Christophe D'Enfert - Curriculum Vitae#
Present positions
- Head of the Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Senior Scientific Advisor International Affairs, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Coordinator of the Pasteur Pandemics Preparedness Initiative, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Education
- 2000 Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches, Université Paris 7, France
- 1988 PhD in Agronomical Sciences, INA-PG, France “Protein secretion by Gram negative bacteria: Klebsiella pneumoniae pullulanase” (with M. Schwartz and A. Pugsley)
- 1985 Engineering degree in Agronomy, specialty Molecular Genetics, INA-PG, France
- 1985 Master of Science, Molecular Microbiology, Université Paris 7, France
Career History & Professional Experience
- Research & teaching
- Since 2015 Professor, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Since 2004 Head of USC 2019, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE), Paris, France
- Since 2002 Head of the Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2014 - 2019 Chair, Department of Mycology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2009 - 2014 Vice-chair, Genomes and Genetics Department, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2004 - 2016 Adjunct Associate Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
- 2000 - 2014 Chef de Laboratoire (Associate Professor), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 1992 - 1999 Chargé de Recherche (Assistant Professor), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 1989 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow (with R. Schekman), University of California Berkeley, USA
- 1988 - 1992 Chargé de Recherche 2ème classe (Research Associate), INRA
- 1985 - 1988 Contractual scientist, INRA
- Since 2015 Professor, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Administrative
- Since 2025 Senior Scientific Advisor International Affairs, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2022 - 2024 Senior Executive Scientific Vice-President, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2020 - 2021 Executive Scientific Vice-President, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2018 - 2020 Vice-President Technology and Scientific Programs, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2011 - 2014 Deputy Scientific Director and then Scientific Director, BIOASTER, Lyon & Paris, France
- 2009 - 2011 Scientific Officer, Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, ANR, France
- Since 2025 Senior Scientific Advisor International Affairs, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Academic Prizes, Fellowships & Awards
- 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2002 - Chevalier de l'Ordre National des Palmes Académiques
- 2001 - Laureate of the Docteur Darolles Prize, French Academy of Medicine
Other activities
- Since 2020 Member of the Board BIOASTER, Lyon, France (representing Institut Pasteur)
- Since 2018 Member of the SAB Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
- Since 2016 Member (elect) of the Board of the French Society Medical Mycology
- 2016 - 2019 Member (elect) of the Board of the French Society Microbiology
- 2015 - 2018 Chair of the Committee for Scientific Strategy – BIOASTER, Lyon, France
- 2005 - 2017 Chair or Co-Chair of the 1st-7th FEBS Advanced Lecture Courses on Human Fungal Pathogens (La Colle-sur-Loup, France)
- 2011 - 2015 Member (elect) of the Scientific Council of Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Coordinator of national and European consortia: French Fungal Infection Network (1998 - 2002); Marie Curie Research and Training Network Galar Fungail 2 (2004-2007); Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network FunHoMic (2019-2023)
