BSc: Fundamental Physics
Completed: 2012-2015
During my BSc in Fundamental Physics at the University of Paris 7 Diderot, I studied general physics for three years, specializing in hydrodynamics. I focused on theory as well as experimentation, which gave me a solid foundation in scientific methodology, data analysis, and mathematics.
At the end of this program, I contributed to a scientific project at the MSC Laboratory in Paris 7 Diderot with Vincent Fleury, conducting research related to the viscoelasticity of chick embryos. I was responsible for performing the experiments and developing novel approaches to the experimental setup. The work involved preparing chick embryos at the blastula stage, applying constant elongation to the embryos, and measuring their relaxation using video tracking. The abstract of this work can be found in l3.pdf (in French).
This foundational work was later incorporated into a scientific publication: Vincent Fleury, Ameya Vaishnavi Murukutla, Nicolas R. Chevalier, Benjamin Gallois, Marina Capellazzi-Resta, Pierre Picquet, and Alexis Peaucelle. "Physics of Amniote Formation." Phys. Rev. E, 94:022426, Aug 2016.
This project marked my first steps with computer vision and image analysis, as well as the application of rigorous methodologies in a research lab. It was also my first experience manipulating living samples and working with embryos and animals.