Nathalie Fomproix started working for IUBS in March 2009. She holds a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Paris V, France. She has worked as a post-doc at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and at the University of Lyon, France.

She received a training in economic and social management in Lyon and worked for the Chemistry Cluster of the Rhône–Alpes Region.