Francis-André Wollman#
| Membership Number: | 4560 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ibpc.fr |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1980 - 1989 Chargé de recherche CNRS
- 1989 - 1996 Directeur de recherche, CNRS 2nd class
- 1996 - 2004 Directeur de recherche, CNRS 1st class
- 2005 - present Directeur de recherche, CNRS exceptional class
- 1998 - present Head of laboratory “Membrane and Molecular Physiology of Chloroplasts” at the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC), CNRS-Pierre et Marie Curie University
- 2007 - present Director of the “Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique” (IBPC) in Paris
- 2012 - 2019 Director of the Laboratory of Excellence “Labex DYNAMO” that groups about 200 scientists working in the field of energy transducing membranes
Fields of Scholarship
- Photosynthesis
- Biogenesis of the chloroplast
- Microalgae
- Bioenergetics
- Physico-chemical biology
- Assembly of multi-subunit membrane complexes
- Chloroplast gene expression
- Endosymbiosis
Honours and Awards
- 2000 CNRS Silver Medal
- 2000 Member of EMBO
- 1996 Prix Foulon de l’Académie des Sciences
- 1984 Prix de l’Académie des Sciences en hommage aux Savants Français assassinés par les Allemands
