
Christophe D'HULST
- FACULTE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES
- DEPARTEMENT BIOLOGIE
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Professor of genetics and biochemistry
Professor at the University of Lille. I mainly teach genetics and biochemistry in bachelor’s and master’s degrees. My research activity focuses on the study of starch metabolism in plants, mostly in the model plants Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (a green microalgae) but also in the crop Solanum tuberosum (potato).
Professor at the University of Lille. I mainly teach genetics and biochemistry in bachelor’s and master’s degrees. My research focuses on the study of starch metabolism in plants, in particular in the model plants Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (a green microalgae) as well as in the crop Solanum tuberosum (potato).
Full professor
Scientific Advisor at Hcéres (domain SVE2)
Director (2013-2020) of the Structural and Functional Glycobiology Unit (UMR8576 CNRS - University of Lille)
Scientific Director of the Plant Storage Polysaccharides (PlaStoPol) team at UGSF until 2025
Member of the research group IBSP (Integrative Biology of Storage Plysaccharides)
Elected Member of the Scientific Council of the University of Lille (2018-2025)
Chair of the ‘users’ disciplinary section of the University of Lille (2022-2025)
I teach genetics and biochemistry at bachelor's and master's level.
My research activities focus on the study of starch metabolism and structure in plants, particularly in the cultivated species Solanum tuberosum (potato) but also in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana.