The Governance Team

Élisabeth Angel-Perez has been a professor of British theatre and literature at Sorbonne University (formerly Paris-Sorbonne University) since 1999. She was deputy director of the Department of Anglophone Studies from 2002 to 2012 and elected to the Board of Directors of Paris-Sorbonne. A founding member and director of the Literary Anglicists research unit (Voix Anglophones: Littérature et Esthétique) for several terms, she co-directed the Interdisciplinary Research Programme on Theatre and Stage Practices (PRITEPS) and more recently the Theatre Initiative. She also founded and directed the Innovation Service for Language Learning (SIAL) at Sorbonne University from 2012 to 2020. She was Vice-President for Research and Innovation at Sorbonne University from 2022 to 2025. 

Stéphanie Bonneau is a physicist and professor at Sorbonne University, where she conducts her research in biophysics at the Jean Perrin Laboratory. Her work explores the non-equilibrium dynamics of biological systems and the effects of light on membranes and cellular processes. She completed her PhD at the Biophysics Laboratory at the Muséum nationale d’Histoire naturelle, and then worked in the Saints-Pères Cellular Neurophysics Laboratory. Stéphanie Bonneau went on to broaden her experience through international mobility, notably in Oslo and at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Committed to education and academic life, she created the Physics Master’s Engineering course (CMI) and assumed responsibilities within the Fundamental Physics and Applications (PFA) Master's programme, the Physics Department, and university governance, notably as vice-president for staff, professional equality and budget, then as vice-president for education and student life. Committed to advancing science that is both globally open and socially grounded, she works to reshape the university’s research and teaching environment to reflect its highest ambitions and ethical values, driven by the belief that research is not only central to, but actively drives, every facet of the institution’s mission.
 

Pierre-Marie Chauvin is an associate professor in sociology at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University and has been an affiliated researcher with the Sorbonne Study Group on Sociological Analysis Methods (GEMASS) since 2010. After studying at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, and obtaining an agrégation in economics and social sciences, as well as a PhD at the University of Bordeaux, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center on Organizational Innovation at Columbia University (NYC) and at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ANR project "Appuis sociaux de l'entrepreneuriat").

His research focuses on economic activities, images, reputations and temporalities as social phenomena. After serving as head of the sociology undergraduate programme and co-directing the Master's programme "Chargé d'études sociologiques", he was Vice-Dean of Human Resources and Resources for the Faculty of the Arts and Humanities (2018-2021), then Vice-President of Arts, Sciences, Culture, and Society and Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Sorbonne University between 2022 and 2025.
 

Guillaume Fiquet is a CNRS research director, specialised in mineral physics and materials under high pressure, applied to geophysics and the study of planetary interiors. A former member of the Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmo-Chemistry (IMPMC) at Sorbonne University, he has conducted leading research on the structure and properties of materials inside the Earth and planets, drawing on major international infrastructure (synchrotrons, dynamic laser compression). He has held important scientific positions, notably as director of an institute and expert for national and international organisations. He has also been awarded the CNRS Silver Medal for the excellence of his work and international influence. 

Guillaume Fiquet has been Vice-President for international relations and socio-economic and territorial partnerships at Sorbonne University since 2022. In this capacity, he has led the institution's international outreach strategy, the development of major alliances (notably 4EU+), the structuring of strategic partnerships with world-class universities, and the strengthening of ties with local authorities and businesses. His term in office has been marked in particular by the consolidation of Sorbonne University as a leading player in scientific diplomacy, the deployment of key projects in Europe and internationally, the launch of the International Welcome Desk, and the development of major partnerships in global health.
 

Pascal Frey has been a professor of mathematics and a member of the Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory at Sorbonne University since 2003. His field of research concerns the design and analysis of mathematical models and numerical methods for scientific computing. His work has applications in many fields, from fluid mechanics to facial reconstruction or scientific visualisation. He was director of the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences (ISCD) at Sorbonne University until 2021, and has been scientific coordinator for several national and European academic and industrial projects. He served as the university’s Vice-President of Resources from 2022 to 2025. 

Arnaud Latil, Doctor of Law, is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Science, Standards and Democracy (UMR 8811). He is an auditor at the French Institute for Higher National Defence, specialising in digital sovereignty and cybersecurity (2023/2024). He is an expert at the European AI Office within the European Commission and a Visiting Professor at Fordham School of Law. His research focuses on digital regulation, particularly AI and cybersecurity. He leads two research projects as part of PostGenAI@Paris at the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence in partnership with Paris-Pantheon-Assas University, the Cour de cassation [AI & Justice] and Sciences Po Paris [AI-NODES]. He is the author of “Le droit du numérique, une approche par les risques” (“Digital law, a risk-based approach”) (Dalloz, 2nd ed. 2024) and writes a monthly column on cybersecurity law for the journal Communication Commerce Électronique.

Lara-Maria Lopez is a Master’s research student in Spanish at Sorbonne University, actively engaged in student life as both a department council representative and president of her programme’s student association.
 

