Public Outreach

science, in public, in two languages

My approach to outreach blends education, cultural exchange, and creative experimentation. From 2024 to 2026 I mentored high-school students preparing for the French National Physics Olympiad, and I regularly give talks in schools and public venues. I've led hands-on workshops in cosmology, contributed to bilingual educational programmes, and given invited lectures at international schools and cultural centres in Korea. As a French scientist based in Seoul, I've been actively involved in fostering scientific and cultural dialogue between France and Korea—through collaborations with embassies, cultural institutes, and educational organisations.

I also host high-school students from the French school for short internships, offering them a first immersion into the world of scientific research—encouraging them to ask questions, engage with data, and experience how science is actually done. Through collaborations with artists, I've explored new forms of storytelling that bring scientific ideas to life—co-creating VR experiences that revisit traditional Korean constellations through a contemporary lens, and consulting on speculative Martian greenhouse designs. These projects reflect a broader commitment—not only to making science visible and approachable, but to encouraging public dialogue, imagination, and questioning—spaces where new forms of understanding can emerge.

Students at the Lycée Français de Seoul

Seoul French School · 2024–2026

Mentoring for the French National Physics Olympiad

I mentored students from the Seoul French School for the French National Physics Olympiad. The team qualified for the finals and, in January 2026, won 3rd prize and the Prix de la Société Française d'Acoustique.

Sejong University press release

Public talk at the French Cultural Center in Seoul

April 2023

French Cultural Center

“A Brief History of the Universe”: public talk in French for French learners, with simultaneous interpretation into Korean.

France booth at the Daejeon International Science Festival 2016

October 2016

Daejeon International Science Festival — France booth

Presentation of French science and scientists, with Korean interpretation.

In the press

  • July 2026 — Le Petit Échotier (Seoul Accueil, no. 202): « La science au-delà des frontières, Regards vers l'infini avec le Pr L'Huillier, cosmologiste français en Corée du Sud ». Read (PDF, pp. 60–63)
  • October 2026 — LinkedIn post by the Scientific Sector of the French Embassy in Korea on the PHC STAR France–Korea collaboration. View on LinkedIn
  • 2026 — Sejong University press release on the Physics Olympiad team. Read