Cyril Ronco

Email: Cyril.RONCO@univ-cotedazur.fr

Biography:
Cyril Ronco received his PhD on cholinesterases ligands under the supervision of Prof. P.-Y. Renard at the University of Rouen. He was then awarded with a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship to work on the total synthesis of complex natural products in Prof. H.-D. Arndt group at Jena University, Germany. After working on medicinal chemistry projects in Prof. Déprez’s group (University of Lille), he joined the University Côte d’Azur in 2014 in the Bioactive Molecules Team headed by Dr. Benhida as assistant professor, then associate professor (HDR 2019). His research focuses on the development of bioactive molecules to circumvent drug resistance mechanisms, mainly in the field of oncology. He is cofounder of 2 innovation start-ups: ROCA Therapeutics et BiPER Therapeutics.