Education:
1996 – Diploma for Conducting Research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches – Paris VII University)
1987 – Ph. D thesis “Insertions in the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) Expression of a poliovirus neutralization epitope on hybrid 22 nm HBsAg particles”. (Paris VII University).
Responsabilities :
– Since 2010 – Head of the Unit “Biology of Enteric Viruses” of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM U994).
– Since 2003 – Director of the WHO Collaborative Center for Research on Enteroviruses and Viral Vaccines.
– Since 1997- Senior research Director of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Directeur de Recherche de l’Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche médicale; DR1 INSERM).