Nelly Quemener has been a professor of information and communication sciences at CELSA since 2022. She specialises in entertainment and news media, examining their representations through the lens of gender and class, as well as racist and anti-Semitic undertones. Adopting a cultural studies approach, she has conducted research on ‘the power of humour’ (2014), its place in public debate and its controversial dimensions. She investigates how media productions, particularly television, mediate the tension between upholding established social, gendered, sexual, and racial hierarchies and the rising visibility of minority voices and concerns. (Arpège project; ANR ENEID; book Le Placard du boulevard published by Ina, 2026). Since obtaining her accreditation to supervise research (HDR) on public reactions to Dieudonné in 2022, she has also explored the circulation of far-right ideologies, with a particular focus on the role of media and digital hype in amplifying and shaping these discourses. Nelly Quemener teaches communication and media theories, introduction to sociology, critical approaches to media and cultural industries, and gender and communication. She has been head of the undergraduate programme in Information and Communication on several occasions (2013-2016; 2019-2022; 2022-2026). She also directed a Master's apprenticeship programme in Intercultural Communication and Project Engineering at Sorbonne Nouvelle University from 2016 to 2022, where she was also an equality policy officer from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conseil national des universités 71e, she has headed the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Information and Communication Processes (GRIPIC) since 2024 and has been a member of the scientific council of the Gender Institute since 2025.
 

Bruno Riou was elected Dean of the Faculty of Health on 12 December 2023. He had been Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Sorbonne University since 12 February 2015. Prior to that, he was Vice-President of Medicine at Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) from 2002 to 2015. A university professor in anaesthesia and intensive care, then in emergency medicine at Sorbonne University, he was head of the Emergency Department at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital from 1999 to 2019 and is responsible for the functional unit coordinating organ and tissue procurement at Pitié-Salpêtrière.

He was also head of the Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonology-EFR-Geriatrics and Sleep Unit (PRAGUES) at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.

Professor Bruno Riou was elected President of the Ile-de-France Health Deans' Conference in 2016, re-elected in 2019, and has since been Vice-President Dean of the AP-HP Board of Directors and a member of the AP-HP Supervisory Board.

Elected President of the National University Council (CNU) for Emergency Medicine in 2017, he was a member of the CNU for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care from 2006 to 2012.

He is editor-in-chief of the French Journals of Emergency Medicine (Annales Françaises de Médecine d'Urgence) and was Senior Editor of the journal Anesthesiology.

Bruno Riou is also a member of the French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU), a member of the Board of Directors of the French emergency medical service (Samu and Urgence de France), a member of the National Council for Hospital Emergency Services (CNUH) since its creation, and a member of UMRS Inserm 1166 research unit at the ICAN University Hospital Institute.
 

David Siaussat is a professor of organism biology at Sorbonne University. His research is centred on ecotoxicology, specifically examining how various pollutants, including heavy metals, pesticides, and endocrine disruptors, interact with environmental factors such as temperature to influence the development and reproductive processes of insects. He teaches organism biology, ecotoxicology and sustainable development at undergraduate and master's level.

David Siaussat was advisor for sustainable development and environmental transition to the president of Sorbonne University from 2022 to 2025, responsible for sustainable development and social responsibility, steering the roadmap and the institution's SD&SR approach. He is also a member of several SD&SR commissions and working groups within the French ministry of higher education, research and space, the General Commission for Sustainable Development under the authority of the Ministry of Ecology, Comité 21, the CIRSES SD&SR label committee, and the Ministry of Finance. Since 2024, he has been president of the national association of vice-presidents for ecological and societal transition (VP-TREES).
 

Muriel Umbhauer has been a professor of cell biology at Sorbonne University since 2003. She specialised in developmental biology during her thesis, which she defended in 1995, and then during her postdoctoral studies at the NIMR in London. 

Her research focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that govern cell fate decisions during embryonic organ formation. She co-directed the Signalling and Morphogenesis research team at the Institute of Biology Paris Seine for two decades.

Muriel Umbhauer was responsible for the developmental biology programme of the Master's degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology and set up one of the first international Master's programmes at Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC). She headed the “Complexity of Life” doctoral school, then the Doctoral Training Institute, and subsequently the Sorbonne University Doctoral College following the merger of the two institutions, serving in this role until 2021.

From 2014 to 2016, she served as an elected member of the Research Committee of the UPMC Academic Council. Since 2022, she has held the role of General Delegate of the Sorbonne University Alliance, driving institutional academic partnerships.

Andrea Fabiano is a professor of modern Italian literature and culture. A founding member of “Labex Obvil” at Paris-Sorbonne, he has served on its Board of Directors since its inception and led the Theatre Historiography project. For five years, he co-directed the university’s first interdisciplinary programme in theatre studies “PRITEPS,” and the Sorbonne University Alliance Theatre Initiative.

As a department director for ten years, Andrea Fabiano encouraged curriculum diversification, notably creating new courses and four dual undergraduate degrees. In 2014, Fabiano designed a research Master's degree in Italian studies with a double degree from La Sapienza University in Rome.

During his seven-year tenure as a research unit director, he led the renewal of research in Italian studies, fostering a stronger interdisciplinary and international dimension. He also coordinated the international PhD programme in Italian Studies, jointly offered with the universities of Florence and Bonn.

Andrea Fabiano is a specialist in modern Italian theatre and opera, with a particular focus on dramaturgical exchanges between Italy and France. He is a member of several scientific committees for journals and collections in France and Italy and is the author of several books. He is also a member of the Accademia Ambrosiana in Milan and president of the Society for Italian Studies.
 

Marie-Aude Vitrani is a professor of mechanics and researcher at the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR). Her work focuses on the design, modelling, and control of robotic devices for medical and surgical assistance, with a particular interest in the conception, modelling and control of these devices. 

Her work is rooted in a translational research approach that integrates clinical validation and technology transfer. She served as scientific director of the University Institute for Health Engineering (IUIS) from 2020 to 2022. 

At Polytech Sorbonne, where she teaches, she led the Robotics Department for five years. She was Deputy Director in charge of Innovative Teaching Methods at the Centre for Educational Support and Experimental Assistance (CAPSULE) from 2018 and 2021. In her most recent term (2022–2025), she held the role of Vice-President for Institutional Life and Participatory Approaches.