I first met the scientific world in 1993 while I was in Dakar (Senegal), working on plant crop protection in collaboration with personals of the international institution Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and one french scientist (Bernard Vaissière) belonging to the Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA). See the two articles in the appropriate section.

I then got a technician diploma in agronomy (U. Perpignan), and did some undergraduate studies on phyto-protection (U. Avignon) and Ecology & Evolution (master in U. Montpellier). I then did my graduate studies with Stéphane Blanc & Yannis Michalakis as supervisors (defenses of thesis on may 2d, 2002, see the manuscript and articles in the appropriate sections). I then went to collaborate as post-doc in Paul Turner's Lab in U. Yale (New-Haven, USA) and also in Olivier Tenaillon's lab in Bichat Hopital (Paris, France).

I began my permanent position as research scientist on January 1st, 2005 in Montpellier (France). On top of my head, I have two groups : first, I collaborate with the group called "Évolution Théorique et expérimentale" (Theoretical and experimental evolution -- CNRS-IRD UMR 2724) headed by Yannis Michalakis. Second, I am working (physically) in the group called "CaGeTE" (Caulimovirus & Geminivirus : Transmission & Evolution) headed by Stéphane Blanc.

Today, I am working on CaMV long term evolution, looking at the genomic evolution (but also transcriptomic and proteomic modifications) when the virus is faced to homogenous and heterogenous environnements (determined by the alternance of different host species). Moreover, we designed experimental protocols to test the trade-off hypothesis of the evolution of virulence.  >>>