About

Gabriel Gattaux Goulon

PhD Student in Robotics, Aix Marseille University

expected 2026

Ph.D. in Robotics
Aix-Marseille University

2022

Engineering Degree in Mechatronics (~M.Eng)
ENSIL-ENSCI, University of Limoges
Wrocław University of Science and Technology

2019

DUT in Mechanical and Production Engineering
Nancy-Brabois University Institute of Technology
Polytech Nancy

Grants and Fellowships

AID/DGA and AMU PhD Fellowship for Biorobotics Research
Travel Grant for Grounding Cognition in Mechanistic Insight Conference in Janelia Research Campus, USA

Awards

Biomim'Expo Research Award (2025)
Doctoral Day's Poster Award (2024)

References

Julien Serres

Professor

Aix-Marseille University, IUF

Co-director of my PhD at Aix-Marseille University. Renowned for his work on insect-inspired robotics, with a focus on insect vision, locomotion, and polarized skylight navigation.

Franck Ruffier

Research Director

IP Paris | Ensta, Lab-Sticc, CNRS

Co-director of my PhD between Aix-Marseille University and ENSTA Bretagne. Renowned for his work on insect-inspired robotics, with a focus on visual navigation, optic flow, and flapping-wing systems.

Antoine Wystrach

Research Director

CBI CRCA Toulouse, CNRS

Co-supervisor of my PhD at the CBI CRCA in Toulouse. Renowned for his work on ant navigation and visual mechanisms in natural environments, with a focus on computational neuroscience and ethology.

Professional Service

Reviewing

IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)
IROS
PLoS Computational Biology

Community

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Technical Committee on BioRobotics
Groupement de Recherche en Robotique (GdR Robotique)

Organization

Doctoral School Day Event
JCRR — Early-Career Researchers Day, French National Robotics Research Days