Curriculum vitae

Research Director

Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM),
University Doctor in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD),
Habilitated to Direct Research (HDR)

Curriculum vitae

Work experience
01/08/2013 – Present
Head of the Expertise and Research Unit 'Environment and Infectious risks'
Institut Pasteur, Paris (France)
01/10/2002 – Present
Head of the Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats (CIBU)
Institut Pasteur, Paris (France)
01/01/2008 – Present
Head of one of the three laboratories constituting the WHOCC for Reference and research on Arboviruses and Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
Institut Pasteur, Paris (France)
01/10/2000 – Present
Member of the Steering Committee of the Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) coordinated by WHO 2000-present and chair of GOARN 2011-2013
Paris (France)
01/01/2003 – 31/12/2011
President of the Expert Panel of the French Pandemic Planning Committee
Paris (France)
01/04/2012 – Present
Chief editor of the 'Intervirology' Journal
01/01/1998 – Present
Deputy-director (1998) then Co-director (2000-present) of the Cours de Virologie Systématique of Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur, Paris (France)
01/01/2006 – Present
French Representative to the Laboratory Network of the Global Health Security Action Group of the G7 plus Mexico
01/01/2005 – Present
Member of the French Scientific Committee of the French Laboratory Network involved in bioterrorism
15/12/2005 – Present
Corresponding Member of the French Veterinary Academy
01/11/1992 – 30/10/1994
Post doctoral position in the Division of Virology
National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, (United Kingdom)
Education and training
1982 – 1986
Degree in Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary School of Alfort (Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort), Maisons-Alfort (France)
1986 – 1989
Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) – 1989
Paris XII Medical School, Créteil (France)
Cum laude, "Lauréat de la Faculté de Médecine"
1986 – 1987
D.E.A. d'Ecologie microbienne et 'antimicrobiens' (MsC in 'Microbial Ecology and antimicrobial agents')
Faculté de Pharmacie de l'Université Paris XI (Paris-Sud), Châtenay-Malabry (France)
1988 – 1992
Doctorat de l'Université Paris XI (PhD), mention: 'Pharmaceutical Sciences', Option: 'Microbial Ecology, Anti-Infectious Agents'
Faculté de Pharmacie de l'Université Paris XI, Châtenay-Malabry (France)
Mention très honorable avec félicitations du Jury, First Prize Winner ex-aequo, Lauréat de la Faculté de Pharmacie
2007 – 2007
Habilitation à  diriger la recherche (Habilitation to direct research)
Université de Paris XI (Paris Sud), Châtenay-Malabry (France)
1989
Diploma in Medical Virology
Institut Pasteur, Paris (France)
1989 – 1992
Diploma in Higher BioMedical Training
Institut de Formation Supérieure Bio-Médicale Université Paris XI, Villejuif (France)
Language skills
Understanding Speaking Writing
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
Italian B2 B2 B2 B2 A2
German A2 A2 A2 A2 A1