Xavier joined the team of the Agronomy and Ecology department of the Ecole Supérieure des Agricultures (ESA, Angers, France) in 2022. He has a background in agronomy and agroecology. He got an MSc in agronomy and agroecology from the University Paris-Saclay and an engineering degree in agriculture from the ESA. In 2022, he defended a PhD at the University of Angers in 2022 after performing research about intercropping systems involving oilseed rape and multiple service plants. This work was mostly based in Agroscope (Nyon, Switzerland) and under the supervision of Joëlle Fustec from the LEVA research unit. His current research topic mostly focuses on legumes in intercropping systems for sustainable nitrogen and weeds management.
He gives courses and manage student’s projects in master programs. He is also part of the agroecology and food system Bachelor team in which he teaches agroecology.
Numéro ORCID : 0000-0001-9595-3725