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"I am a molecular & cellular immunologist with an emphasis on host-pathogen interactions."
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2017 Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) / Accréditation to supervise doctoral research, Université de Toulouse, France.
2006 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Immunology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, US.
1998 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Cell and Molecular Biology, cum Laude, San Diego State University (SDSU), California, US.
1993 Associate of Science (AS), cum Laude, Southwestern College (SWC), California, US.
GOVERNMENT/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
GOVERNMENT/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020 — present Directeur de Recherche de 2e classe (DR2)/2nd grade Senior Researcher, CNRS, assigned at IPBS in association with
Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
2013 — 2020 Chargé de Recherche de 1re classe (CR1/CRCN), 1st grade Researcher, CNRS, assigned at IPBS in association with Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
2009 — 2013 Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) fellowship, laboratory of Olivier Neyrolles, IPBS, Toulouse, France
2006 — 2009 Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) fellowship, laboratory of David Traver, UCSD, La Jolla, California, US
DOCTORAL TRAINING
DOCTORAL TRAINING
1999 — 2006 National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowship, laboratory of Laurie H. Glimcher, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, US
POSTBACHELOR AND UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING
POSTBACHELOR AND UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING
1998 — 1999 Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) fellowship, laboratory of Warren J. Leonard, National Lung, Heart, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, US
1997 American Society of Microbiology (ASM) summer scholarship, laboratory of Adrian Hayday, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, US
1995 — 1998 Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) scholarship, laboratory of Ann J. Feeney, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, California, US
AWARDS & HONORS
AWARDS & HONORS
2019 — 2023 Prime d’encadrement doctoral et de recherche (PEDR)/Doctoral Mentoring and Research Award, CNRS, France
2018 — 2019 Travel Grant Scholarship, PHC Van Gogh, Campus France/Ministère de l'Europe des Affaires étrangères, France/Netherlands
2012 Emerging Scholar Class Nomination, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 2012 Magazine, “A Thirst for Knowledge," Fairfax, Virginia, US
2011 — 2013 Postdoctoral fellowship (two-year) award, FRM, Toulouse, France
2008 Community Champion, UCSD, La Jolla, California, US
2008 Best Poster, IRACDA National Conference, San Francisco, California, US
2008 — 2009 Postdoctoral fellowship, IRACDA/UCSD-SDSU, La Jolla, California, US
2001 — 2004 Doctoral fellowship, NSF/Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, US
1998 Phi Beta Kappa, Nu of California, San Diego, US
1998 Best Presentation "Eli Lilly", SACNAS National Conference, Houston, Texas, US
1997 — 1998 Pre-doctoral Scholarship, Sally Casanova, California, San Diego, California, US
1997 — 1998 Undergraduate research fellowship award, UGSP/NIH, San Diego, California, US
1997 Summer Research Scholar, ASM/Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, US
1996 Golden Key National Honor Society, San Diego, California, US
1995 — 1997 Undergraduate Research Scholarship, MARC/SDSU, San Diego, California, US
1993 — 1995 Bridges to the Future Scholarship, SWC, Chula Vista, California, US
2015 — present Co-director of the multi-pathogen BSL-3 facility, IPBS, France.
2015 — 2019 Member, Scientific Commission for École Doctorale N° 151 Biologie/Santé, Université de Toulouse, France.
2018 — 2019 Member, Task force for women’s advancement in Science, IPBS, Toulouse.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2019 — 2020 Member, European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Society (EMDS)
2015 — 2020 Member, Société Française d’Immunologie (SFI), France
2015 — 2020 Member, Le Macrophage Club de la région Occitanie (MaCRO), France
2010 — 2020 Member, Club Francophone de Celulles Dendritiques (CFCD), France
2004 — 2020 Member, American Association of Immunologists (AAI), US
1997 — 2009 Member, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), US
2004 — 2006 Member, Leadership Alliance, US
1997 — 1998 American Society of Microbiology (ASM), US
1997 — 1998 Founder and Member, SDSU SACNAS Chapter, US
2016 — present Associate Editor – Frontiers in Immunology (Microbial Immunology/Molecular Innate Immunity)
2016 — present Associate Editor – Frontiers in Microbiology (Microbial Immunology)
2024 — 2025 Associate Editor – Microbes and Infection
2012 — present Review editor – Frontiers in Immunology (Molecular Innate Immunity)
2017 — 2019 Research Topic Editor – Frontiers in Microbial Immunology
2025 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – eBiomedicine
2020 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Nat. Immunol, Nat. Microbiol, Nat. Comm.
