Lionel Breton PhD, DSc

Dr. Lionel Breton got a Ph.D. in 1982 in general Endocrinology in the lab of R.Michel and J.Roche at College de France in Paris (Paris VI, Fr) followed by a State Doctorate in general Pharmacology in Poitiers’ School of Medicine (Poitiers University, Fr) in 1985. After the 1st position in Servier Laboratory as Project leader in neuro-pharmacology, lionel joined L’Oreal corporate in 1993 as a research Department Director and Scientific Director until 2021. He is an expert on neurobiology and physiology, skin neuroimmunology, skin and gut microbiology, and of some aspects of translational research.

He is currently co-founder and executive VP of IDEC therapeutics which sails Telostim and CEO of Cilia consulting. He is also visiting Professor/affiliate member at the prestigious university McGill in Montreal and Guest Editor for Frontiers and Microorganisms. Lionel is co-inventor of many national patents and applications (espacenet results/world database) and of some blockbusters of l’Oreal corporate. Although Industrial, he has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is frequently invited to give plenary conferences or keynotes.