(Co)supervised ongoing PhD students
· Milton OBOKA (University of Embu, Kenya) "Contribution of agroforestry systems to provisioning ecosystem services, climate change adaptation and mitigation in Kenya".
· Hope MAZUNGUNYE (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) "Agronomic and environmental performace of maize-cowpea intercropping under ambient and simulated extreme rainfall in sub humid Zimbabwe".
· Dadirai CHINAMO (Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe), "The Impact of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Properties in Tobacco Production".
(Co)supervised graduated PhD students
· Abderrahim BOUHENACHE (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France) "Impact of climate change on crop biomass production and soil nitrogen use: a case study with maize under extreme rainfall events in Zimbabwe". Defense: 10/02/2026.
· Rumbidzai NYAWASHA (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) "Soil organic carbon stocks across scales in a sub-humid region of Zimbabwe". Defense: 11/11/2025.
· Armwell SHUMBA (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) "Soil organic carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions under conservation and conventional agriculture in sub-humid Zimbabwe". Defense: 10/12/2024.
· Vira LENG (Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, France) "Impacts of tillage systems on soil organic carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions under a cassava-based cropping system in Cambodia". Defense: 04/12/2024.
· Souleymane DIOP (Université Paris-Saclay, France) "Impact of albedo change on the climate benefit of conservation agriculture in sub-humid Zimbabwe". Defense: 28/11/2024.
Jury member of PhD defenses
· Paul BELLEVILLE (Université de Liège, Gembloux Agro-BioTech, Belgique / Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, France) "Impact de la gestion des résidus de cultures sur les émissions de N2O". Defense: 06/01/2026. Rapporteur.
· Romane METTAUER (Institut Agro Rennes Angers, France) "Potentiel de régulation du cycle de l’azote par les systèmes sylvopastoraux tempérés". Defense: 03/10/2024. Examiner.
Member of individual PhD student monitoring committees
- Clara DUCROCQ (Institut Agro Montpellier, France) “Dynamique du carbone organique du sol dans les prairies de Guyane issues d’un changement d’usage des terres en lien avec les caractéristiques de la végétation et du sol”. Ongoing.
· Ouadya TAHIRI (AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, France) "Assessment of current and future uncertain impacts of agroforestry on climate change mitigation and food security on a global scale". Ongoing.
· Ke YU (Université Paris-Saclay, France) "Quantifying the biophysical climate impact of changes in Europe's agricultural sector". Defense: 23/05/2025.
· Lucas LESAINT (Institut Agro Rennes, France) "Stockage de carbone dans les sols au voisinage de haies, dans des systèmes de cultures associés à l’élevage, sous climat tempéré". Defense: 19/12/2023.
· Solène QUERO (Aix-Marseille Université, France) "Evolution de la dynamique du carbone d'un arénosol méditerranéen lors d'un changement d'usage forêt/vigne, de l'échelle du mètre à celle de la centaine de nanomètres". Defense: 12/12/2022.
· Angelina Rondrotsifantenana RASOARINAIVO (Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar) "Influence de l’agroforesterie sur la séquestration du carbone et la dynamique de l’azote et du phosphore disponibles des sols ferrallitiques : Cas des régions Itasy, Alaotra-Mangoro et Analanjirofo de Madagascar". Defense: 21/06/2021.
· Lorenzo Matteo Walter ROSSI (Montpellier Université, France) "Embankment as a carbon sink : a study on carbon sequestration pathways and mechanisms in topsoil and exposed subsoil". Defense: 09/12/2019.
(Co)supervised Postdocs
· Myriam ALLO "Assessing land use and land cover changes effects on soil organic carbon in Southeast Asia".
· Antoine COUËDEL "Modelling soil C and N dynamics in tropical cropping systems to explore options for climate change mitigation".
(Co)supervised BSc/MSc/MPhil students
· Simon BENZONI - MSc (AgroParisTech, France) "Soil organic carbon fractions and maize micro-nutrients content in conservation agriculture practices".
· Aurélie CAMBOU - MSc (ENSAIA, France) "Quantification of soil organic carbon stock using visible and near infrared spectroscopy in the field".
· Thomas COZZI - MSc (Bordeaux Sciences Agro, France) "Stabilization of soil organic carbon in agroforestry systems".
· Céline DURAND - BSc (IUT Lyon 1, France) "Carbon storage in soil and aboveground biomass in temperate agroforestry systems".
· Amandine GERMON - MSc (AgroParisTech, France) "Root dynamics in agroforestry: an experimental approach and modeling".
· Cécile HELLO - MSc (ISTOM, France) "Modeling soil organic carbon dynamics and N2O emissions in cassava-based agroecological cropping systems in Cambodia".
· Illiana KWENDA - MPhil (University of Zimbabwe) "Performance of cereal and legume fodder crops under current and future climate: a case study in Mutoko district, Zimbabwe".
· Premrose MASUNUNGURE - MSc (University of Zimbabwe) "Greenhouse gas emissions under different land uses in mixed crop-livestock management systems in sub-humid Zimbabwe".
· Emmanuel MATIMBA - MSc (University of Zimbabwe) "Weed dynamics and maize productivity in Zimbabwe: The interplay of mulch, nitrogen and rainfall variability".
· Talent NAMATSHEVE - MPhil (University of Zimbabwe) "Effect of maize-cowpea intercropping on crop mineral composition along soil fertility gradients in Zimbabwe".
· Théophile PARENT - MSc (Bordeaux Sciences Agro, France) "Carbon sequestration in agroforestry: stock and stability of carbon".
· Alexandre ROSA - BSc (Institut Supérieur de l’Environnement, France) "Carbon storage in belowground biomass in a Mediterranean agroforestry system".
· Eric ZASSI - MSc (Université Paris-Est Créteil, France) "Soil organic carbon stabilization processes with increasing depth in agroforestry"".