Flora is a scientist specialized in marine microbiology. She currently works at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, where she studies the impact of giant viruses on the marine ecosystem.
At the same time, she has been particularly involved in the topic of gender representation in science by co-founding WAX Science with Dr Aude Bernheim, a non-profit organization that promotes science without stereotypes by creating and disseminating innovative tools. She is co-author of Artificial intelligence, not without her! (L’intelligence artificielle, pas sans elles!, Belin, 2019) exploring how algorithms reproduce sexist biases.