Droevendaalsesteeg 10
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands
About
Seed associated microbes are an essential driver of seed germination, seedling establishment, and plant resilience to environmental stressors. The goal of my PhD is to investigate plant and seed traits involved in the microbiome recruitment, and the molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions under drought stress.
Biography
After obtaining a master's degree in ecology at the University of Rennes, France, and a diploma in agricultural engineering at Bordeaux Sciences Agro, France, I started a PhD in May 2025 as part of the MiSeed project. This project aims to elucidate how the seed microbiome shapes seed performance and plant resilience to drought. Particularly, our study will investigate whether specific plant and seed traits drive beneficial microbiome recruitment, how the seed microbiome influences seed performance, and unveil the molecular mechanisms underlying the interactions between the identified beneficial microbes, seed performance and plant resilience to drought stress.