Bsc INA-PG, PhD INRA, Nantes, Protein biochemistry Post Doc at MIT (H.G. Khorana's laboratory), Signal transduction of the visual system Research Scientist, INRA, Nantes, Signal transduction of the taste system Post Doc at University of Guelph (J.S. Lam's laboratory), Enzymology of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Assistant Professor at University of Western Ontario 2001-2007 Associate Professor at University of Western Ontario since 2007.

To elucidate the molecular basis for the biosynthesis of surface virulence factors in Campylobacter jejuni, Helicobacter pylori , and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.