She was awarded the CNRS Silver Medal in 2014, made Fellow of The Optical Society in 2018, and elected member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2022.

[1] In 2001, Senellart joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

She developed a novel methodology to control the coupling between a quantum dot and a microcavity.

[3][4] In 2011, she was made a senior researcher and awarded an ERC Starting Grant.

[3] Based on her microcavity designs, Senellart founded the spin-off company Quandela, which develops single photon light sources.