150512 Full CV in English.pdf150512 Full CV in English.pdf!!Rodolphe Fischmeister Curriculum vitae
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PRESENT POSITION AND ADDRESS
Director of Research INSERM, Head of Laboratory, Head of Institute
Laboratoire de Signalisation et Physiopathologie Cardiovascualaire(INSERM UMR-S 1180)
Université de Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie
F-92296 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
Tel: +33-1-46 83 57 71; Fax: +33-1-46 83 54 75
http://inserm-u1180.cep.u-psud.fr/index.php/en - http://www.labex-lermit.fr/en

BIOGRAPHICAL

Born: June 2, 1955 in St Germain en Laye, France
Citizenship: French
Status: Married, four children

EDUCATION

• 1975: B.Sc. (Maths & Physics), University of Paris-Sud XI, Orsay, France
• 1978: Engineer Degree, Ecole Supérieure d'Eléctricité, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• 1980: Doctorat-Ingénieur (Ph.D.), Physiology & Biophysics, University of Paris-Sud XI, Orsay, France
• 1987: Doctorat d'Etat ès Sciences Naturelles, University of Paris-Sud XI, Orsay, France

APPOINTMENTS
•1981-1982: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

•1982-1983: Research Associate in Anatomy, Dept of Anatomy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

•1983-1989: Research Associate INSERM, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

•1989-1992: Director of Research INSERM, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

•1992-1995: Director of Research INSERM, Head of Laboratory INSERM CJF 92-11, University Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France

•1998-2001: Head of Institute IFR75 – Signalisation et Innovation Thérapeutique, University Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France

•2003-2004: Visiting Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

•1996-2005: Director of Research INSERM, Head of Laboratory INSERM U446, University Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France

•2006-: Director of Research INSERM, Head of Laboratory INSERM U769, University Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France

•2006-2010: Head of Institute IFR141 - Innovation Thérapeutique: du Fondamental au Médicament, University Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France

•2011-: Director of Research INSERM “Classe Exceptionnelle”

•2011-: Head of the Laboratory of Excellence in Research on Medication and Innovative Therapeutics (LabEx LERMIT)

HONOURS & AWARDS
•1978-1980: Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship

•1981-1982: Nova Scotia Heart Foundation Post-doctoral Research Fellowship

•1982-1983: NIH Post-doctoral Research Fellowship

•Head of INSERM Laboratory (1992-)

•Founder and Head of the Institute of Signaling and Therapeutic Innovation (IFR75 ISIT) (1998-2001)

•Founder and Head of the Institute of Therapeutic Innovation (IFR141 ITFM) (2006-)

•Member (nominated) of INSERM Study Section CSS6 (1999-2002)

•Member (elected) of the Research Council of the Faculty of Pharmacy of University Paris-Sud (1998-2001)

•Member (elected) of the Research Council of the University Paris-Sud (2001-2004)

•Editor for Journal of Physiology (1997-2005)

•Editor for British Journal of Pharmacology (1999-2002)

•Associate Editor for Cardiovascular Research (2013-)

•Reviewer for: American Journal of Physiology - Biochemical Pharmacology - Biophysical Journal - British Journal of Pharmacology – Cardiovascular Research – Cell Calcium – Circulation – Circulation Research – Cytoskeleton – European Journal of Neuroscience – FASEB Journal – FEBS Letters – Hypertension – Journal of the American College of Cardiology – Journal of Cell Science – Journal of Cellular Physiology – Journal of Cell Science – Journal of Clinical Investigation – Journal of General Physiology – Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology – Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics – Journal of Physiology - Molecular Pharmacology – Nature Communications – Pediatric Research – Pflügers Archiv – Physiological Reviews – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA – Regulatory Peptides

•Member (elected) of Academia Europaea (2007-)

•Expert for the AERES (Agence d’Evaluation de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur) (2007-)

•Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of Rangueil (I2MR), Toulouse, France (2008).

•Member (nominated) of INSERM Study Section CSS4 (2008-2012)

•President (elected) of INSERM Study Section CSS4 (2008-2012)

•Member (nominated) of the Scientific Council of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation (2009-)

•Member (nominated) of the Scientific Council for the ISHR-ES/Servier Fellowship (2010, 2012)

•Member (nominated) of the Scientific Council for the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale for Cardiovascular Research (2011)

•Council member (elected) of the ISHR European Section (2010-)

•Invited by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2010-).

•Member of the External Advisory Committee of the “Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde” (CICS-Universita di Beira Interior), Covilha, Portugal (2010-)

•Brutsaert Lecturer of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (2010)

•Expert Panel member for the Government of Canada - Networks of Excellence of Canada (2012)

•Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Excellence in Research on Medication and Innovative Therapeutics (LabEx LERMIT) (2011-)

•Recipient of the Jeanne-Philippe Beziat Cardiology Prize of the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (2012)

•Nominated FISHR - Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research (2013)

•Expert Panel member for the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2013)

•Recipient of the Alain Castaigne Prize of the Société Française de Cardiologie and AstraZeneca (2014)

•Expert Panel member for the University Medical Center Utrecht (2014)

•President-elect of the ISHR European Section (2014-2016)

•Council member of the ISHR-International (2015-)

AREA OF RESEARCH
Cardiac physiology - cardiovascular pharmacology - neuroendocrine regulation of heart function - cardiac electrophysiology - cyclic nucleotide signaling - intracellular compartmentation - molecular mechanisms of ion movement through ionic channels - cellular control of ion channels and active transport systems - pharmacology of cardiac ion channels.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (elected)

Biophysical Society – Physiological Society – Naturalia et Biologia – International Society for Heart Research (Council member) – American Heart Association – Société de Biologie (Council member)