About me
Hello and Welcome! 👋
I am a researcher at UPR aïda/Cirad, working on agronomy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a focus on tropical ecosystems.
My current research focuses on designing agricultural systems that are more productive, resilient to climate change, and emit significantly fewer greenhouse gases. Specifically, I aim to generate insights into the biogeophysical impacts (e.g., albedo, surface infrared radiation, evapotranspiration) of various agricultural practices. The goal is to better understand how these practices can contribute to both mitigating and adapting to climate change in tropical regions. To achieve this, my approach combines field experiments with modeling techniques and upscaling to examine the broader implications of these practices on a larger, more applicable scale.
My previous works focused on modeling the energy budget and the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles in tropical ecosystems (in West-Africa and South-East Asia) with an emphasis on GHG emissions, climate change, productivity, and food security.
I integrate data from field experiments, eddy covariance systems, and remote sensing with process-based models to analyze ecosystem responses and adaptation strategies from local to regional scales.
Interests 🌿
- 🌳 Agronomy & Agroforestry
- 🌡️ Climate Change
- 🌱 Biogeosciences
- 🌎 Field experimentation & Modeling
- 📈 Data analytics and digital tools
- 🛰️ Remote sensing
- 🥗 Food security
- ♻️ Sustainable Development
- 🌍 Africa
- 🌏 South-East Asia
Experience 💼
- Researcher ∙ agronomy, climate change adaptation & mitigation in tropical ecosystems ∙ Cirad (Montpellier, France) ∙ 05/2025 - ongoing
- Postdoctoral Researcher ∙ modeling the impact of climatic stresses on the functioning of rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) ∙ Cirad (Montpellier, France) ∙ 05/2024 - 04/2025
- PhD Researcher ∙ Modeling greenhouse gas balance in agro-silvo-pastoral systems of the Sahel: from plot to landscape ∙ ISRA / LMI IESOL / Lero (Dakar, Senegal and Toulouse, France) ∙ 01/2021 - 03/2024
- Internship in Agronomy/Remote Sensing/Biostatistics ∙ Using drones to upscale yield and land-equivalent-ratio (LER) from plot to stand in an agro-silvo-pastoral system through a geostatistical-based method ∙ IRD / ISRA (Dakar, Senegal) ∙ 04/2019 - 12/2020
- Forestry Technician ∙ Management of Teak (Tectona grandis) and Gmelina arborea plantations ∙ National Office of Wood (Bohicon, Benin) ∙ 02/2017 - 08/2018
- Internship in Meteorology ∙ Introduction to tools for measuring meteorological parameters ∙ Asecna (Kandi, Benin) ∙ 04/2014 - 04/2014
Training 📚
2024: Fortran Programming Complete Course, Udemy, Online, Course
2023: Explore Data Science with Julia, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2022: Modelling approaches for climate risk and climate change adaptations in the context of sustainable intensification in semi-arid West Africa: Case study with the APSIM model, CMRA 2022 Summer School organised by ZALF and ICRISAT, Thies, Senegal, See certificate of completion
2021: Data Visualization and Geospatial Analysis with R, Leah Kocian, Shubham Jain, Alan Lewis & Vinit Sehgal (Texas A&M University), New Orleans, USA
2021: Data Manipulation with pandas, Datacamp, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: Introduction to Shell, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: Intermediate Python, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: Introduction to Python, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: R Programming for Statistics and Data Science 2021, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: Applied Statistical Modeling for Data Analysis in R, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2021: Complete Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing & GIS, Udemy, Online, See certificate of completion
2020: Using process-based models to simulate the soil-plant-atmosphere system (STICS & MAESPA models), Remi Vezy, Olivier Roupsard & Guerric le Maire (Cirad), Dakar and Online
2019: Design of experimental databases for modeling in STICS, Michel Giner (CIRAD), Dakar, Senegal
2016: Drone Setup and Usage for Park Conservation, Abdelaziz Lawani (Eastern Kentucky University), Tanguiéta, Benin
Leadership, service and community engagement 🤝
Since 2022: Member of European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria
2021: Member of American Geophysical Union, USA
2017: Volunteer - reforestation campaign in Zogbodomey, ONAB Zogbodomey, Benin
2017: Member of the Young African Leaders Initiative, (YALY) Network Dakar, Senegal
2015: Volunteer - reforestation campaign in Djidja, Forest Station of Abomey Djidja, Benin
From 2014 to 2016: Children’s instructor on biblical studies at MEF (Mission Evangélique de la Foi) Church Kandi, Benin