ABOUT ME
Michel Tibayrenc, has worked on the genetics and evolution of infectious diseases for more than 35 years. He is a director of research emeritus at the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), founder and editor-in-chief of Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier) and the founder and principal organiser of the international congresses MEEGID (molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of infectious diseases), supported and managed by Elsevier. He is the author of more than 200 international papers (H index = 47). With his collaborator Jenny Telleria, he is the founder and scientific adviser of the Bolivian Society of Human Genetics (2012).
collecting « vinchucas » (triatomine bugs, vectors of Chagas disease)
with the precious help of local people. Bolivia, the 80s.
EDUCATION
POSITIONS
2004 to 2012
Directeur de recherche “exceptional class” IRD
Present grade: Emeritus
1986
Parasitology, University of Paris-Orsay
PhD (Doctorat d'Etat ès Sciences)
1988 to 2005
founder and head of the laboratory of Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses-GEMI) at the IRD center in Montpellier, France
2005 to 2009
IRD representative in Thailand
1976 / 1977
Parasitology University of Montpellier
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (= Master 2)
Diploma of Tropical Medicine Montpellier
Certificate of Leprology
1975
University of Paris
MD (docteur en médecine)
1978
Medical Entomology University of Paris
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (= Master 2)
1995 to 2003
Directeur de recherche 1st Class (director of research) IRD
1989 to 1995
Directeur de recherche 2nd Class (director of research) IRD
1977 to 1989
Chargé de recherche (a permanent position of researcher) IRD