Gravitational-wave astronomy and cosmology. I detect compact binary mergers in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA data and I am now turning those detections into measurements of the expansion history of the Universe.
My research focuses on compact binary coalescences detected by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. My work spans the complete observational chain: extracting faint signals from noisy detector data, characterizing noise artifacts and leveraging binary populations for cosmological inference.
Following my Ph.D. at IP2I Lyon (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) under Dr. Viola Sordini, I am now a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at RESCEU, The University of Tokyo, in Prof. Kipp Cannon's group, developing novel statistical methods for gravitational-wave cosmology.
At RESCEU, I develop advanced statistical frameworks to infer cosmological parameters — including the Hubble constant — from compact binary populations. This work rigorous models selection effects and search pipeline sensitivities, building upon my prior studies on LIGO-Virgo observations and prospects for next-generation observatories (Einstein Telescope, LISA).
As lead analyst of the offline MBTA search during the first part of the fourth LVK observing run (O4a), I spearheaded search sensitivity campaigns, background estimation and the integration of iDQ data-quality metrics into candidate ranking. These results directly contributed to GWTC-4.0 and discovery papers for exceptional events, such as GW231123.
I quantify how adding Virgo to the LIGO network enhances low-latency sky localization and assess how noise transients degrade candidate significance. In parallel, I contribute to event validation and data-quality products that ensure candidate reliability for downstream multi-messenger follow-up.
During my Master's research at CEA Saclay, I designed and characterized a portable thermal-neutron source for rare-event detector calibration, directly facilitating the observation of a nuclear recoil peak at the sub-keV scale.
Co-author of 57 publications, including 36 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 52 co-authored papers within the Virgo Collaboration. The complete list is on INSPIRE-HEP.
International Conference on the Physics of the 2 Infinities
Virgo Collaboration Meeting
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Meeting
International Conference “Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe: Tools”
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Meeting
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Meeting
Virgo Collaboration Meeting
Seminar, CEA Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU)
Teaching assistant at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (Faculty of Sciences and Technology) throughout my Ph.D., from 2023 to 2025, in three undergraduate courses covering electromagnetism, general physics and scientific programming.
PythonC/C++RSQLBashGit, CI/CDSLURMHTCondorDockerKubernetesNumPypandasscikit-learnPyTorch
Languages: Berber (native), Arabic, French, English (fluent).