I am a researcher working at CIRAD in the AMAP lab in Montpellier, France. I am specialized in Functional-Structural Plant Modelling (FSPM), and my research interests include ecophysiology, environmental physics, tree architecture, computer models and agronomy.
I am the co-manager of the FSPM theme of AMAP along with Jean Dauzat. I work mainly on the ARCHIMED platform but I am also a member of the EPS, the team of the STICS project (referent for the intercrop version).
PhD in Environmental Physics, 2017
Bordeaux University, France
Master in Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Modelling
AgroParisTech
Licence (=Bsc) in Ecology, 2011
Toulouse University III (Paul Sabatier)
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The DynACof model was designed to model coffee agroforestry systems and study the trade-offs to e.g. optimize the system facing climate changes. The model simulates net primary productivity (NPP), growth, yield, mortality, energy and water balance of coffee agroforestry systems according to shade tree species and management. Several plot-scale ecosystem services are simulated by the model, such as production, canopy cooling effect, or potential C sequestration. DynACof uses metamodels derived from a detailed 3D process-based model (MAESPA) to account for complex spatial effects, while running fast. It also includes a coffee flower bud and fruit cohort module to better distribute fruit carbon demand over the year, a key feature to obtain a realistic competition between sinks. The model was parameterized and evaluated using a highly comprehensive database on a coffee agroforestry experimental site in Costa Rica. The fluxes simulated by the model were close to the measurements over a 5-year period (nRMSE~=~26.27 for gross primary productivity; 28.22 for actual evapo-transpiration, 53.91 for sensible heat flux and 15.26 for net radiation), and DynACof satisfactorily simulated the yield, NPP, mortality and carbon stock for each coffee organ type over a 35-year rotation.
I am the author of the collaborative free open-source book “Le compagnon de l’utilisateur R”. This book is a side project that I work on during my free time, so this is still in progress. It is a book about how to use the R progamming language along with RStudio for data science, graphics, reproducible research and more, using state of the art tools such as
tidyverse,
ggplot2,
plotly,
data.table etc…
It is in french only for the moment, but will be translated to other languages hopefully.
The models I use or develop
A modeling platform to simulate plants biophysical processes, growth and development.
The Dynamic Agroforestry Coffee Crop Model
A soil-plant-atmosphere model based on MAESTRA and SPA
Simulateur mulTIdisciplinaire pour les Cultures Standard (Multidisciplinary simulator for standard crops)
Sustainability of production systems and new dynamics in the cocoa sector
Carbon Sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in (agro) Sylvopastoral Ecosystems in the Sahelian CILSS States
ARBRATATOUILLE aims to improve our knowledge on interactions between trees and vegetable production, and to propose new perspectives …
PalmStudio aim at developing a functional-structural plant model for oil palms (Elaeis guineensis). The model is developed using three …
Coffee-flux is a platform where collaborative research on coffee agroforestry is promoted: data are being shared between collaborators …
Quantification of the Carbon, Water and Nutrient Balances, at the Ecosystem Scale, for a Rotation of the Eucalyptus using Flux tower
The MACACC project (Modelling to ACCompany stakeholders towards Adaptation of forestry and agroforestry systems to global Changes)
ReMIX is a Research and Innovation project, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Program under Societal Challenge 2. ReMIX will …