Dr. Evelyne Benoit

Dr. Evelyne Benoit completed her Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 1986 and her "accreditation to direct research" in 2010 at the Paris-XI-Orsay University (France). She is a researcher at the CNRS and is responsible for the studies on “Ion transfers and pathophysiology of sensory and neuromuscular conduction”. To better understand these processes, she explores the mechanism of action of emerging neurotoxins and uses some of these bioactive agents as molecular tools because of their specificity of action. She has co-authored 119 papers in reputable journals, 43 book chapters and 2 patents. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors of the French Society of Toxinology (http://sfet.asso.fr/international/), of which she was President in 2016-2021 and Vice-President in 2022-2024.