About
I specialize in plant growth modeling, predicting plant development and yield based on genotype, environment, and management (G×E×M). My work bridges ecophysiology, agronomy, and computational modeling to better understand plant function and architecture.
A key focus of my research is digital twins —virtual models that replicate real plant systems to test hypotheses, predict responses, and optimize management strategies. By integrating high-resolution data acquisition (lidar, gas exchanges...) with cutting-edge modeling frameworks, I aim to make simulations both realistic and actionable.
Driven by a passion for sustainability and technology, I develop tools that enhance resource efficiency, improve yield, and strengthen resilience, ensuring that research translates into tangible benefits for growers and stakeholders.
Work Experience
CIRAD
Permanent position
Researcher in functional-structural plant modelling
INRAE
Postdoc position
Postdoc in crop modelling
INRAE
PhD
Doctorate in environmental physics
Education
Bordeaux University
Skills
Projects
Ongoing projectsGalileo
Strengthening rural livelihoods and resilience to climate change in Africa: innovative agroforestry integrating people, trees, crops and livestock.
IntercropValuES
Leverage intercropping to create productive, diverse, resilient, profitable, and eco-friendly cropping systems accepted by farmers and agri-food actors. 🌱🌾
Cocoa4Future
Enhancing the sustainability of cocoa production in Ivory Coast and Ghana.
PalmStudio
Developing a functional-structural plant model for oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
CaSSECS
Carbon Sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in agro-sylvopastoral ecosystems in the Sahelian CILSS States
ReMIX
Creating more diverse and resilient arable cropping systems by leveraging species mixtures and agro-ecology principles.
Arbratatouille
Improving knowledge on interactions between trees and vegetable production, and propose new perspectives for agroforestry system conception and management.
CoffeeFlux
Coffee-flux aimed at making a comprehensive monitoring database of an agroforestry system with coffee in Costa Rica.
EucFlux
Quantifying water, carbon, and mineral element fluxes in eucalyptus plantations.
MACACC
Adapting perennial plantations to global changes by studying agroforestry systems, economic willingness for adoption, and ecological resilience to climate changes.