I am an agricultural and resource economist and spend most of my time developing models and analysis on environmental issues in agriculture including pollination, climate change, invasive species or animal welfare. I develop quantitative tools for management and policy evaluation by integrating models from economics, ecology, epidemiology and other enviromental sciences when relevant. I have implemented this integrated methodology in a variety of agricultural systems including beekeeping in the United States and Canada, almond production in California, citrus and walnut production in Spain, coffee production in India, swine and greenhouse production in Switzerland. Pollination and beekeeping economics have remained among my favorite topics of research since my PhD thesis.
I have a Master from AgroParisTech (formerly the French National Institute of Agronomy) and obtained my PhD in agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Davis in 2010. I have been a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center and a lecturer and researcher at ETH Zurich and University of Bern, Switzerland.
For the last 8 years, I have worked as freelance consultant building numerical models for a range of entities, from small startups to governments. Currently, I also work at the Swiss 3R Competence Center where I focus on data analysis of animal welfare in R&D.
I am always happy to talk about the economics and ecology of agriculture and natural resources, pollination or animal welfare, so please feel free to contact me!