MARIE VERBANCK

Marie Verbanck is a researcher in statistical genetics. After earning a PhD in applied mathematics, she conducted postdoctoral research in integrative genomics and statistical genetics, notably at the Pasteur Institute in Lille and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She was an Assistant Professor at the University Paris Cité before joining the Institut Curie in 2024 as a Professor  (Inserm junior professor chair). In 2024, she was awarded the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the "Young Woman Scientist" category by the French Academia of Sciences and the Ministry of Research. She has been leading the GEML (Genetics and Machine Learning) group, where she develops innovative statistical tools for genetic research.