Background
Charnay, Patrick Pierre was born on February 3, 1954 in Versailles, Yvelines, France. Son of Joanny Louis and Marcelle Pauline (Hougue) Charnay.
Charnay, Patrick Pierre was born on February 3, 1954 in Versailles, Yvelines, France. Son of Joanny Louis and Marcelle Pauline (Hougue) Charnay.
Engineer, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 1976. Postgraduate, Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1981. Doctor of Science, University Paris XI, 1981.
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1984; group leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, 1984-1988; group leader, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, 1989-1992; unit director, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris, since 1993.
Member French Academy of Sciences (correspondent member), European Molecular Biology Organization, Academy Europaea.
Married Isabelle Marie Benard, September 18, 1976. Children: Julien, Thomas, Marion, Benjamin.