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Kinga Igloi

Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, FernUni Schweiz, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, University of Geneva, Ecole Normale Supérieure Département de Biologie

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3428-8474
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Teaching activities
Since May 2010: University of Geneva, Bachelor and Master level for Prof. Christoph Michel, Prof. Sophie Schwartz and Prof. Patrik Vuilleumier (12h per year of teaching and giving 2 exams per year).
2010-2013: University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, Master level for Dr. Laure Rondi-Reig. (3h per year).
2006-2009: Lecturer at University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (64h per year at Bachelor level).

Memberships in panels, boards, etc., and individual scientific reviewing activities:
Member of the Workgroup “Well-being at school” of the Conseil Scientifique de l’Education Nationale of the French Education Ministry led by Prof. Stanislas Dehaene (since 2021)
Ambassador of the L’Oréal For Girls in Sciences Program in high schools (since 2014).
Part of the L’Oréal for Women and Sciences Program (since 2008)
Founding member of Paris-Montagne Association aimed to favour access to science for children and teenagers in difficult situations (2005-2007)
Secretary of Pollens (“pour une reflexion Politique à l’ENS”: group of nonpartisan political thought of the Ecole Normale Supérieure) (2005-2006).
Member of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience
Member of the European Brain and Behavior Society

Regular reviewer for international journals including Journal of Neuroscience, Developmental Science, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, European Journal of Neuroscience and European Journal of Applied Physiology. Guest Editor for a Frontiers topic on how Neuroscience can helpt o turn the tide of the climate crisis.

Organization of conferences
Organization of the Paris Montagne Festival (2007 and 2008)
Organization of monthly seminars on climate change for scientists at Campus Biotech (since 2018)
And several travel grants and best oral awards

Invited speaker
Brain and Mind Institute (Berlin, Germany) 2017
International conference of Ethology (Prague, Czech Republic) 2014
Brain and Cognition Seminar series (Geneva, Switzerland), 2010

Mobility
1982-85 Budapest Hungary Pre-school period
1985-86 Vienna Austria Primary school period in the German educational system
1986-88 Cologne Germany
1988-1990 Brussels Belgium
1990-1992 Strasbourg France Secondary school period in the French educational system
1992-2000 Budapest Hungary
2000-2002 Lyon France University period
2002-2007 Paris France
2007 London United Kingdom PhD Period
2008-2010 Paris France
2010-2017 Geneva Switzerland Post-doctoral period

Languages
Hungarian Mother tongue
French Fluent (French resident since 2000)
English Fluent (visiting researcher for one year at University College London)
German Fluent (7 years in the German educational system)


Supervision of junior researchers
Graduate level:
• Catherine Oualian: Bachelor project on human navigational strategies (2006)
• Niyati Patel: Euroscholar project on the effects of reward for sleep dependent memory consolidation (2010)
• Pierre Champetier: Bachelor project on boundary extension with emotional stimuli (2017)
• Dhruva Ghovil: Euroscholar project on boundary extension (2017)
Post-graduate level:
• Giulia Gaggioni: Neuroscience master project on the effects of reward for sleep dependent memory consolidation (2010-2012), currently PhD student with G. Van de Valle (Liege, Belgium)
• Blanca Marin Bosch: Neuroscience master project on the effects of physical exercise on memory consolidation (2013-2015).
• Maria Grazia Logrieco: Neuroscience master project on the effects of physical exercise on blood biomarkers (2015-2017).
• Noémie Kuenzi: Neuroscience master project on the effects of physical exercise on associative memory of young adults (2019-2022)
• Théophane Piette: Neuroscience master project on the effects of physical exercise on spatial memory and grid-cell-like representations on young adults (University of Grenoble, 2020-2021)
• Léa Massy and Pierre-Baptiste de Carvalho: Psychology master projects on the effects of playing action videogames on associative memory consolidation ( Sept. 2019 – 2022).
PhD level: co-supervision of Blanca Marin Bosch with S. Schwartz (PhD successfully defended in 2020)

Employment

  • Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva Biomarker facility manager
    2023 - Present
  • FernUni Schweiz Scientific Collaborator
    2022 - Present
  • University of Geneva
    2021 - Present
  • University of Geneva Maitre-assistante
    2015 - 2021
  • Université de Genève Global Studies Institute Post-doctoral fellow
    2010 - 2015

Education

  • Collège de France PhD
    2006 - 2009
  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie PhD
    2006 - 2009
  • Ecole Normale Supérieure Département de Biologie Msc
    2002 - 2006
  • Lycée Louis-le-Grand Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles BCPST (Maths supérieures Biologie Chimie Physique Sciences de la Terre)
    2000 - 2002

Projects & Funding

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Publications (17)