Professor

Doctor Laurent Becquemont is 63 years old (1961), he is married, has 3 children of 29 and 24-24 years old and lives in Paris France. He is currently Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine at Paris-Sud University. After obtaining his board qualification in nephrology (1993), Dr Becquemont did a PhD in pharmacogenetics in Paris (Pr Beaune) to join the French clinical pharmacology team (Pr Jaillon) to apply his work to clinical pharmacology. He then moved for a post doc in Stuttgart (Germany) in the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology led by Pr Eichelbaum for studying drug transporters. Back to France Dr Becquemont obtained the title of full professor of clinical pharmacology at the faculty of medicine of Paris-sud University while continuing his clinical activity as a nephrologist. He developed the clinical research center to implement pharmacogenetics studies in the university hospital. His field of research is focused on pharmacogenetics extended to other omics. Beside his teaching, care and research activities, Professor Becquemont is actively practicing free and scuba diving.