The Professor Christophe David

Christophe David
Deputy Director, Agroecology and Environnement, PhD Habilitation

Expertise

• Agronomy and farming systems
• Plant production
• Agroecology
• Organic farming

Research Unit
Agroecology and Environment

Keywords

Agroecology – Crop and water management – Cropping systems design on organic systems using diagnosis and modeling – Technical management

Research projects

• AGTEC-Org : Agronomical and technological methods to improve organic wheat
• GREMAB Gestion des ressources en éléments minéraux fertilisants en AB : quelles échelles pour évaluer la fermeture des cycles des éléments minéraux, de l’exploitation au territoire ?
• TILMAN-Org : Reduced tillage and green manures for organic cropping systems
• Eau et AB Contribution de l’agriculture AB à la préservation de la ressource en eau

Work experience and studies

Current or recent responsibilities

Management

• Executive Dean, ISARA Lyon, Lyon, France (2011-present)
• Deputy Director, Strategy and Development ISARA, France (2019-now)
• Consultancy for private or public companies in agriculture & food sectors (2017-now)
• Coordinator of the Scientific Council at ISARA (23 Members)
• Vice Dean Research and International, ISARA Lyon, Lyon, France (2006-2011)
• Department Chair Agrosystems, Environment & Production, ISARA Lyon, Lyon, France (2004-2006)

Training

• Habitation in Agronomy, Université Lyon 1, Title: Improvement of organic cereal systems Lyon, France
• PhD in Agronomy, Agro-Paris Tech , Paris France. Title: Nitrogen management of organic winter wheat
• Master of science in Geography – Management of sensitive areas, Institut de Géographie Alpine, Grenoble, France
• Engineer in Agronomy Specialization in Agricultural Economics, AgroSup, Dijon, France

Supervision

• PhD and Post Doc research supervision : currently PhD students: Richard (2018), Vincent-Caboud (2019), Duchene (2020)
• Continuous supervision of 2-3 MSc students per year

Publication summary

Approximately 95 papers in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters; over 30 non-refereed conference contributions; various conference abstracts, popular scientific articles and reports. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christophe_David