Inès Astrid Tougma

Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg
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Research Interests
My PhD project entitled “Modelling approach to optimize trade-offs between crop yield and nitrogen losses” aims to build an integrated crop-soil model to assess crop management strategies at the field scale, in order to optimize trade-offs between crop yields and nitrogen losses accounting for uncertain weather. It is part a larger project “Optimal N for future agricultural landscapes: digital technologies to optimize trade-offs” conducted at Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), with many external collaborators. The first part of my thesis will consist in improving a state of the art soil model developed by SAE group in ETH by including the nitrogen processes relevant for the study and linking it with a crop model of SIMPLACE framework. The model will be parametrized and validated with data from patchCROP experiments conducted at ZALF. In the second part, I will use the integrated model to assess management strategies for range of weather conditions.
I am employed at ZALF and work under the supervision of Prof. Dr Heidi Webber. Prof Johan Six supervises my work at ETH Zurich.

Working Experience
October 2021: PhD student, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
March- August 2021: Intern, INRAE (National Institute of Agronomic and Environmental Research), Thiverval-Grignon, France
Education
2020-2021: Master degree in Climate, Land use and Ecosystem Services (CLUES), AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, France
2017-2020: Rural Engineering specialized in Irrigation, Water management and Environment, Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV) Hassan II, Maroc
2015-2017: Preparatory Classes in Agricultural Science, Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV) Hassan II, Maroc