Gilles-Éric Séralini (born 23 August 1960) is a French molecular biologist, political advisor and activist on genetically modified organisms and foods.
He is of Algerian-French origin.
Séralini has been a professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen since 1991, and is president and chairman of the board of CRIIGEN.His work and publication strategies on GMOs have been controversial.
A paper he published in 2012 attracted major controversy.