Permanent Members
Post-Doctoral Researchers

Pierre Carmier
Research interests
- Stochastic modeling of interacting populations of plants
- Bayesian inference in hidden Markov models
- Information-driven experimental design
- Statistics of quantum transport in topological phases
- Semiclassical analysis for the two-dimensional Dirac equation
Publications
Teaching
- Statistics (L3, CentraleSupélec)
- Student projects in biomathematics and applied statistics (L3 and M1, CentraleSupélec)
Education
- PhD in theoretical physics (condensed matter), LPTMS / Univ. Paris-Sud (2010)
- Diplôme d'ingénieur de l'Ecole Centrale Paris (2003-06)
- Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mathematics, DAMTP / Univ. Cambridge (2006)
- L3 en Physique et Mathématiques Fondamentales, Univ. Paris-Sud (2004, 2005)
PhD. Students

Étienne Claverie
In Digiplante since 2014
Research subject
- Design of a generic soil module for process-based models cornFlo and sunFlo (temperature, water and nitrogen content)
- Improving prediction of the timing between sowing and emergence of cornFlo model.
Education
- Plant Breeding (2010, SupAgro Montpellier, France)
- Plant Molecular Biology (2008, Université de Strasbourg, France)
Professional Experiences
- 2013 Scientist in Environmental and Crop Modeling team at Syngenta Crop Protection, Switzerland
- 2012 Research assistant on powdery mildew avirulence genes at University of Zürich, Switzerland
- 2011 Project assistant in a prospective study on food security in the Mediterranean at Agropolis International, France (http://www.agropolis.fr/pdf/presentation/rapport-samaqq-juin-2011.pdf)
Skills
- Plant physiology, statistical analysis, plant modeling, quantitative genetics, R
Engineers
Interns
Collaborators
Former Members

Robert Beyer
## Research interests
* Functional-Structural Plant Modelling
* Mathematical Ecology, Population Dynamics
* Dynamical Systems, Partial Differential Equations
## Education
* since 2012: Double Doctorate with [TU München](http://www.tum.de), [Chair for Forest Growth](http://www.waldwachstum.wzw.tum.de/) on *Mathematical Modeling of Tree Crown Dynamics in Changing Environments*
Thesis directors: Prof. Paul-Henry Cournède, [Prof. Hans Pretzsch](http://www.waldwachstum.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=85)
* funded by the [Heinrich Böll Foundation](http://www.boell.de/)
* 2006-2011: Studies in Mathematics, Economics, Philosophy at Technische Universität München and Kyoto University
* ranked 1st and recipient of the Hurwitz Society Award