Bio

Philippe is in charge of internal research management at CIP in Lima, Peru, in collaboration with the Deputy Director General for Development. He joined CIP in January 2010, after 30 years working as a scientist and research manager. His main areas of scientific expertise are physiology, breeding, and management of genetic resources. Philippe worked as a professor in France and Senegal, and in 2000 he joined CIMMYT in Mexico to work as a physiologist in the Wheat and in the Maize Programs. He also worked for the CGIAR Generation Challenge Program, where he led research projects and was responsible for product management. Philippe holds a PhD in Crop Physiology and an MSc degree in Agricultural Sciences, both from the University of Montpellier, France.