Dr. Czerkinsky is currently Research Director at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, a research organization spearheaded by the French National Research Council (CNRS), the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and the University of Nice at Sophia Antipolis (France). He previously served as Deputy Director General and Head of R&D at the International Vaccine Institute (Seoul, South Korea) and as Professor at Seoul National University, Korea University, and Göteborg University (Sweden). He has authored more than 180 scientific publications and is an inventor of more than 20 patents in the field of immunology and vaccine science.