Education
1975 "Diplom" (M.S.) in biology , Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie der Universität München (Bioenergetics in yeast species)
1975-1977 Ph.D., Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie der Universität München
1978-1984 "wissenschaftlicher Assistent", Genetisches Institut München
1984 "Habilitation" in Genetics and venia legendi (Privatdozent)
Positions held
1978-1984 "wissenschaftlicher Assistent", Genetisches Institut Münche
1984-1985 post-doctorate at IBMC du C.N.R.S in Strasbourg
1986 post-doctorate at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, laboratory of Dr. D. A. Clayton
1987 'Professeur agrégé', Université de Montréal, Département de biochimie
since 1996 'Professeur titulaire', Université de Montréal,
Département de biochimie
Activities, memberships and associations
Member of
CIAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)
ISEP (International Society for Evolutionary Protistology)
ASM (American Society for Microbiology)
ISPMB (International Society for Plant Molecular Biology)
Honours
1984 - 1985 EMBO and FEBS short term fellowships
1985 -1987 "Forschungsprojekt" of the 'Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft'
1988 invited professor ("poste rouge" of the C.N.R.S., France)
at the IBMC in Strasbourg, France
1990 - Fellow of the Canadian Institut for Advanced Research (CIAR)