Dominique Soldati-Favre

Dominique Soldati-Favre, PhD is Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, as well as Director of PhD School in Life Sciences at the University of Geneva. She earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Geneva, her M.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Geneva/ISREC, and her PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Zurich. Dr. Soldati-Favre completed postdoctoral training in parasitology at Stanford University School of Medicine and achieved habilitation (Privat-Docent) in Cell Biology from the University of Heidelberg. She joined the University of Geneva in 2004. She is a member of numerous prestigious societies, including the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, European Academy of Microbiology, EMBO, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She has held key roles in scientific governance and editorial boards, such as Senior Editor at eLife and Section Editor at PLOS Pathogens. Her honors include the Alice and CC Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology from the ASBMB, the Cloëtta Foundation Award.