Clementine Francois

Clementine Francois, PhD, is Engineering Manager at Tobii. She’s former Chief Scientific Officer, co-founder, and board member at Phasya, a global leader in software for monitoring physiological and cognitive states. Phasya was acquired by Tobii in 2021. In 2019, Phasya received a CLEPA Innovation Award for its innovations in software for driver monitoring and its validation. In 2020, Clementine Francois won a Silver Award at AutoSens Young Engineer of the Year Awards. Clémentine François holds an MSc in biomedical engineering and a PhD in engineering from the University of Liège in Belgium. In 2010, she started her career as a researcher at the University of Liège working on a technology for monitoring drowsiness. In 2014 and 2016, she co-founded and organized SomnoSafe, an international symposium on drowsiness, vigilance, and safety. In 2015, she co-founded Phasya. In 2021, she joined Tobii following the acquisition of Phasya by Tobii. For 12 years, she has been fully committed to developing innovative solutions for the monitoring of human physiological and cognitive states in order to improve safety in both transport and industry.