Summary
Cécile Issard is a scientific consultant and cognitive neuroscientist with 8 years of experience translating complex behavioral and neuroimaging data into actionable insights for researchers. She has led infant language neuroimaging studies, managed a 680+ study database for international meta-analyses, and taught statistics and experimental methods across multiple universities. Currently at NIRx, she provides technical and scientific support for fNIRS projects, training researchers from data collection through analysis. Her career spans three countries and blends hands-on data coding in R and Matlab with stakeholder-facing reporting and publication writing. Known for welcoming respectful disagreement, she treats data as a tool to refine perspectives rather than confirm beliefs.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Cognitive Science, Master, Cognitive Science at École normale supérieure
Doctorat, Neurosciences cognitives, Doctorat, Neurosciences cognitives at Université de Paris
French, English, Spanish, German