Exceptional Class Director of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Creator and director of the Chemical and Genetic Pharmacology Unit Partners : INSERM, CNRS, Pharmacy University, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (staff 40-45). President of the Committee of “Non Viral Gene Therapy” of the European Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (ESGCT). Member of the Non Viral Gene Therapy Committee of the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) (two 3 years terms). Founding bureau member of the “Société Française de Thérapie Cellulaire et Génique. Member of the National Committe of the French « Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique » (CNRS). Scientific Director of the Genethon Laboratory, Evry France.
Competence fields: Gene therapy, Drug delivery and targeting, Non viral Gene delivery, In vivo imaging. Sustained collaborations with industry and Biotech. Promoter of the creation od 2 start-ups.
Scientific Publications: 270 publications in reviewed journals, 50 reviews or books chapters in the fields of molecular pharmacology, neurology, cell biology, drug delivery, gene delivery and gene targeting, 35 patent applications.64 invited speaker lectures in International Meetings. Editor in the series "Advances in Behavioral Biology" (Plenum Press): Physiology and the Biology of the Blood-Brain Barrier.