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Uptaded in April 2026. PDF version available.

General Information

Full Name Tess Breton
Languages French (native), English (C2), German (B2-C1), Spanish (B1)

Education

  • 2026-present
    PhD
    Université Paris-Cité (MAP5) and Inria Montpellier (PreMedical) - France
    • Supervised by Antoine Chambaz and Julie Josse, and Geneviève Robin
    • Causal inference, Interpretability and Conformal Prediction
    • Collaborating with clinicians to better understand treatment response heterogeneity in diverse settings
  • 2024-2025
    MVA Master
    École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay - France
    • First semester courses, Convex Optimization, Computational Statistics, Probabilistic Graphical Models, Reinforcement Learning, Geometric Data Analysis, Optimal Transport and Object Recognition
  • 2021-2025
    Cycle Ingénieur
    École Polytechnique - Palaiseau, France
    • Specialized in Applied Mathematics
    • Courses in Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research...
    • GPA: 3.94/4.0
  • 2019-2021
    Classe Préparatoire MPSI-MP*
    Lycée Louis Le Grand - Paris, France
    • Intensive two-year high-level program to prepare for the competitive entrance

Experience

  • 2025
    Teaching Assistant
    Université Paris-Cité - France
  • 2025
    Research Intern
    Owkin, Frontier Research Team - Paris, France
    • Prediction of patient chemotherapy response from baseline gene expression profiles using models trained on pre-clinical data.
    • Worked on bulk, single-cell and spatial RNA-sequencing data from the MOSAIC initiative.
  • 2024
    Research Intern
    Columbia University, Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics (IICD) - New York, United States
    • Research internship supervised by Simon Tavaré and Khanh Dinh.
    • Mathematical modeling and simulation of ecDNA dynamics in cancer cell populations.
    • Moran process with selective pressure, ABC inference. Python code available on GitHub.
  • 2023
    R&D Intern
    • Worked on evaluating the robustness of a Deep Learning algorithm for lung nodule detection and segmentation.
    • CT scan images
    • Python code
  • 2023
    Tutor
    École Polytechnique - Palaiseau, France
    • Tutoring third-year Bachelor students in Asymptotic Statistics.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Hiking, Drawing, Piano, Singing.
  • Volunteering: Volunteer tutor at Secours Populaire de Paris, since October 2025.