Maria Carla Saleh - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 2000 PhD in Life Sciences, University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 6), Paris, France
- 1994 Master in Biology, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
- 1993 Teacher in Biological Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Current Position
- Since 2020 Full Professor, Head of Viruses and RNAi Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Institutional Responsibilities
- Since 2022 Co-director of the Pasteur – UCSF QBI Center of Excellence in Emerging Infectious Diseases, San Francisco, CA, USA *Since 2019 Co-director of the LabEx “Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases”, France
- Since 2017 Member of the Scientific Council of Institut Pasteur, France\
- Since 2016 Member of the SAB of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany
- Since 2011 Jury member for 13 PhD Thesis and 2 HDR. Currently member of 2 PhD committees
Teaching Activities
- Lecturer in two MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course): Medical Entomology and Emerging and Re-emerging viruses
Frequent Lecturer in:
- Master Course of Virology, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
- Course Insects Vectors/Multiple Roles of RNA/Genome Analysis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Master Course Virology, University of Strasbourg, France
- Master Course Small RNAs, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Master Course of Virology, École Normale Supérieure de Paris, France
- Guest Lecturer for Research Postgraduate Students, University of Hong Kong, China
Scientific Community Service
- 2022 Member of the Committee that created the Gender Equality Plan, Institut Pasteur
- 2021 Commencement Speaker for the “Gender Equality Month”, Institut Pasteur
- 2019 Organizer of the “GRC Power Hour”, Gordon Research Conference “Viruses and Cells”, Italy
- 2019 Panelist of “Women in Academia, Making a Scientific Career”, Gordon Research Seminar “Viruses and Cells”, Italy
- 2019 Panelist at the round table “Gender Equality in Science”, Institut Pasteur, France
- 2019 Member of the Group Women and Science, Institut Pasteur, France
- 2016 Panelist at the seminar series “How to become a PI”, Institut Pasteur, France
Invited Presentations to International Conferences
Since 2012, more than 40 invited talks to international conferences.