Speakers

Christophe Debonneville

Agroscope

Christophe Debonneville is a Swiss scientist specialising in plant pathology, bacteriology, and molecular diagnostics. He earned his Master’s degree in Life Sciences from the University of Lausanne, focusing on immunology and biochemistry, followed by a Ph.D. at the same institution. Throughout his career, Christophe has served in research and scientific roles at different institutions and companies, including biotechnology research at UNIL-EPFL, postdoctoral work at Agroscope, and agro-diagnostics at BIOREBA AG. Since 2019, he works as scientific collaborator at Agroscope, conducting research in bacteriology with a particular focus on phloem-restricted bacteria such as phytoplasmas. He leads projects dedicated to improving diagnostic methods and understanding the epidemiology of these plant pathogens as part of the Virology, Bacteriology, and Phytoplasmology group.