BIMSA > Ainel Lerner
Assistant Professor Ainel Lerner

Office: A3-2-205

Email: lerner@bimsa.cn

Research Field: Neuroscience, Digital Interactive Communication, Metaverse and Extended Reality Technologies (VR, AR, Mixed Reality).

Webpage: https://www.francelerner.com/

CV

Biography

France-Ainel Lerner obtained her Ph.D. in Art and Science from the University of Liège, under the supervision of Steven Laureys and Mylène Botbol-Baum. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science and joined BIMSA as an assistant professor in 2023. Her research spans affective neuroscience, digital interactive communication, and extended reality technologies. Her recent work focuses on critical states of consciousness, virtual embodiment, and interactive visual scientific representations.
In addition to her academic career, France-Ainel is an accomplished artist, with exhibitions spanning Europe and the Middle East. Her works explore the complex relationships between consciousness, time, and space, often through the lens of her scientific inquiries.

Research Interest

  • Extended Reality (XR) Technologies and Visualization of Mathematic Data
  • Perceptual Experiences of Critical States
  • Motion and Time Perception

Education Experience

  • 2012 - 2016      Université Catholique de Louvain / Université de Liège      Art and Science      Ph.D      (Supervisor: Steven Laureys and Mylène Botbol-Baum)

Work Experience

  • 2016 - 2022      Weizmann Institute of Science      Postdoctoral Fellow

Honors and Awards

  • 2021      Braginsky Center grant for the interface between Science and the Humanities
  • 2020      Braginsky Center grant for the interface between Science and the Humanities

Publication

  • [1] France-Ainel Lerner, Visual Fields in Critical States (2024)
  • [2] France-Ainel Lerner, Paul Cezar Rocha Santos, Guillaume Tahar, Virtual Reality Setup to assess Space-Time Geometry Effects on Retrospective Temporal Perception (2024)
  • [3] France-Ainel Lerner, Guillaume Tahar, Alon Bar, Ori Koren, Tamar Flash., VR Setup to Assess Peripersonal Space Audio-Tactile 3D Boundaries, Frontiers in Virtual Reality (2021)
  • [4] France-Ainel Lerner, Steven Laureys, Vanessa Charland-Verville, Mylene Botbol-Baum, Self-Locations Kinematics Influence the Generation of Near-Death Experience Cognitive and Affective Perceptions, Journal of NDE Studies (2021)

 

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