I joined IGI back in 2012, after a fairly long spell in university. I trained as a computer scientist in France (MSc at the ENSIIE) before heading to Aston University in the UK where I met Dan and specialised in machine learning (MSc at Aston University) and statistical inference (PhD, Aston University).

After a few years doing research on uncertainty quantification in complex models, I was keen to apply the methods I'd learnt to real-world problems. IGI was setting up its software team at the time, with an aim to write the next generation of its geochemical interpretation package, p:IGI. As a scientist with a passion for engineering software, this was the perfect opportunity.

Since joining IGI, I've been heavily involved in the development of p:IGI+, and later Metis. As the software team lead, my focus is on establishing the technical direction for our products, supporting the team and promoting constant learning. I enjoy the scientific problems we tackle and the challenge in building software which is both rigorous yet intuitive to use (we try, even if we don't always succeed!). I am lucky to work with a team of skilled and fun people, and proud of what we have achieved. I'm also delighted that we are exploring new application areas and I hope our software can support the scientists who tackle some of today's global problems (climate, water quality, biodiversity...).

When I'm not at work, I'm either playing football with the local dads, baking sourdough bread or trying to lose the kids in the woods (or did she say "try NOT to lose them"?).