2020 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – EMBO Press: EMBO J., EMBO Reports
2020 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Elife
2020 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Retrovirology
2019 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (The Blue)
2016 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Journal of Immunology
2016 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Infection and Immunity
2015 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Scientific Reports
2012 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – Frontiers in Cellular/Infection Microbiology
2012 — present Frequent Invited Reviewer – PLOS ONE, PLOS PATHOGENS
2026 — present Reviewer, Health Research Board (HRB), Ireland.
2025 — present Expert, Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), France 2030, France.
2025 — present Expert, Institut de Recherche en Santé Respiratoire (IRSR), France.
2024 — present Reviewer, Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), France.
2020 — present Reviewer, Crick African Network, Africa
2016 — present Reviewer, Fondo Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCYT), Argentina
2016 — present Reviewer, ABIES Doctoral School, 2018, AgroParisTech, France
2015 — 2020 National Science Centre, Review Grant Proposal, Poland
PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
EXTRAMURAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
SEMINARS & SYMPOSIUMS
SEMINARS & SYMPOSIUMS
PLENARY LECTURE
(1) The XXV Latin American Congress of Microbiology, ALAM 2018, Santiago, Chile (2018)
INVITED SPEAKER
(1) NIH National Minority Research Symposium. New Orleans, Louisiana, US (1997)
(2) Leadership Alliance National Symposium. NYC, New York, US (1997)
(3) NIH 7th Summer Intern Poster Day. Bethesda, Maryland, US (1999)
(4) NIH 13th Summer Intern Poster Day. Bethesda, Maryland, US (2005)
(5) SDSU Annual 8th Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, California, US (2007)
(6) CEFIPRA Indo-French Conference, Bangalore, India (2010)
(7) The French American Workshop, Grenoble, France (2015)
(8) The XXIV National Forum on Health Research, Oaxtepec, Mexico (2015)
(9) The XXII Mexican Congress of Immunology, Zacatecas, Mexico (2016)
(10) The SFN-French Nutrition Symposium, Montpellier, France (2016)
(11) The Janssen Commemorative Session of World TB Day, Portugal (2017)
(12) The 5th SOMIVEP Congress, Marrakech, Morocco (2017)
(13) M4I Nanoscopy Division, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands (2017)
(14) Topics in Host-Parasite Interactions, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland (2017)
(15) Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida (INBIRS), Argentina (2018)
(16) The 33rd Conference of the EMDS Society, Marseille, France (2019)
(17) The 3rd International Virtual Conference on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Research & Drug Development (Myco.Tube-2026), organized by United Scientific Group (2026)
POSTER PRESENTATION
(1) 6th NIH Summer Intern Poster Day. Bethesda, Maryland, US (1999)
(2) 10th NIH Summer Intern Poster Day, Bethesda, MD, US (2002)
(3) Keystone Symposium on Dendritic Cells. Poster. Keystone, Colorado, US (2003)
(4) 8th International Symposium on Dendritic Cells, Brugge, Belgium (2004)
(5) 8th International Conference on Zebrafish, Madison, Wisconsin, US (2008)
(6) SACNAS National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, US (2008)
(7) La Jolla Immunology Conference, San Diego, California, US (2008)
(8) Asilomar Midwinter Conference of Immunologists, Monterey, California, US (2009)
(9) Keystone Symposium on the Immunity in the Respiratory Tract, Vancouver, Canada (2011)
(10) Keystone Symposium in Innate Immunity, Keystone, Colorado, US (2012)
(11) Keystone Symposium on Host Response to Tuberculosis, Vancouver, Canada (2013)
(12) EMBL Symposium in Host-Pathogen Interaction, Heidelberg, Germany (2016)
(13) EMBO Symposium on Tuberculosis, Paris, France (2016)
(14) International Dictyostelium Conference, Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland (2017)
(15) American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Conference, San Diego, CA, US (2019)
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