Innovative Project Coordinator

VERONIKA MAREK, PhD

Projects’ design and coordination

Curious, multilingual and focused on tangible results, I transform the cutting-edge technologies into

innovative and marketable products and services.

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+33 6 19 56 97 24

Paris

_Professional experience_

L'Oréal, Research & Innovation; Paris, France 2019 - today Research project coordinator, Augmented Beauty metier, Devices & Algorithms department

Enabled development and world-wide deployment of innovative digital skin diagnostics instrument resulted in 50% unit sales and 30% conversion rate increases: provided technical leadership, organized and carried out research studies, extensively collaborated with marketing teams.

Initiated a pathfinder project to develop a new photobiomodulation device: proposed an original concept based on recent scientific findings, ensured the alignment with the business strategy and consumer interest, established and coordinated a multidisciplinary team, designed the proof-of-concept studies.

Kept a close techno-watch that allowed to identify new partners in academia and industry.

Represented L'Oréal at business and technical events; ambassador to talent forums and career fairs. Essilor International, Research & Development; Paris, France 2015 – 2018 Photobiology Scientist, Light & Life Science department (in collaboration with Vision Institute)

Managed a comprehensive research project that opened new business opportunities in the domain of photophobia and ocular pain: developed the phototoxic models, conducted in vitro and in vivo experiments, communicated results in peer-reviewed journals and at international scientific conferences.

As industry and medical science liaison, ensured collaboration between Essilor and the academic laboratory; directed research projects of Master students. Research Intern, Disruptive R&D department (in collaboration with Ophthalmological Hospital)

Carried out a pilot clinical study on spectral characteristics of photosensitivity that helped to identify a new promising customer segment.

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); Lausanne, Switzerland Research Intern, Laboratory of Biomedical Optics

Advanced the quantitative phase imaging of living cells (performed experiments and data analysis). 2014

Saint-Petersburg State University; Saint-Petersburg, Russia Webmaster / Electronic Communications, Faculty of Physics

Enhanced the website of the Faculty of Physics through content management and design; published digital news magazine.

2009 – 2011

_Education_

Sorbonne Université (UPMC, Institut de la Vision); Paris, France Doctor of Philosophy (photobiology, neuroscience, ophthalmology): Impact of blue light on the ocular surface and nociception 2015 – 2018

Université Paris Descartes – Télécom ParisTech; Paris, France Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering; Major: Bioimaging 2014 – 2015 Ecole Polytechnique (leading Graduate School of Science and Engineering); Paris, France Engineer’s degree (Promotion X-2011); Major: Interface biology 2011 – 2015 Faculty of Physics, Saint-Petersburg State University; Saint-Petersburg, Russia Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and Mathematics; Major: Quantum optics 2007 – 2011

Languages: French (fluent), English (fluent), Russian (native speaker), German (intermediate) Computer skills: R, GraphPad Prism, ImageJ, Python, MATLAB _Other activities_

Musical lycee (1995 – 2005): singing, piano, participation in philharmonic concerts. Hobbies: travel, acrobatics, roller-skating, skiing, hiking, art, photography.

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