Rate My Professor Valérie de Crécy-Lagard

Valérie de Crécy-Lagard is a Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Science at the University of Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in 1991 from University Paris VII (Institut Pasteur) in Paris and completed postdoctoral training from 1991 to 1993 at the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Her research centers on comparative genomics to identify gene functions, with specific emphases on tRNA modification metabolism and function, metal metabolism across domains of life, vitamin and cofactor metabolism and transport, development of genetic tools for Archaea, genomic analysis for discovering gene functions in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, functional genomics for bacterial pathogenesis genes, and experimental evolution of bacteria for industrial applications.

de Crécy-Lagard is recognized as a pioneer in comparative genomics. She received the University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship in 2014 and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her laboratory continues to advance understanding of gene functions through genomics approaches, contributing to discoveries such as the identification of the SLC35F2 gene as a transporter for the micronutrient queuosine.