Didier Lesueur

Didier Lesueur received a PhD in Plant-Soil-Microorganism interaction from the University of Paris VI (Pierre & Marie Curie) in 1992. He has been getting a position in CIRAD for working in France at the BSFT laboratory, in Senegal, in Kenya, in Thailand and currently at CIAT-Hanoi. His main areas of research have been biological nitrogen fixation and the utilization of beneficial microorganisms for inoculating legumes and other crops within agro ecological systems in relation with nutrient cycles. He is currently coordinating the CMBP Asia-Pacific network on microbial biotechnologies aiming to develop soil biological indicators for improving soil health management by farmers. His field experiences are mainly in Africa and South East Asia. He has co-authored over 70 referred journal articles or book chapters and has trained 10 PhD students and 35 M.Sc. students from North and South. He is Editor board of 2 International journals