CV (Short) 

Emmanuelle Charpentier

 

Scientific and Managing Director 

Acting Head of Administration 

Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens 

Berlin, Germany 

 

Honorary Professor 

Institute for Biology, Humboldt University 

Berlin, Germany 

 

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Faculty Positions

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Since 2021 

​• Scientific and Managing Director, Acting Head of Administration 

Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (MPUSP), Berlin, Germany 

• Honorary Professor 

Institute for Biology, Humboldt University (HU), Berlin, Germany 

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2018-2021 

• Scientific and Managing Director 

Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (MPUSP), Berlin, Germany 

• Honorary Professor 

Institute for Biology, Humboldt University (HU), Berlin, Germany 

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2018 

• Founding and Acting Scientific and Managing Director 

Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (MPUSP), Berlin, Germany 

• Honorary Professor 

Institute for Biology, Humboldt University (HU), Berlin, Germany 

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2015-2018 

• Scientific Director, Department Head 

Department of Regulation in Infection Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPIIB), Berlin, Germany 

• Honorary Professor 

Institute for Biology, Humboldt University (HU), Berlin, Germany 

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2013-2015 

• Department Head 

Department of Regulation in Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany 

• W-3 (Full) Professor and Alexander von Humboldt Professor 

Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany 

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2009-2017 

• Laboratory Head 

• Associate and Visiting Professor 

The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University (UmU), Umeå, Sweden 

Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University (UmU), Umeå, Sweden 

Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University (UmU), Umeå, Sweden 

Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University (UmU), Umeå, Sweden 

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2002-2009 

• Laboratory Head 

• Guest, Assistant and Associate Professor 

Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL, now Max Perutz Labs), University of Vienna (UniWien), Vienna, Austria

Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, University of Vienna (UniWien), Vienna, Austria 

Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, University of Vienna (UniWien), Vienna, Austria 

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1993-1995 

• University Teaching Assistant 

University Pierre & Marie Curie (now Sorbonne University), Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 

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Docent Qualifications

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2013 

• Docent (Medical Microbiology) 

Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University (UmU), Umeå, Sweden 

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2006 

• Private Docent (Microbiology, “Habilitation” Dissertation) 

Centre of Molecular Biology, University of Vienna (UniWien), Vienna, Austria

 

 

Post-Doctoral Positions

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1996-2002 

• Post-Doctoral Associate, Assistant Research Scientist and Research Associate 

Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York, NY, USA (Richard Novick’s Lab) 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA (Elaine Tuomanen’s Lab) 

New York University Medical Center (now NYU Langone Health), New York, NY, USA (Pamela Cowin’s Lab) 

The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA (Elaine Tuomanen’s Lab) 

Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Patrice Courvalin’s Lab) 

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Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

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1995 

• Ph.D. Degree (Microbiology) 

University Pierre & Marie Curie (now Sorbonne University), Paris, France 

Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Patrice Courvalin’s Lab) 

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1992 

• Bachelor and Master Studies (Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Genetics) 

University Pierre & Marie Curie (now Sorbonne University), Paris, France 

Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Patrice Courvalin’s Lab) 

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More Information

More information about Emmanuelle is available at <www.emmanuelle-charpentier.org>.