My research at IJPB aims at the characterization of plant and seeds specialized metabolites diversity, spatial distribution, plasticity, and their role in plant adaptation to biotic and abiotic environments.
I am following and developed multidisciplinary approaches that involves multi-omic (e.g., metabolomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and phosphoproteomics, ionomics), genetic and molecular biology techniques that I am using to identify and characterize new SM-related pathways and their role in plants and seeds.
I am part of the SEED-DREAM team at IJPB, where I am leading the work on seed specialized metabolites diversity and plasticity (“Specialize Metabolites” group).
I am the correspondent for “Seed and Plant Specialized Metabolites” subjects at the IJPB metabolomic platform.



Supervision and mentoring

Post-Doc:

• LE-CABEC Audrey. Subject: Annotation of plat metabolic pathways 

Ph.D.:

• VALADON Anne-Solenn (co-direction IJPB-Versailles and AG-Dijon). Subject: Diversity, plasticity and genetic determinism of the specialized metabolome of pea (Pisum sativum) seeds
• BESSOLTANE Nadia. Subject: Integration of multi-omic data of Camelina sativa seeds
• SCHOUVEILER Paul. Subject: Single-cell analysis of abscisic acid gene regulatory network in Arabidopsis thaliana developing seeds
• GUILLON Baptiste. From December 2025

Engineers:

• BROSSE Céline, IE (co-supervision with Pr. Loïc Rajjou, IJPB). Project: Metabolic and molecular mechanisms involved in the elicitation defences of developing seed / specialized metabolites and seed quality
• SANCHARME Mélissa, IE (co-supervision with Pr. Loïc Rajjou, IJPB). Project: Metabolic and molecular evaluation of the impact of acclimation to abiotic stresses and germination on seed quality in Camelina sativa.

Visiting Scientists and Post-Doc:

• EROĞLU Seçkin (Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TR). Project: Elucidation of quercetin metabolism to increase seeds’ resilience.

Visiting Ph.D. students:


Master and bachelor students:


Alumni
Post-Doctoral researchers:
01/01/2025 – 31/07/2025 BARREDA Léa (INRAE). Current position: post-doc, CNB in Madrid (ES). EMBO Post-Doctoral fellowship
Ph.D. :
01/10/2021 – 31/10/2024 BARREDA Léa (Université Paris Saclay, IJPB-INRAE).
10/10/2017 – 17/05/2023 AN Xinhui (Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE) (co-direction with Nathalie Verbruggen, ULB, Bruxelles, BE). Current position: post-doc, Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf (DE). CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences.
Engineers:
01/11/2023 – 31/08/2024 SOUNDIRAMOURTTY Sivagamy, AI (IJPB-INRAE).
01/01/2022 – 31/10/2022 KLEWKO Nicolas.
Visiting Scientists and Post-Doc:
01/02/2025 – 31/03/2025 HARENCAR Lubomir (Nitra University, SK)
Visiting Ph.D. students:
30/09/2024 – 18/10/2024 VENTURI Melissa (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, IT)
01/09/2024 – 30/11/2024 DAINELLI Marco (Università degli Studi di Firenze, IT)15/03/2024 - 12/07/2024 FRASSINETI Elettra (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, IT)
01/10/2023 - 28/02/2024 RENELLA Alessandra (Università degli Studi del Molise, IT)
15/09/2023 - 15/12/2023 DAINELLI Marco (Università degli Studi di Firenze, IT)
01/06/2023 – 31/07/2023 HARENCAR Lubomir (Nitra University, SK)
10/07/2022 – 10/11/2022 VENTURI Melissa (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, IT)
Master and bachelor students :
01/01/2025 - 31/06/2025 ANGIBAUD Céleste (M2, Université Paris Saclay, FR).
29/01/2024 - 04/07/2024 LEBON-NAVARRO Marine (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, FR)
28/04/2024 - 28/06/2024 CIAFARDINI Alessia (Università degli Studi del Molise, IT)
15/05/2023 – 14/08/2023 LEBON-NAVARRO Marine (M1, Université de Technologie de Compiègne)
20/09/2022 – 21/12/2022 VICINO Miriana (M2, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, IT; co-supervision with Jean-Denis Faure)
03/01/2022 – 10/06/2022 NICOLAS Agathe (M2, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, FR; co-supervision with Loïc Lepiniec)
04/01/2021 – 30/06/2021 KLEWKO Nicolas (M2, Université de Technologie de Compiègne)
20/04/2020 – 30/07/2020 BARREDA Léa (M1, Université Paris-Saclay, FR)
01/10/2019 – 30/08/2020 AGHOULAS Ahmed (DEUST, Université Paris-Saclay, FR).