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Sebastien Massart

Sebastien Massart

 

Prof. Sebastien Massart obtained his Ph.D. in plant pathology in 2005. He has worked for 6 years (2008-2013) in a private company developing high throughput sequencing (HTS) services for diagnostics and for microbiome studies. He started his academic position in 2015 and is currently managing a research team of 13 scientists in plant pathology and, more specifically in diagnostics improvement, plant virology, and plant microbiome research. He is also the manager of the Germplasm Health Unit of Bioversity International Genebank, ensuring virus testing before international distribution. He has co-authored more than 60 peer-review scientific papers.