DIPLOMAS
- 2016: HDR – University Paris-Descartes V (10-03-2016)
- 2012: DU Experimentation on Living Animals – University Paris-Descartes V
- 2005: PhD in Life Sciences – University of French Guiana – Obtained with honours (11-29-2005)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- 2020-…: Director of the Parasitology Unit at Institut Pasteur of Guinea, Conakry.
- 2019-…: Director of Research at Institut Pasteur.
- 2015-…: Head of the Trypanosome Transmission Group at Institut Pasteur.
- 2011-2014: Permanent staff scientist at Institut Pasteur.
- 2007-2011: Post-doctoral fellow in the Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit at Institut Pasteur.
- 2006: Staff scientist in the International Department at the Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France.
CURRENT SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
- ORCID 0000-0003-0671-8999, >60 publications, 4 books/chapters, >50 talks, 2 invention disclosures.
- Associate Editor for Microbiol Spectrum (American Society for Microbiology, 2022-24) and Trop Med Infect Dis (Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, since 2020).
- Frequent reviewer for Nat Comm, Sci Rep, Commun Biol, PLoS journals, Antimicrob Agents Chemother, Int J Parasitol, Cell Microbiol, MBio, ….
- Project / candidate evaluator for grants and recruitments: ERC, Wellcome Trust, ANR, IRD, INSERM, IP CoReScif, IP PTR and ACIP, …
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Invited expert at international scientific workshops (WHO, Aviesan, DNDi…) and PhD / HDR juries.
- Member of the committee for recruitment and evaluation of IP researchers (SC6, 2024-2028).
- SAB member of the LAMIVECT international consortium of 7 international research institutes in Western Africa and France (2017-23).
- Member of the LabEx ParaFrap and LabEx IBEID networks.
CURRENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- 2023-…: Director of the IP MOOC on Neglected Tropical Diseases, IP-FunMOOC
- 2022-…: Lecture in Parasitology in DIU at the Faculty of Medicine Pitié-Salpètrière, Paris (2h/y).
- 2021-…: Lecture in Parasitology for the Microbiology Course at IP (2h/y).
- 2020-…: Lecture in Parasitology in Master at University Gamal Abdel Nasser of Conakry (8-14h/y).
- 2016-…: Lecture and MOOC for the Medical Entomology Course IRD-IP (2h/y).
- 2015-…: Lectures in Parasitology in Master 2 at University Paris Saclay (2-6h/y).
- 2006-…: Lectures in Parasitology, Ecology and Epidemiology in Licence and Master at ICES (10-30h/y).
AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS
- 2023: Award of the French Academy of Medicine – Launois Prize.
- 2017: Award of the French Academy of Medicine – Deschiens Prize.
- 2011: Annual prize of the French Society of Parasitology for the best presentation.
- 2009: Award of the French Academy of Medicine – Evian-les-Bains Prize.
- 2008: Award of the Foundation for Medical Research (FRM) – Epidaure Prize for a young scientist in medicine and ecology – given by the French Minister of Ecology.
- Society Memberships: French Society of Parasitology, British Society of Parasitology, Société Francophone de Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale, Réseau Francophone des Maladies Tropicales Négligées
CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS
- Partner of the ANR-PRC 2024-28 TrypaDiff project
- Coordinator of the ANR-PRC 2021-25 SherPa project
- Coordinator of the BMGF-DNDi 2021-24 TrypSkin study
- Partner of the ANR-PRC 2019-25 AdipoTryp project
- Coordinator of the ANR-PRC 2018-24 TrypaDerm project
MAIN RESEARCH INTEREST
Development, transmission, diagnostics, and eco-epidemiology of trypanosomatid parasites causing NTDs