Background/Biography

I am an environmental scientist interested in helping the development of sustainable agricultural practices through (1) quantifying the impacts of management in soil health, (2) developing process-based modelling schemes that help interpretation and further predictions and (3) developing monitoring techniques that operate at management scales.

My research experience includes geophysical monitoring and modelling, soil’s hydrology modelling and nutrient cycling modelling. My PhD research at the Univeristy of Lausanne was dedicated to studying plot scale effects of wheeling-induced soil compaction in soil water dynamics and mechanical properties by combining geophysical monitoring and hydrological modelling. As I postdoctoral researcher at Rothamsted Research (UK) and Agroscope (Switzerland),  I investigated impacts of soil compaction by grazing animals and agricultural vehicles on soil structure dynamics and soil functioning.

Currently, I am postdoctoral scientist at the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics in the University of Neuchâtel, where I collaborate in the Horizon Europe FARMWISE project. My role in the project deals with assessing, through process-based modelling, the impacts of fertilization management practices for different European soil types and climates.

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