Christophe Clement

Professor Christophe Clement is affiliated with the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne under the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. He serves as Director of the Research Unit on Grapevine and Wines in Champagne (URVVC- EA 4707), focusing on plant-pathogen interactions and sustainable viticulture practices.

His research spans grapevine phytopathology, Botrytis cinerea, biocontrol mechanisms, and plant physiology. Key trends in his work include microbial biocontrol agents (e.g., Burkholderia phytofirmans, Bacillus subtilis), metabolomic profiling of grapevine responses, and innate immune activation through compounds like rhamnolipids and surfactin.

He has presented at international conferences such as the 7th Brazilian Meeting on Induction of Plant Resistance to Pathogens (2014) and the XVI International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2014), emphasizing proteomic and transcriptomic analyses of grapevine diseases like esca and apoplexy.