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Curriculum vitæ
Sébastien INCERTI
Address
CNRS / IN2P3
3, rue Michel-Ange
75016 Paris
France
Phone: +33 1 44 96 47 91
Directions
Current position
- National Institute of Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics interdisciplinary science director
(IN2P3);
- Research director for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS);
- Research domains: interdisciplinary research activities involving ionizing radiation; my activities focus on the mechanistic investigation of biological effects of ionizing radiation in radiobiology, medical physics and space applications, including the development of open-source software for the community (Geant4, Geant4-DNA).
Employment and education
- 2013: CNRS research director (CoNRS « section 01 »);
- 2008: habilited (HDR) from Bordeaux University, France; title: « The Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit at the Physics-Medicine-Biology frontier »;
- 1999: recruited as CNRS junior researcher, based at the Laboratory of Physics of 2 infinities Bordeaux (LP2i Bordeaux), former Nuclear Studies Centre of Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG);
- 1998-1999: French army service in the United States (Jefferson Lab., VA, and Temple U., Philadelphia, PA);
- 1998: PhD thesis from Blaise Pascal / Clermont-Ferrand University, France; title: « Measurement of the g1n neutron polarized structure function by the E154 experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center»;
- 1991-1995: Physics studies at Blaise Pascal / Clermont-Ferrand University, France;
- 1990: Baccalauréat C, Lycée Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Research project coordination
- 2008-present: coordinator/Chief Investigator (CI) and developer of the Geant4-DNA Collaboration (extension of the Geant4 toolkit for the modeling of biological damage at the DNA scale induced by ionizing radiation); re-elected every two years;
- 2008-present: coordinator and developer of the « Low Energy Electromagnetic Physics » working group of the Geant4 Collaboration till 2019; from 2020, deputy-coordinator of the Geant4 « Electromagnetic Physics » unified Geant4 working group;
- 2021-2023: CI of the European Space Agency contract AO10318 (« BioRad III: Multi-scale open-source radiation effect platform for space radiation protection »);
- 2019-2023: principal investigator in the National Swiss Fund « MAGIC » project (CI: M.-C. Vozenin, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland) (investigation of Flash radiotherapy using Geant4-DNA);
- 2018-2020: Bordeaux University Investissement d’Excellence « France-Korea » funding for the development of Geant4-DNA;
- 2016-2017: CI of the Bordeaux University Investissement d’Excellence « NanoBoost » project (investigation of radiotherapy boost using gold nanoparticles);
- 2013-2016: CI of the European Space Agency AO7146 contract (« BioRad II: development of advanced modeling capabilities in Geant4 in order to analyse radiation biological end effects »);
- 2013-2015: deputy CI of the Région Aquitaine « DOSIART » project (development of an archeometry Monte Carlo simulation platform based on Geant4);
- 2013-2014: CI of the AVIESAN / ITMO TS PhysiCancer « MICRONAUTE » project for the development of Geant4-DNA;
- 2010-2013: CI of the European Space Agency AO6041 contract (« BioRad: Physics models for biological effects of radiation and shielding »);
- 2010-2012: CI of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-09-BLAN-0135-01 project (Geant4-DNA);
- 2010-2019: French coordinator of Geant4 development activities for Physics-Medicine-Biology applications in the framework of the France-Korea Particle Physics and e-science Laboratory (FKPPL);
- 2008-2010: CI of the Région Aquitaine « RESEARCH » project (astrobiology developments such as biochips for the search for traces of life in the Solar System);
- 2007-2017: French coordinator of the Geant4 development activities for Physics-Medicine-Biology applications in the framework of the France-Japan Particle Physics Laboratory (FJPPL);
Synergistic activities
