Joël R. Drevet Ph.D

Dr. Joël R. Drevet received his Ph.D. degree in Cell Biology / Genetics & Immunology from the Université Claude Bernard (Lyon, France) in 1989. From 1990 till 1993, Drevet spent four years at the Health Science Centre, the Faculty of Medicine, and the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) as a postdoctoral fellow (1990-1991) and a research associate (1992-1993). In September 1993, Drevet was hired as assistant professor at the Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand, France). In 1998, he received full professorship and started his own research group in the field of mammalian reproductive physiology. Drevet's research focus is on the post-testicular steps of spermatozoa maturation during their descent and storage in the epididymal duct. The team is particularly interested in the aspects of oxidative stress and its impact on spermatozoa fertilizing ability, the integrity of the sperm nucleus and putative transgenerational effects in both natural reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Cholesterol homeostasis and immune control are other aspects of epididymal physiology his team is working on. Professor Joël Drevet is a member of the European Academy of Andrology (EAA), the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) and the North American Society for Studies on Reproduction (SSR). He sits at the board of the French Andrology Society (SALF), a daughter society of the International Society of Andrology (ISA). Drevet serves as managing editor for the periodic BACA (Basic & Clinical Andrology), is associate editor for Human Reproduction, a board reviewing editor for Biology of Reproduction and academic editor for PLoS ONE. In addition, Drevet is a reviewer board member for the periodics Andrology, Asian Journal of Andrology and International Scholarly Research Notices in Urology. Professor Joël Drevet is presently adjunct director of the Genetics, Reproduction & Development Laboratory (GReD lab: http://www.gred-clermont.fr) a research unit supported by the French Medical Research Council (INSERM), the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Ministry for Scientific Research (MESR). In addition, Professor Joël Drevet was recently elected at the scientific committee of the National Institute for Biological Sciences (INSB) of the CNRS.