Didier Raoult, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Didier Raoult

French biology researcher

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1952

Place of Birth: Dakar, Senegal

Profession: biologist, microbiologist, virologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Didier Raoult

  • Didier Raoult (born March 13, 1952) is a French biologist.
  • He holds MD and Ph.D.
  • degrees and specializes in infectious diseases. In 1984, Didier Raoult created the Rickettsia Unit at Aix-Marseille University (AMU).
  • He also teaches infectious diseases in the Faculty of Medicine of Aix-Marseille University, and since 1982 has supervised many M.D.
  • and Ph.D.
  • degrees.Since 2008, Raoult has been the director of "URMITE" i.e.
  • the Research Unit in Infectious and Tropical Emergent Diseases, collaborating with CNRS (National Center for the Scientific Research), IRD (Research for the Development Institute), INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and the Aix Marseille University, in Marseille.
  • His laboratory employs more than 200 people, including 86 very active researchers who publish between 250 and 350 papers per year and have produced more than 50 patents.
  • Didier Raoult is also involved in the creation of 8 startups to date.Didier Raoult initiated the construction of a new building to host the Institut Hospitalo Universitaire (IHU) MĂ©diterranĂ©e Infection, thanks to the highest grant available in France for medical research (73 million euros granted by the National Agency for Research).
  • The IHU MediterranĂ©e Infection, which opened in early 2017, is dedicated to the management and study of infectious diseases and combines diagnostic, care, research and teaching activities in one place.On 19 November 2010, he was awarded the "Grand prix de l'Inserm" for his entire career.
  • In 2015, Raoult was awarded the "Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D." of the Institut de France.
  • He shared the €450.000 prize money with biologist Chris Bowler from the Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale SupĂ©rieure in ParisHe is "classified among the first ten French researchers by the journal Nature, for the number of his publications (a credit of more than two thousand) and for his citations number, as it was reported in 2008 by the daily economic newspaper resuming his work".According to the Thomson Reuters source "Highly Cited Researchers List", Didier Raoult is among the most influential researchers in his field and his publications are among the 1% most consulted in academic journals.
  • He is one of the 99 most cited microbiologists in the world and one of the 73 most highly cited French scientists.
  • He is a world reference for Q fever and Whipple's disease.
  • In April 2017, on Google Scholar citations, he cumulated over 104,000 citations and an h index of 148.
  • He is also on the list of the 400 most cited authors in the biomedical world.According to the analysis of the publications from 2007 to 2013, by Kathleen Gransalke, for Labtimes (2017/02), Didier Raoult appears at the top of the European classification (including Israel) with 18,128 citations.He totalizes more than 2,300 indexed publications including 8 in Science, and 3 in Nature, the two most visible scientific journals according to the N&S index of the Shanghai's ranking.

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