Born 1st August 1948 in the UK. British nationality. Married with two children. Qualifications include a degree in Psychology (University of Manchester), Biology and Mathematics (Open University), D.E.A. in Microbiology (Institut de Genetique et Microbiologie, Orsay), and a Ph.D on the termination of DNA replication in E. coli (Institut Jacques Monod). Periods of employment include working as a mathematics lecturer in Libya and as a computer engineer with I.C.L. followed by research as a postdoctoral research associate and independent fellow in the University of Leicester (1986-1996) where I set up a group to study the cell cycle of the bacterium Escherichia coli and its relationship with calcium and eukaryotic-like protein phosphorylation. I also set up the Laboratory of Theoretical Biology to bring together biologists, physicists and mathematicians to study fundamental problems in biology such as the origin of life. In 1996, I became Professor of Integrative Biology in the Université de Rouen and in 2002 coordinator of the Epigenomics Programme in Genopole, Evry. My interests include developing the concept of hyperstructures as an intermediate level of organisation in cells via (1) interdisciplinary projects aimed at an integrative modelling of the biological cell using a variety of concepts and techniques from physical chemistry, computer science and physics and (2) the technique of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. I have published more than a 180 scientific articles in refereed journals, I am a regular reviewer for a score of journals and I organise numerous conferences including the annual "Modelling and simulation of biological processes in the context of genomics".