Marcela Iacub considers herself as an atheist and became a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
Her family ancestors were Belarusian and Ukrainian Jews, although she considers herself as an atheist. Iacub became a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique as well as an associate member of the Centre d'etude des normes juridiques at EHESS. The French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. 
