Christophe D’Enfert

Dr. Christophe d’Enfert is a Professor at Institut Pasteur and the Head of the Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity Unit at Institut Pasteur. Dr. d’Enfert gained his PhD at Institut Pasteur working on protein secretion in Gram-negative bacteria. During his post-doctoral training at the University of California at Berkeley, he studied protein secretion in yeast. Since 1992, he joined Institut Pasteur to study human pathogenic fungi and has developed both fundamental and applied research on two major fungal pathogens, Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus. Current research in his laboratory focuses on the development of tools for functional genomics of C. albicans and the study of C. albicans genome dynamics and diversity, biofilm formation and morphogenesis.
Christophe d’Enfert is also Scientific Director of Institut Pasteur. He joined Institut Pasteur management in March 2018 as Vice President for Technology and Scientific Programs, in charge of the running and development of core facilities, large infrastructure programs and the implementation of incentive programs. In January 2020, he was appointed Scientific Director of Institut Pasteur, coordinating scientific and medical activities, scientific evaluation and recruitments, access to technology, and teaching.
Dr. d’Enfert was the Vice-Chair of Institut Pasteur Genomes and Genetics Department from 2009 to 2014 and the founding Chair of Institut Pasteur Department of Mycology from 2014 to 2018. He was also a Visiting Professor at Ecole Polytechnique in France from 2004 to 2016 and Scientific Director per interim of the French Technology Research Institute BIOASTER.