Dr. Karl-Frédéric Vieux
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Dr. Karl-Frédéric Vieux was born and raised in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. He completed both undergraduate and graduate degrees at McGill University in Canada. Karl-Frédéric conducted his doctoral research on mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation in mammalian oogenesis, under the supervision of Hugh Clarke. He then transitioned to the study of miRNAs for his postdoctoral work in Katie McJunkin’s lab. During his fellowship, he identified mediators of miRNA tailing in C. elegans and clarified their general function in miRNA decay. In 2023, he received a prestigious MOSAIC K99/R00 Award, further supporting his transition into an independent scientist, and his research as he opens his new lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. He will continue to investigate RNA tailing by terminal nucleotidyl transferases and their role in C. elegans fertility to better understand the RNA contribution to oocyte quality and embryonic viability, and the effects of age on that relationship.