Education
1987 Medical degree. Faculty of Medicine, Lille, France
1988 Residency in Pathology, Lyon, France
1991 M.D. Faculty of Medicine, Lyon, France
1993 Diploma in Histo and Cytopathology. Full specialist registration
1995 Ph.D. Molecular Biology, University of Lyon, France
Additional qualifications: B.Sc. in Pure Mathematics (Paris, Besancon), M.Sc. in Genetics, Differentiation, Immunology (Lyon)
Professional experience
Since 2012 Director of Inserm-DKFZ Unit U1074 (since 2024, INSERM Associated Unit)
Since 2011 Member of the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)
2005-2011 Speaker of the department ‘Infections and Cancer’, DKFZ
Since 2003 Full (C4) professor at the University of Heidelberg, Head of the “Pathogenesis of Virus-associated Tumours” division.
2000-2003 Professor of Molecular Pathology (personal chair), University of Birmingham, UK. Pathology reporting (Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology)
1996-2000 Group leader, Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Gene Vectors Department, GSF, Munich, Germany
1995-1996 Lecturer in Pathology, University Hospital B. Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany. Pathology reporting (Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology)
1993-1995 Lecturer in Pathology, University Hospital E. Herriot, France. Pathology reporting (Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology)