Artur Scherf - Curriculum Vitae#

Nationality: German
Thesis: 1984-1987. Thesis in Molecular Parasitology, University of Cologne, (under the direction of Prof. B. Müller-Hill).

Post doctoral training: 1987-1989. Unite de Parasitologie Experimentale, Institut Pasteur

Fellowships:

• 1986-1987 "Postgraduate fellowship" of Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
  
• 1987 – 1989 "EMBO Post-doctoral fellowship"
  
• 1992 "EMBO short term fellowship"
  

CNRS Position:

• 1989- Chargé de Recherche 1ère classe’,
  
• 1995- promotion to Directeur de Recherche (DR2)
  
• 2001- promotion to Directeur de Recherche (DR1)
  
• 2010- promotion to Directeur de Recherche classe exceptionelle (DRCE)
  

Actual laboratory: Institut Pasteur, URA CNRS 2581, Unit of Biology of Host Parasite Interactions

Positions:
Group leader : ‘Genomic plasticity and variant erythrocyte surface molecules of P. falciparum’ 1992-2002
Institut Pasteur, Head of Department of Ecology, 2001
Institut Pasteur, Head of Department of Parasitology (interim), January 2002- May 2003
Head of Unit of Biology of Host Parasite Interactions. 2002-
Director of CNRS URA2581. 2003-

Honours:

• Silver medal of the CNRS 2001
  
• EMBO member since 2006
  
• Professor at the Institut Pasteur since 2006
  
• Member of the CNRS National Committee 2008-2012
  
• ERC advanced grant award 2010 “PlasmoEscape”
  
• ERC panel member ‘Immunity & Infection’
  
• ‘Prime d’excellence’ du CNRS 2009
  
• Director of European Network of Excellence (FP6) ‘BioMalPar’ 2004-2009 with 45 members
  
• Scientific Director of the French parasitology LabEx “ParaFrap” 2012- 2020 (20 members)