Olivier Gascuel

French researcher
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Summary

Olivier Gascuel was born on January 1, 1956[1]. He has worked as a bioinformatician[2] and researcher[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: France[5]
  • Field of work: bioinformatics[6], phylogenetics[7]
  • Position held: Director of Research at CNRS[8]
  • Employer: National Center for Scientific Research[9], LIRMM[10], Montpellier 2 University[11]
  • Educated at: École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay[12]
  • Doctoral advisor: Jean-Louis Laurière[13]
  • Award received: CNRS silver medal[14], Q102294596[15]
  • Member of: French Academy of Sciences[16]
  • Sex or gender: male[17]
  • Doctoral student: Vincent Berry[18], Laurent Bréhélin[19], Sèverine Bérard[20], Nicolas Terrapon[21], Celine Scornavacca[22]
  • Family name: Gascuel[23]
  • Given name: Olivier[24]
  • Official website: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/member/olivier-gascuel/[25], https://isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/annuaire/olivier-gascuel-7496[26]
  • Described at URL: https://www.academie-sciences.fr/pdf/membre/Gascuel_Olivier.pdf[27], https://comihistocnrs.hypotheses.org/2706[28]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: French[29], English[30]
  • Name in native language: Olivier Gascuel[31]

FAQs

What did Olivier Gascuel do for work?

Olivier Gascuel worked as a bioinformatician[2] and researcher[3].

Where did Olivier Gascuel go to school?

Olivier Gascuel was educated at École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay[12].

What awards did Olivier Gascuel receive?

Honors received include CNRS silver medal[14] and Q102294596[15].

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  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    French academy of sciences member id → olivier-gascuel
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  2. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    French academy of sciences member id → olivier-gascuel
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  3. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orcid id → 0000-0002-9412-9723
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  4. 21w ago · Maxime2024 · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cnrs talent page → olivier-gascuel
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  5. 23w ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
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  6. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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