I am a soil scientist focusing on soil-landscape modelling. I rely on statistical and computational methods for soil research, emphasizing data science and spatial modelling. My main research interests are:
– Spatial sampling designs and design optimization
– Evaluation and quantification of soil functions
– Uncertainty quantification and propagation in environmental modelling
– Statistical learning algorithms and the interpretation of models
– Infrared soil spectroscopy and chemometrics
– Epistemology and history of data-driven soil science

I hold a MSc in soil science from the University of Tubingen in Germany, a Master in epistemology of sciences from the University of Nantes in France and a PhD in applied geostatistics from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Read more about my CV here.

Currently, I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow affilitated to the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) at LISAH in Montpellier, France. In my previous role I was working as a Research Associate at the Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Sydney in Australia, where I was collaborating with the Australian Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network and with the CSIRO to map soil biodiversity and soil carbon dynamic at high spatial resolution in Australia, and was working on various research and consultancy projects with partners around the world.