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Career

· Research Scientist, Google2025–
· Research Scientist, DisneyResearch Studios, The Walt Disney Studios2022–2025
· Associate Research Scientist, DisneyResearch Studios, The Walt Disney Studios2021–2022
· Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ETH Zürich2018–2021
· PhD Student, The Walt Disney Studios2018–2021
· Research Intern, Disney Research2017–2018
· Research Assistant, Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory, EPFL2016–2016
· Master's degree, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne2015–2018
· Teaching Assistant, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)2013–2017
· Bachelor's degree, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne2011–2016
· Passerelle DUBS, PrEP, Lausanne2010–2011
· Maturité professionnelle technique, Eracom2009–2010
· Apprenticeship, École Technique - École de Métiers Lausanne2006–2009

Publications (33)

MoRF: Morphable Radiance Fields for Multiview Neural Head Modeling
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques · 2022
65
cited
Adaptive Convolutions for Structure-Aware Style Transfer
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2021
59
cited
ReNeRF: Relightable Neural Radiance Fields with Nearfield Lighting
IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision · 2023
37
cited
An empirical rig for jaw animation
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2018
31
cited
Accurate markerless jaw tracking for facial performance capture
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2019
30
cited
Facial Animation with Disentangled Identity and Motion using Transformers
Computer graphics forum (Print) · 2022
22
cited
Implicit neural representation for physics-driven actuated soft bodies
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2022
21
cited
Production-Ready Face Re-Aging for Visual Effects
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2022
20
cited
Shape Transformers: Topology‐Independent 3D Shape Models Using Transformers
Computer graphics forum (Print) · 2022
20
cited
Fast Nonlinear Least Squares Optimization of Large‐Scale Semi‐Sparse Problems
Computer graphics forum (Print) · 2020
13
cited
Rendering with style
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2021
12
cited
Continuous Landmark Detection with 3D Queries
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2023
10
cited
Facial hair tracking for high fidelity performance capture
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2022
9
cited
Improved Lighting Models for Facial Appearance Capture
Eurographics · 2022
9
cited
Interactive Sculpting of Digital Faces Using an Anatomical Modeling Paradigm
Computer graphics forum (Print) · 2020
9
cited
A Perceptual Shape Loss for Monocular 3D Face Reconstruction
Computer graphics forum (Print) · 2023
7
cited
Artist-Friendly Relightable and Animatable Neural Heads
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2023
7
cited
Graph‐Based Synthesis for Skin Micro Wrinkles
Computer graphics forum (Print) · 2023
7
cited
Learning a Generalized Physical Face Model From Data
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2024
6
cited
ScaffoldAvatar: High-Fidelity Gaussian Avatars with Patch Expressions
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques · 2025
6
cited
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