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Emmanuelle Charpentier

French microbiologist and biochemist (born 1968)

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Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier is a French academic, microbiologist, geneticist, and biochemist. She has served as a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin since 2015. Three years later, she founded an independent research institute, the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens. In 2020, Charpentier and American biochemist Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing". This was the first science Nobel Prize ever won exclusively by two women.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Juvisy-sur-Orge wd
Citizenship
France wd
Occupation
microbiologist, biochemist, geneticist, immunologist, university teacher, scientist wd
Education
Pierre and Marie Curie University, Pasteur Institute wd
Social media
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Awards wd

  • Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2015)
  • Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2015)
  • L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science (2016)
  • Massry Prize (2015)
  • Eric K. Fernströms Svenska Pris (2011)
  • Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (2014)
  • Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2015)
  • Gruber Prize in Genetics (2015)
  • Otto Warburg Medal (2016)
  • Hansen Family Prize (2015)
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2016)
  • Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2016)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (2016)
  • Tang Prize (2016)
  • Carus medal (2015)

Questions

When was Emmanuelle Charpentier born?
Emmanuelle Charpentier was born on 11 December 1968 in Juvisy-sur-Orge.
Where did Emmanuelle Charpentier study?
Emmanuelle Charpentier was educated at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Pasteur Institute.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Emmanuelle Charpentier · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q17280087 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Emmanuelle Charpentier.jpg by Bianca Fioretti, Hallbauer & Fioretti (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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"Emmanuelle Charpentier". DigiNepal. Last updated 11 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/emmanuelle-charpentier. Retrieved 5 November 2026.

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