Christian Pellevoisin MD, PhD

Christian Pellevoisin, after a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, had a temporary teaching position at the University of Tours, France. He joined L’Oréal in 2000 at the Life Science Research Center where he introduces computer tools for in vitro toxicology. He was in In-charge (2004) of scientific communications in the Field of Alternative Methods and Tissue Engineering. In 2011, he joined EPISKIN, a subsidiary of L’Oréal, dedicated to the development and production of reconstructed human epithelia. He is in In-charge of EPISKIN Academy, a transversal program to support the use of 3D models for efficiency and safety assessment and to relay EPISKIN commitments to 3Rs by training scientists, students, and future stakeholders to the scientific and regulatory challenges of alternatives to animal testing. He wrote several scientific publications and is a Member of ISO technical committee 194 for biological and clinical evaluation of medical devices.