Education

2001 – 2005

PhD Agronomy - biogeosciences, École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie de Rennes, France

2000– 2001

Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (Master): Physical, chemical and biological functions of the biosphere, Université P-M Curie, INA P-G, ENS Ulm, Paris, France

1995 – 2000

Ingénieur Diploma (Master) in agriculture and environment, École Supérieure d’Agriculture d’Angers, France

 

Research and Teaching

2008 to date

Research associate and lecturer, University of Zurich, Switzerland

- Soil organic matter processes with a focus on pyrogenic carbon decomposition: Physical, chemical and biological processes, C and N budget, effects of N deposition, effects on soils and plants properties

- Plant – soil systems: C, N, H, O cycles, plant and soil fertility

2005 - 2008

Post-doc, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Assessment of the lignin turnover in the soil-plant continuum and a bioessay to test the decomposability of lignin in the soil

2001 - 2005

Research assistant, French Institute of Agronomy (INRA), Rennes, France
Relationships between organic inputs, their dynamics of decomposition and aggregate stability in soil