Sylvain Moineau is Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering at Université Laval (Québec, Canada), a position he has held since 1996. His research group studies phage biology and the interactions between phages and bacteria.

His group studies phage resistance mechanisms such as CRISPR-Cas systems to develop phage-resistant bacterial strains for food applications. He is developing various strategies to use phages as biocontrol or therapeutic agents in various industrial sectors and public health. He has held the Canada Research Chair in Bacteriophages since 2011 and has also been the Curator of the Félix d’Hérelle Reference Center for bacterial Viruses since 2003.

Sylvain has been awarded several academic prizes, including among others the Killam Prize, NSERC John C. Polanyi Award, the Canadian Society of Microbiologists Murray Award for Career Achievement, Prix Marie Victorin, and the Flavelle Medal of the Royal Society of Canada. He was also awarded industry-related prizes such as the DuPont Excellence Medal (Denmark), the NSERC-Synergy Award (Canada), the European LABIP International Science Award, and the DSM Food Specialties Award (USA) as well as civil recognitions including Officer of the Order of Canada and Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

Sylvain obtained his PhD degree in Food Sciences and Technology in 1993 and spent two years as an industrial postdoctoral fellow at Quest International (a division of Unilever at the time) in the USA. He has published over 275 original articles and over 20 book chapters. He also has an H-index over 75 and is among the most cited microbiologists (Clarivate Analytics).