Dr Mathieu Thabault
Biography
Dr. Mathieu Thabault earned his BSc with honors in Physiology and Neuroscience from the University of Poitiers (France) in 2017 and an MSc in Neuroscience with a specialization in psychiatry and electrophysiology from the same institution in 2019. Awarded a competitive doctoral fellowship from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), he completed his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Poitiers in 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Laurie Galvan in the Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience – INSERM U1084 (Poitiers, France). His doctoral research focused on behavioral and striatal alterations with aging in mouse models of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Following his PhD, Dr. Thabault held a one-year lectureship (2022–2023) before joining APC Microbiome Ireland in September 2023 to work under the supervision and mentoring of Dr. Linda Katona. He was awarded a prestigious MSCA INSPIRE Fellowship for his project StriaGutPhrenia, which investigates gut microbiome-prefrontal cortex-dorsal striatum dynamics in conflicting goal-directed versus habitual learning relevant to schizophrenia.
Dr. Thabault has authored three first-author papers in leading journals, including European Journal of Neuroscience and PNAS Nexus, and co-authored a collaborative study in Scientific Reports. His expertise includes electrophysiology, neuropsychiatry, behavior analysis, and gut-brain axis research.