2018:  Researcher  at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition.
Group of Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer.
Cognitive strategies during decisions making.
Research interest: decision making under risk, consumer choice, social influence,
numerical cognition across lifespan, math education, neuroscience, fMRI.
Publications: 5 articles in preparation

2009-2012: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Paris Area, France.
Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit.
Group of Prof. Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France).
Temporal organization in the language network.
Field of application: neuroscience, fMRI, language processing, dyslexia, reading and spoken language.
Publications: 3 articles (1 accepted, 2 in preparation)

2005-2008: R&D Program manager at Essilor Company, Paris Area, France.
R&D Department: Thin Films group. Manager:  Dr. Pascale Lacan.
Supervised 10 research projects world-wide (US, Japan, France)
Developed and managed 6 external academic partnerships
New anti-smudge concepts: easy-to-clean, self-cleaning & anti-fog coatings.
Field of application: active coatings, nano-materials, sol-gel chemistry, enzyme.
Publications: 4 international patents

2004: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Physics at the Collège de France, Paris, France.
Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics.
Group of Prof. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Nobel Prize Laureate).
Adhesion mechanisms on anti-adhesive surfaces.
Field of application: physics of liquids, adhesion, interface characterization.
Publications: 2 articles

2000-2003: PhD Thesis in Physics at the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris VI, France.
Laboratory of Complex Matter and Systems.
Group of Prof. Francois Gallet. Advisor: Prof. Sylvie Hénon.
Adsorption of charged polymers at a soft charged surface.
Field of application: soft matter, polymers, fluid interface.
Publications: 3 articles

1998 summer: Research assistant in Physics at the Louvre Laboratory, Paris, France.
Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France.
Group of particules accelerator AGLAE. Advisors : J.C. Dran and J. Salomon.
Ion beam techniques for artwork analysis.
Field of application: nuclear physics, accelerator.

OTHER activities and interests:
Musical theory and piano practice at the music school (9 years).
Philosophy (Bachelor's degree) - Sorbonne, Paris IV (2000-2001)
Evening school in history of Art at the Louvre: "Rachel Boyer" lecture (1996, 2003, 2004).
Listener at Philippe Descola lectures – chair of anthropology at the Collège de France (2012).
Art exhibitions and performances, contemporary arts.
Sports (jogging, badminton, pilates).