Sebastian Duchene

G5 Group leader
Institut Pasteur | Paris | France
E| sduchene@pasteur.fr
W| Institutional website
&
ARC Future Fellow & NHMRC EL2 Fellow
Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity
University of Melbourne
Melbourne | VIC | 3000

Publications and research outputs

Total of 112 peer-reviewed publications including 97 original research, 13 reviews/opinion articles and 2 book chapters (29 as first author and 17 as a senior author). >10.7K citations, H-index=46 (>9.3K and 41 in the last 5 years, respectively). For a list see GoogleScholar.

Appointments

  • 2023–present Group leader (G5)
    Institut Pasteur, France

  • 2022–2027 Australian Research Council Future Fellow
    & National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leader 2
    University of Melbourne, Australia

  • 2019-2022 Australian Research Council Research Fellow
    (Discovery Early Career Research Award)
    University of Melbourne, Australia

  • 2016-2019 McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Melbourne, Australia

  • 2015-2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity
    Charles Perkins Centre
    University of Sydney, Australia

Qualifications

  • 2023 Accredited Statistician (Astat), current until 2028
    Awarded by the Statistical Society of Australia

  • 2012 – 2015 Ph.D. School of Biological Sciences
    (Graduated September 2015)
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Thesis title: Understanding evolutionary rate variation in viruses
    Awarded the Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement Supervisor: Prof. Simon Ho
    Co-supervisor: Prof. Edward C. Holmes FAA FRS

  • 2009-2011 M.Sc. (Genetics and Evolution)
    Department of Biological Science
    Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

  • 2004-2009 B.Sc. (Genetics)
    Department of Biological Sciences
    Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia