Affiliation: Columbia University

After completing his PhD at Paris Descartes University, where he worked on the spinal cord, Felix moved to the laboratory of Steven Siegelbaum at Columbia University to study memory encoding.

His research focuses on determining basic cellular- and circuit-based mechanisms by which higher-order brain areas such as the hippocampus and the cortex relay learned behaviors to the hypothalamus in order to modulate innate behaviors. He particularly focus on learned and innate social behaviors. In addition, he is also investigating how neuronal plasticity rules, mostly described ex vivo, can support learning-related behaviors in vivo. As alterations in higher brain regions contribute to neuropsychiatric diseases associated with disordered social behavior, insights into both the normal and abnormal function of these circuits are of critical importance.