Experience

SOCIETE RAGT 2N

• France
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Breeding Technologies

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  My position involves two responsibilities, the first is to animate scientific innovations within RAGT2n, and the second is to pilot the support services for breeders, managing Genotyping, Pathology, CIV, Bioinformatic and Statistics teams of RAGT2n.

• Scientific Affairs

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2018

  New start, new challenging experience, I joined RAGT and Olivier Lucas in scientific affairs. My job was to animate all scientific projects for the 26 species worked by our breeders, and to drive evolution in genotyping and mas breeding.



Biogemma

• Mondonville, 31700, FRANCE

• Genetic Resources MANAGER

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

  Short period in BIOGEMMA managing SUNFLOWER and RAPESEED genetic resources. Short period in BIOGEMMA managing SUNFLOWER and RAPESEED genetic resources.



LIMAGRAIN

• France
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Leader in Plant Breeding

  • Jul 1999 - Aug 2016

  I joined Biogemma and Alain Murigneux in 1999 to develop genomic projects in Wheat (Genoplante program), especially with INRA peoples (Pierre Sourdille, Philippe Leroy, Michel Bernard, Gilles Charmet, Catherine Ravel .......). In 2003, I moved to Limagrain Europe to develop SNP markers, then to launch Marker Assisted Breeding with corn breeders. In 2010, I led research projects in Wheat and Corn for genetic resource and pre-breeding activities. I joined Biogemma and Alain Murigneux in 1999 to develop genomic projects in Wheat (Genoplante program), especially with INRA peoples (Pierre Sourdille, Philippe Leroy, Michel Bernard, Gilles Charmet, Catherine Ravel .......). In 2003, I moved to Limagrain Europe to develop SNP markers, then to launch Marker Assisted Breeding with corn breeders. In 2010, I led research projects in Wheat and Corn for genetic resource and pre-breeding activities.



INRA Clermont-Ferrand & LIMAGRAIN

• Région de Clermont-Ferrand, France

• Postdoc

  • May 1997 - Jul 1999

  European Project SIME - Stress-Induced Microspore Embryogenesis in Corn with Michel Becker. I developped the CDNA-AFLP approach .... (first wave of the modern high throughput transcriptomic). European Project SIME - Stress-Induced Microspore Embryogenesis in Corn with Michel Becker. I developped the CDNA-AFLP approach .... (first wave of the modern high throughput transcriptomic).



John Innes Centre

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Trainee

  • Nov 1996 - Apr 1997

  Training Period with Mike Gale and Katrien Devos - Synteny in Cereals - Update of the Comparative Syntenic Circles. I transmitted my thesis results to improve the comparative cereal genomes circle. A great chance to work with Katrien and Mike. Training Period with Mike Gale and Katrien Devos - Synteny in Cereals - Update of the Comparative Syntenic Circles. I transmitted my thesis results to improve the comparative cereal genomes circle. A great chance to work with Katrien and Mike.



CIRAD

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• thesard

  • 1993 - 1996