Prof. Dr. Denis Vivien received a Ph.D. degree from the Paris XI, Orsay University in 1992. He is a Professor of Cell Biology at Caen-Normandy University, a University Hospital Practitioner (PUPH) at Caen Hospital, Head of the Center for Biological Resources (CRB-InnovaBIO), Director of INSERM Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders, and Scientific Director of Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie Institute. He won the Danièle Hermann Prize 2023, which was awarded to him unanimously by the jury of the Fondation Recherche Cardio-Vasculaire-Institut de France (a national French foundation dedicated to cardiovascular research). His research mainly focuses on tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and neurovascular disease.