- 2019-present: interdisciplinary science director of IN2P3;
- 2021-present: member of the AVIESAN ITMO Cancer expert group;
- 2018-2019: coordinator of CENBG interdisciplinary research pole;
- 2016-2019: designated member of the National Committee for Scientific Research (CoNRS) (section 01: «Interactions, particules, noyaux, du laboratoire au cosmos »);
- 2016-2019: coordinator of CNRS/IN2P3 Master Project « Modélisation du vivant sous irradiation »;
- 2013-2019: director for France of the International Research Laboratory (IRL) « France-Korea Particle Physics and e-science Laboratory (FKPPL) »;
- 2008-2016: coordinator of Geant4 collaboration activities at IN2P3 (so-called « Geant4@IN2P3 » Collaboration) in collaboration with M. Verderi (CNRS/IN2P3/LLR);
- Obtained grants for international exchanges (CI): CampusFrance STAR France-Korea (2012-2013), CNRS France-Argentina PICS (2012-2014), CNRS France-Serbia exchanges (2013-2014); CNRS France-Greece PICS/IEA (2016-2018; 2019-2021); IN2P3-JINR exchanges, Dubna, Russia (2017); CNRS France-Serbia PICS (2018-2020);
- Supervision and co-supervision of 30 undergrad. students, 13 PhDs, 13 post-doctoral fellows;
- Principal organizer & co-organizer of several international conferences and meetings: Geant4 2005 at the Physics-Medicine-Biology Frontier international conference, Bordeaux, France; same in 2013, 2018, 2022 (in Napoli, Italy) - I initiated this series of conferences in 2005 -; 32nd L.A.R.D. days, Gradignan, France; 2016 & 2019 Geant4 Australian Monte Carlo workshops for radiotherapy, imaging and radiation protection, Wollongong U., Australia; FKPPL & FJPPL workshops; Geant4-DNA round tables and workshops;
- Involved in the organization and in the teaching of several Geant4 and Geant4-DNA international tutorials: SLAC, CA, USA – 2006; Paris, France – 2007; Hanoi, Vietnam – 2007; Annecy, France – 2008, Texas A&M, TX, USA – 2011; Seoul, Korea – 2011; Heidelberg, Germany – 2011; Jefferson Lab, VA, USA – 2012; KISTI, Seoul – 2012; Rosario U., Argentina – 2012; Wollongong U., Australia – 2013; Bordeaux, France – 2013; Lund U., Sweden – 2014; Noordwijk, The Netherlands – 2014; Hiroshima, Japan – 2015; Seoul, Korea – 2015; Wollongong, U., Australia – 2016; Belgrade, Serbia – 2016; Daejeon, Korea – 2016; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – 2017; Seoul, Korea – 2017; Hanoi, Vietnam – 2018; Seoul, Korea – 2018; Campinas U., Brazil – 2019; Wollongong U., Australia – 2019;
- Teaching Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation, Nuclear Physics for M. Sc. and graduate students at Bordeaux University, France, 2008-2018;
- Associated Editor of the European Journal of Medical Physics - Physica Medica / Elsevier since 2015; Senior Associate Editor since 2020;
- Contributor to the Geant4 Virtual Machine;
- Journal officiel link;
- Reviewer: Applied Radiation and Isotopes; Astrobiology; IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science; Materials Characterization; Medical Physics; Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods A & B; Physics Letters A; Physics in Medicine and Biology; ANR proposals, France; INSERM « PhysiCancer » proposals, France; IRD theses proposals, France; FNRS, Belgium, research proposals; PRACE projects (EU).
Main collaborations
- Coordinator of the Geant4-DNA Collaboration since 2008;
- Deputy coordinator of the Geant4 unified electromagnetic physics working group since 2020; coordinator of the low energy electromagnetic physics working group (2008-2019);
- Member of the Geant4@IN2P3 project.
Awards
- 2012-2015: bonus award by CNRS for teaching and doctoral supervision;
- 2006: young researcher award, Institut de Physique Fondamentale, Bordeaux 1 University, France, for astrobiology search of traces of life in the Solar System;
- 1999: young researcher award, Clermont-Ferrand, France, for the development of a polarization measurement system of hyperpolarized He3 gas using NMR.
Publications, communications
- > 220 publications in international journals, > 30 invited conferences, > 300 communications;
- Most publications are listed at the following web sites: