PhD defence Tristan Gérault

It is my pleasure to invite you to my PhD defence entitled “Investigating the multi-scale regulations of rhizodeposition and nitrogen uptake using FunctionalStructural Plant Modeling. Application of a framework to winter wheat (Triticum aestivum)”.

It will take place on Thursday, 15 January 2025 at 9:30 a.m. (subject to authorization by the jury), in lecture theatre A1 of AgroParisTech (basement of building A), located on the Agro Paris-Saclay campus, 22 place de l’Agronomie, 91120 Palaiseau. I will also send you a videoconference link ahead of the defence.

This thesis, carried out within the UMR ECOSYS, will be evaluated by:

• Soazig GUYOMARC'H – Professor & HDR, IRD DIADE & Univ. Montpellier – Reviewer & Examiner
• Guillaume LOBET – Professor & HDR eq., UCLouvain – Reviewer & Examiner
• Gaëtan LOUARN – Research Director, INRAE UR P3F Lusignan & Univ. Poitiers – Examiner
• Philippe NACRY – Research Director, INRAE UMR IPSIM & Univ. Montpellier – Examiner
• Marion PRUDENT – Research Scientist & HDR, INRAE UMR Agroécologie & Univ. Bourgogne E. – Examiner

With the presence of my supervisors:

• Frédéric REES – Research Scientist, INRAE UMR ECOSYS – PhD supervisor
• Alexandra JULLIEN – Professor, AgroParisTech – Co-supervisor
• Romain BARILLOT – Research Scientist, INRAE UR P3F Lusignan – Co-supervisor
• Christophe PRADAL – Research Scientist, CIRAD, INRAE, Univ. Montpellier, AGAP institute – Co-supervisor