Eduardo Rocha#
| Membership Number: | 6857 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://research.pasteur.fr/en/member/eduardo-rocha/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7704-822X |
| Twitter: | @epcrocha |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2023 Director of the UMR CNRS/Institut Pasteur UMR3525 (joint-director 2018-2022).
- 2019 - 2023 Director of the department Genomes and Genetics of Pasteur Institute
- Since 2008 PI at Institut Pasteur (Microbial Evolutionary Genomics lab)
- Since 2000 Tenured CNRS researcher (senior researcher since 2009).
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular evolution
- Computational biology
- Genomics
- Mobile genetic elements
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Microbiology
Honours and Awards
- 2024 CNRS Silver medal
- 2022 Elected member of the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2014 Medal Valéry Radot
- 2011 ERC grant EVOMOBILOME
- 2007 Institut Pasteur G5 grant
- 2004 CNRS Bronze medal
