René Roy (chemist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

René Roy (chemist)

Canadian chemist and professor

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1952

Place of Birth: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

René Roy (born November 4, 1952) is a Canadian organic chemist from Quebec, specializing in glycobiology and carbohydrate chemistry.
He is professor emeritus, Department of chemistry, at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and associate professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) – Institut Armand-Frappier (IAF).
He is the founder and former director of PharmaQAM, a biopharmaceutical research center based at UQAM, focusing on the discovery of new bioactive molecules, their mechanism of action and the vectorization of drugs.
He is a pioneer in the development of synthetic glycoconjugate vaccines both for human and veterinary health, having co-developed the first and sole marketed semi-synthetic vaccine for human use, preventing bacterial meningitis and pneumonia in developing countries.