Patrice Nordmann

Biography

Prof. Nordmann is currently Head of the Molecular Microbiology Unit, Dept Medicine, University of Fribourg (Switzerland) of the French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance, and of the INSERM research Unit “Emerging Antibiotic Resistance”, University Paris XI (France). He is a renowned expert in the field of antibiotic resistance, with a major focus on emerging resistance traits such as the worldwide spread of carbapenemases. Prof. Nordmann has co-authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications in the field and is the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Louis Pasteur Medal from the French National Academy of Sciences (2012), the Excellence Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Award from the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2013) and the Antimicrobial Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology (2015).

Research Interest

Pharmacy