Joël R. Drevet received his Ph.D. degree in Cell Biology/Genetics & Immunology from the Université Claude Bernard (Lyon1, France) in 1989. From 1990 till 1993, Drevet spent four years at the Health Science Centre, the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) as a Postdoctoral Fellow (1990-1991) and a Research Associate (1992-1993). In September 1993, Drevet was hired Assistant-Professor at the Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand, France). In 1998, he moved-up to a Professor position and started his own research group in the field of Mammalian Reproductive Physiology.

Drevet is a member of the European Academy of Andrology (EAA), the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) and the North American Society for Studies on Reproduction (SSR). He sits at the board of the French Andrology Society (SALF) a daughter society of the International Society of Andrology (ISA).

Drevet serves as Managing Editor for the periodic BACA (Basic & Clinical Andrology), is Associate Editor for Human Reproduction and Academic Editor for PLoS ONE. In addition, Drevet is a reviewer board member for the periodics Andrology, Asian Journal of Andrology and International Scholarly Notices in Urology.