[1] Anne Peyroche studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Cachan and graduated in 1994 with a major in biochemistry and biological engineering.
As a result, Antoine Petit, president of French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria) was appointed to replace her as head of the CNRS.
Beginning October 2018, the newspapers L'Express and Le Monde, alleged that the report of the French Academy of Sciences which confirms suspicions of scientific misconduct had been "buried" since May.
[4] The ministry "denies the allegations of L'Express, which affirms that the minister Frédérique Vidal would have asked not to sanction Anne Peyroche," whereas Sylvestre Huet, member of the Council of scientific integrity, writes to Frédérique Vidal that an “intolerable suspicion of intervention” and obstruction of the process of dealing with the fault committed, sends “a disastrous message to the scientific community."
The CEA concluding that “wrongful negligence constitutes breaches of scientific integrity likely to damage the image of the organization and more generally of research.” She is married to researcher Gérald Peyroche and has two children.