I am a permanent researcher employed by the French CNRS working at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. I am currently Head of the FunEvol Equipe (FunEvol) at the MNHN. I am also a research associate at the University of Ghent and the University of Antwerp, Belgium. My main research interest concerns the evolution of complex integrated systems. By combining a variety of experimental approaches and techniques (e.g., electromyography, high-speed video and cineradiographic recordings, nerve transection experiments, muscle physiology, and biomechanical modelling) in an explicit comparative framework, I aim to gain insight into the evolution of such systems. As model systems, I have chosen the feeding and locomotor system in vertebrates. I am especially interested in the role that constraints and trade-offs may play in shaping the evolution of the feeding and locomotor systems of vertebrates. In addition to experimental lab-based approaches, I investigate performance traits associated with feeding and locomotor systems (e.g., bite force, sprint speed and endurance capacity) in ecological and evolutionary contexts. In collaboration with colleagues in France and abroad, I also aim to use developmental and genomic approaches to study the mechanisms that allow for rapid phenotypic diversification in natural populations.