I am an observational astrophysicist. My research interests include the chemical composition of stars in open clusters and in the field, synthetic spectra, binary stars, HgMn stars, and model atmospheres.

I got my PhD from Universite de Montpellier II in 2007. My thesis was entitled "Chemical abundances determination in A/F dwarfs members of open clusters. Constraints on the evolutionary models including transport processes."

I joined the Gaia team from December 2008 till September 2010 at the University of Barcelona (UB) where I worked on the calibration of the photometric instrument of the Gaia space telescope. In fall 2010, I joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Notre-Dame University-Louaize (NDU), Lebanon.

In fall 2021, I joined the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. I am currently the physics program director.