Manuel MERcier

BIO

After graduating in neurophysiology, I obtained a master’s degree in cognitive sciences from Paris University.

Next, I moved to Switzerland to complete a PhD in neuroscience at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, under the supervision of Olaf Blanke , in collaboration with Christoph Michel from the Geneva University Hospital. During my PhD, I investigated visual motion perception and the multisensory aspects of embodiment using EEG brain mapping and clinical approaches.

Thanks to a prospective researcher fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation, I joined the laboratory of John Foxe and Sophie Molholm in New York. There, I investigated the role of neural oscillations in multisensory processes using intracranial and surface recording in humans. Next, I work with Fred Lado, Ashesh Mehta and Charlie Schroeder’s teams to develop multimodal tools for human intracranial investigations.

Back in France, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission allowed me to join the CerCo laboratory (CNRS, UMR5549) to pursue my investigations on multisensory processing, and especially the interplay with decision making.

Currently appointed at the Institute of Systems Neuroscience (Inserm, U1106) at Aix-Marseille University, I joined the DCP team to investigate the link between cognitive process and brain network dynamic using intracranial recording in human.

In addition to my research work, I promote the open and slow science frameworks to support research responsibility and ecological sobriety. I am an active member of the AtÉcoPol d’Aix-Marseille, a collective of scientists communicating about environmental issues and acting at redirecting the trajectory of our society from a systemic perspective.

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