I was born in nice and sunny Southern Switzerland for then moving to Madagascar for a few year, a long trip to India then brought us back to Switzerland , where I settled till my PhD.

I studied biology at the University of Neuchâtel with main focus in ecology and systematic of plants, animals and insects, for later on doing my master in evolutionary entomology. I obtained my PhD degree also at the same University in tritrophic interactions (i.e. the chemically mediated relationships of plants, herbivores, and their predators). After a civil service in Bolivia in the Guaraní Indians territory, I got married with Corinna and had a wonderful baby named Matteo. I am presently working at Cornell University , pursuing my favourite topic: Belowground tritrophic interactions.

You can download my current CV here