Education
Academia & trainings
Double Master Degree
Agriculture Engineering Diploma
Polytechnic Institute Lasalle Beauvais – France
September 2011 – September 2015
Training mixing scientific knowledge, business skills and the understanding of the agriculture industry.
Diploma from the oldest French agriculture engineering school.
- Interventions of a large number of corporate guest speakers;
- Possibility to undertake a gap year project;
- Training covering the agrifood sector from production to transformation and distribution of agricultural products.
MSc in Land Reclamation and Restoration
Cranfield University – United-Kingdom
September 2014 – September 2015
One year training focused on research and consultancy, working on land management, soil restoration and carbon topics:
- Principles of sustainability;
- GIS fundamentals;
- Soil plant environment science;
- Land engineering and water management;
- Ecological restoration;
- Landscape ecology;
- Soil erosion control for catchment management;
- Soil engineering, contaminant and nutrient management;
- Group project: Estimation of carbon sequestration in reed beds in mine water treatment schemes;
- Research master thesis: Evaluation of a commercial soil health index based on the Solvita CO2-burst test.
- Advanced self-training on soil health evaluation and improvement;
- Visit of quarries, landfills and sites under restoration;
- Winner of the video contest “Student life at Cranfield Universtiy”;
- Advanced assignments using GIS;
- Winner of the best group project presentation award.
Master Erasmus Exchange
Sustainable Land and Water Management – Specialisation in Land Degradation & Development
Wageningen University – Netherlands
Januray – July 2014
- Academic consulting project with the University of Valencia;
- “A la carte” scientific skills trainings;
- Intercultural teams and interdisciplinary projects;
- Creativity encouraged during assignments.
One semester Erasmus exchange focused on land degradation issues and solutions to reverse them:
- Fundamentals of land management;
- Sustainable land management policies;
- Erosion processes and modelling;
- Research approaches to land and water management;
- Academic consulting training in Spain – working on a biomass for energy project to finance forest and wildfire management;
- Entrepreunarial skills;
- Career development skills;
- Scientific writing skills;
- Presentation skills.
Year 4 of Engineering School (Semester 1)
Polytechnic Institute Lasalle Beauvais – France
September – December 2013
- Extended lectures about soils, geology and hydrology;
- Group project on the agroecological evaluation of meadows;
- Group project on the evaluation of the impacts of farming practices on soil fauna;
- Great interest for modelling courses related to tree and plant growth;
- Exploration of carbon cycling and modelling.
Agriculture from another perspective, looking at agricultural systems on a larger scale and studying problems related to agricultural mismanagement.
First semester of an engineering training specialised in agroecology, soil, water and land management:
- Soil and water protection:
- Soil and water conservation;
- Hydrology, geomorphology and water quality.
- Agroecology concepts:
- Environmental diagnostic of rural land;
- Sampling methods, experimental design and univariate statistics;
- Productivity of agroforestry systems.
- “Projects and Change”:
- Personal development, creativity and innovation;
- Project management;
- Team management;
- Business intelligence and strategic monitoring.
- Internship with an agronomic institute and a development association in Togo, working on the restoration of coffee and cocoa plantations.
- Year Project #1: Agroecological evaluation of meadows;
- Year Project #2: Evaluation of the impacts of farming practices on soil fauna.
Extracurricular project “Alcheringa”
Journey through Australia, working in farms, forestry, carbon abatement, cattle stations.
Australia
September 2012 – September 2013
- Website, articles, photography and videos about Australia.
- Adventure shared with kids in French schools.
- Project nominated for the and Golden Blog Awards 2013.
- Partnerships with Chapka Insurances, SuperKoala travel agency, Cercle des Vacances, Taxback, Peterpans Australia and WWOOF Australia.
- Project partially funded by the French Ministry of Youth.
- Still in development.
- Tree measuring and sampling at the border of the Outback for a carbon sequestration study;
- Visit of a sugarcane fertilization trail with an agronomist working for the Australian Department of Agriculture (DAFF);
- Visit of Kakadu National Park;
- Visit of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park;
- Kayaking almost alone across the nine gorges of Nitmiluk National Park;
- Jumping in the fire brigade truck during a wildfire control;
- Living in barns, sheds, caravans and working in the fields;
- Driving 4WDs and quadbikes in the bush;
- Work in a mahogany plantation, chainsawing all day.
Year 3 of Engineering School
Polytechnic Institute Lasalle Beauvais – France
September 2011 – September 2012
- Preparation of a gap-year project, with the objective to visit Australian farms and report about it (see Alcheringa blog). Partnerships with WWOOF Australia, grant from the French Ministry of Youth;
- Group project and visit of a methanization unit;
- Group project on spectral reflectance for digital soil mapping;
- Internship in pig farming;
- Group won the business simulation game;
- Great interest for statistics.
One-year engineering training focused on the acquisition of a great amount of knowledge on agronomy and agriculture related disciplines:
- Agriculture Sciences:
- Plant and crop science, Soil science, Fertilization, Plant health, Zootechnics, Animal nutrition;
- Internship in a farm.
- “Transversal” Sciences:
- S1 – Linear algebra, Descriptive statistics, Probabilities, Excel, SQL and Access, Economy, Accounting, Professional project, English;
- S2 – Data management system, Inferential statistics, Quality: issues and tools, Environment and land management, Informatic applications.
- Business Sciences:
- Law – basis and principles, Human resources management, Marketing, Finance, Business game.
- Sciences and Techniques of Agro-industries:
- Analytical chemistry, Analytical chemistry project, Food microbiology, Food conservation techniques, Technologies of agro-industries, Industrial food biochemistry.
Qualified Technician Diploma
Undergraduate Degree in Biology – Specialisation Agronomy
University of Clermont-Ferrand – France
September 2009 – September 2011
- Internship in a technical center, working on strawberry varieties evaluation – good end result (14.5/20);
- Best group project of the year (17.25/20) working on beer biochemistry, fabrication and history – Making of several brews, starting from scratch;
- Exploring the geogoly of the Cantalian Stratovolcano, the largest volcano in Europe;
- Hours and hours of practical work, in the field, the lab, at the desk, and doing presentations.
Two-years training including advanced theroetical lectures as well as pratical trainings, covering a wide range of disciplines:
- Plant and Animal Biology, Physiology, Reproduction, Digestion, Animal Health;
- Chemistry, Biochemsitry, Molecular Biology, Histology, Cytology, Enzymology, Proteomics, Fermentation;
- Microbiology, Genetics, Genetic Engineering;
- Crop Science, Populations, Phytopathology, Symbiosis, Plant Breeding and Engineering;
- Soil Science, Fertility, Geology, Bioclimatology, Agrometeorology;
- Physics, Hydraulics, Electricity, Atomistics;
- Farm Operations, Holistic Approach;
- Data analysis, Cartography, Informatics, Statistics, Metrology, Modelling, Bioinformatics;
- Ecology, Ecosystems, Biogeochemical Cycles, Pastures;
- English, Communication, Career Development, Accounting.