1998-present: Senior scientist – INRA Director of Research working at IRHS Angers France. Director of the Federative Structure of Research in Plant Quality and Health (SFR 4207 Quasav), Emersys group leader Research theme: Ecology, evolution, mechanisms of host colonization, and emergence of bacterial plant pathogens (Xanthomonas spp., Xylella fastidiosa, Clavibacter michiganensis)