I am a research scientist at INRAE Bordeaux-Aquitaine (France), in the UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie. I like to define myself as a multi-disciplinary scientist, having carried out several systems biology projects on different plant species. After studying green pea and Arabidopsis thaliana, I have now moved to fruit trees, using sweet cherry as a model species.
As part of the Adaptation of Sweet Cherry to Climate Change (A3C) team, I study the adaptation of cherry tree to climate change through modelling. I integrate large datasets of climatic, phenotypic and genomic data into a descriptive and predictive model of the phenological stages of cherry tree, with the ultimate aim of selecting the right plant material adapted to future climate conditions with guaranteed fruit quality.