DVM, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (1982).
PhD microbiology/immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada (1991).
Full Professor, Département de pathologie et microbiologie, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, University of Montreal.
Member and ex-director of Groupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses du porc (GREMIP) (Research group on infectious diseases of swine).
Membere (and first director) of the Centre de recherche en infectiologie porcine (CRIP)(Swine Infectious Disease Research Centre).
Director of the international laboratory for swine pleuropneumonia.
Director of the international laboratory for Streptococcus suis.
International expert on swine bacterial respiratory infectious diseases.