Ophélie Sauzeau is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law at KU Leuven (Belgium), where her work focuses on the ethical and governance challenges raised by stem cell-based embryo models. She holds two Master’s degrees from Université Paris-Saclay, in Reproductive Biology and in Research Ethics. Her previous research experience includes work at Johns Hopkins University, McGill University and Institut Pasteur, with projects spanning female infertility, granulosa cell biology, developmental biology and neural stem cells. Her bioethics research has addressed reproductive technologies, preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy, virginity testing and sex verification in female elite sport. She is currently part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network IMPLANTEU, supervised by Prof. Dr. Pascal Borry, Prof. Dr. Vincent Pasque, Dr. Maria Siermann and Dr. Paola Occhetta.
