Alexandre Alanio MD, PhD

Dr. Alexandre Alanio is an M.D., Ph.D., expert in medical mycology and medical parasitology. He is currently an Associate Professor at Paris VII University (Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France), a Permanent Researcher in the molecular mycology unit, and a Collaborator of the French National Reference Center for Mycoses and Antifungals.

He received his M.D. from Paris V university medical and his Ph.D. from Paris VII University. He owns more than 70 international publications and 4 international patents. He is currently teaching at the Paris VII Medical University for medical students, at the Paris Sorbonne Paris Cité Master I Microbiology course (IMVI), and at the Medical Mycology Course of the Institut Pasteur.

He is interested in dormancy and metabolism in Fungi, in particular in Cryptococcus neoformans, and in the pathophysiology of invasive fungal infections. He aims at bridging medical mycology with basic research on the pathophysiology of invasive fungal infections and translating new biological tools (bench) into a diagnostic test for fungal and parasitic infections (bedside).