I'm a researcher of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), a French institute dedicated to scientific research for the developing countries, where I’m part of the Rice Genome and Genetics group, a team of the DIADE Research Unit.
I'm currently working overseas at CIAT, Cali, Colombia, where I'm leading the Rice Genetics and Genomics group, a joint research laboratory between IRD and CIAT.
My research topics are focused on plant genetics, especially:
* interspecific introgressions between different species of rice (wild crosses)
* reproductive barriers
* development of tools and resources for genetics and breeding
* genetics of resistance to Rice Hoja Blanca Virus
* phenotypic analysis of insertional mutants and associated databasing
* theory of genetic mapping
* development of software for genetic analyses
* genetics of resistance to nematodes in African rice
* genetics of rice aroma