Kamel Soudani

Kamel Soudani is a Professor at the University of Paris Saclay, affiliated with the Faculty of Sciences ORSAY. His primary research focuses on leveraging optical reflectance and chlorophyll fluorescence signals to study vegetation function, particularly in terms of energy, carbon, and water exchanges across leaf, canopy, and regional scales using experimental and modeling approaches. He also contributes to teaching in Geographic Information Systems and Mathematical Modelling applications in Biology, Ecology, and Population Study.

• Education:
  • 1993: Engineer from École Nationale de Génie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (ENGEES), Strasbourg, France
  • 1994: Postgraduate diploma in Spatial Systems and Regional Planning, University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg/ENGEES
  • 1998: University degree in Computer Sciences (C programming/Unix), UFR Computer Sciences de Strasbourg
  • 1999: PhD in Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
• Career Path:
  • 1999-2001: Post-Doc at INRA Centre de Nancy, France
  • 2001-2002: Post-Doc at Remote Sensing Research and Applications Center, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
  • 2002: Assistant Professor in Ecology (CNU 67/37)
  • 2009: Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, University of Paris Sud
  • 2016: Professor, University of Paris Sud - Faculty of Sciences ORSAY