Christophe D'Enfert#
| Membership Number: | 7181 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/fungal-biology-and-pathogenicity/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6235-3886 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophe-d-enfert-9798bb31/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2015 Professor, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Since 2002 Head of the Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2020 - 2024 Executive Scientific Vice-President, then Senior Executive Scientific Vice-President, Institut Pasteur Paris, France
- 2018 - 2019 Vice President for Technology and Scientific Programs, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2015 - 2017 Chair of the Department of Mycology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 2011 - 2014 Deputy Scientific Director and then Scientific Director, BIOASTER, Lyon & Paris, France
- 2004 - 2016 Adjunct Associate Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
- 1992 - 2014 Chargé de Recherche (Assistant Professor) and then Chef de Laboratoire (Associate Professor), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- 1989 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow (with R. Schekman); Department Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, USA
- 1988 PhD in Agronomical Sciences, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Functional genomics
- Mycology
- Biofilm
- Regulatory networks
- Candida albicans
- Population genomics
- Mycobiota
- Genome plasticity
- Morphogenesis
Honours and Awards
- 2001 Laureate of the Docteur Darolles Prize, French Academy of Medicine
- 2002 Chevalier de l'Ordre National des Palmes Académiques
- 2019 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
