I studied physics at university and completed a PhD in applied physics within a multidisciplinary team working on nanoparticles for biological applications. After my PhD, I shifted my focus to neuroscience during my postdoctoral research, investigating the impact of social isolation on social behaviors, communication, and the neuronal populations of the prefrontal cortex using cutting-edge brain exploration technologies. Upon returning to France, I joined Adoc Talent Management as a recruitment consultant, trainer, and researcher, a role that allows me to engage in all the activities I am passionate about.
Sophie is particularly interested in understanding the professional trajectories of PhD holders across different sectors, exploring how doctoral graduates navigate their careers within academia, industry, and beyond. She also focuses on the evolution of skills and competencies over time, investigating how transferable skills acquired during a PhD are applied and developed in various professional contexts. Additionally, Sophie examines recruitment processes, with a focus on how different sectors approach the hiring of PhD graduates and how these practices can be optimized to better align talent with opportunity. Across all of these areas, she pays special attention to the European context, exploring how career paths, skills development, and recruitment practices vary across European countries.
TEACHING STUDENTS
– Physics for first year medical school
– Optics for first year bachelor in biology
– Teaching assistant in a microscopy for neuroscience summer school
– Physics teacher for 6th grade students
– Science and mathematics teacher for first and second grade students in a bilingual school
TRAININGS FOR PHD CANDIDATES – ADOC TALENT MANAGEMENT
– Identify and valorize your skills
– Building and optimizing your resume
– Define your career path
– Prepare your PhD defence
1. 2022: A Glowing Protein Helps Scientists Visualize Brain Cell Activity. S Bouccara, O Yizhar.
Frontiers for young minds 10, 620308. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.620308
2. 2019: Imaging of red-shifted light from bioluminescent tumors using fluorescence by unbound excitation from luminescence. F Sônego, S Bouccara, T Pons, N Lequeux, A Danckaert, JY Tinevez, IS Alam, S L Shorte, R Tournebize. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 7, 73. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00073
3. 2019: In Vivo Imaging of Single Tumor Cells in Fast-Flowing Bloodstream Using Near-Infrared Quantum Dots and Time-Gated Imaging. T Pons, S Bouccara, V Loriette, N Lequeux, S Pezet, A Fragola. ACS nano 13 (3), 3125-3131. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b08463
4. 2018: Imaging of red-shifted photons from bioluminescent tumours using fluorescence by unbound excitation from luminescence. F Sônego, S Bouccara, T Pons, N Lequeux, A Danckaert, JY Tinevez, IS Alam, SL Shorte, R Tournebize. bioRxiv, 428771. https://doi.org/10.1101/428771
5. 2015: Sulfobetaine–Vinylimidazole block copolymers: a robust quantum dot surface chemistry expanding bioimaging’s horizons. M Tasso, E Giovanelli, D Zala, S Bouccara, A Fragola, M Hanafi, Z Lenkei, T Pons, N Lequeux. ACS nano 9 (11), 11479-11489. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b05705
6. 2015: Enhancing fluorescence in vivo imaging using inorganic nanoprobes. S Bouccara, G Sitbon, A Fragola, V Loriette, N Lequeux, T Pons. Current opinion in biotechnology 34, 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2014.11.018
7. 2015: Évolution des pratiques enseignantes et des positionnements des professeurs à l’heure du numérique. M Epstein, S Bouccara. Conditions enseignantes, conditions pour enseigner. http://transapi.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/resume-Article-Bouccara-Epstein.pdf
8. 2014: Time-gated cell imaging using long lifetime near-infrared-emitting quantum dots for autofluorescence rejection. S Bouccara, A Fragola, E Giovanelli, G Sitbon, N Lequeux, T Pons, V. Loriette. Journal of biomedical optics 19 (5), 051208-051208. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.19.5.051208
9. 2014: Multimodal Mn-doped I–III–VI quantum dots for near infrared fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging: from synthesis to in vivo application. G Sitbon, S Bouccara, M Tasso, A Francois, L Bezdetnaya, F Marchal, M Beaumont, T Pons. Nanoscale 6 (15), 9264-9272. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr02239d
– Professional career trajectories
– HRS4R project manager of the initial phase
– HREiR award peer reviewer