I am a doctoral student in electrical engineering at Polytechnique Montréal under the supervision of professors Antoine Lesage-Landry, Sébastien Le Digabel, and Miguel F. Anjos. My research interests focus on blackbox optimization applied to electrical networks. More specifically, as part of my PhD, I am working on developing an approach based on blackbox optimization for the efficient management of active distribution networks. This is part of the energy transition, which is defined in particular by the modernization of distribution networks, which are becoming more active in managing their operations in the face of fluctuating demand and intermittent production sources such as distributed energy resources.

Towards the end of my bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, my interest in research and my desire to further my knowledge in the field of electrical networks led me to pursue a master's degree. My thesis, which I presented at the end of the summer of 2025, focuses on the optimization of blackboxes applied to the reconfiguration of distribution networks, considering the presence of distributed energy resources. I was fortunate to be supervised during my master's degree by Professors Antoine Lesage-Landry and Sébastien Le Digabel, who encouraged me to pursue a PhD afterwards. In addition, towards the end of my master's degree, I had the privilege of collaborating with Professor Miguel F. Anjos during a research stay of several months at the University of Edinburgh.

I have been a member of GERAD since May 2023. I have benefited from a welcoming and collaborative environment where I have learned a great deal from other professors, researchers, and students, all working in fields related to operations research and optimization. These are fields I knew very little about before starting my master's degree, so being able to evolve in this stimulating environment greatly motivated me to learn new things. I also benefited from very formative supervision and access to computational resources and technical support, which greatly helped me to complete my master's project.

I have just started my PhD, still as a member of GERAD. I hope to continue my development as a researcher, taking advantage of seminars and exchanges to gain expertise and expand my professional network.