"Plants and Society" Working group

Pierre HILSON (INRAE Research director)
Pierre Hilson is an agronomical engineer. He is involved in research projects in plant biology and biotechnology with the team Biology of the Cell and Regeneration at the Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin. In addition to his activities as a biologist, he is involved in several scientific mediation initiatives at the regional and national levels. In each of these activities, he mobilizes the SPS research community and organizes exchanges between scientists and various audiences (teenagers, teachers, general public).

Marie-Jeanne SELLIER (INRAE Research engineer)
Marie-Jeanne Sellier is an agronomical engineer (2007) and has a PhD in biology (2010). She is the manager of the Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) project since 2011. She is involved in the mediation activities of the SPS network and coordinates the participation of SPS to the "Fête de la Science" (National Science Fair), as part of the Village des Sciences Paris-Saclay, and to the Fascination of Plants Day, an international day for celebration of plants. She was also the national coordinator of the Fascination of Plants Day for France in 2019 and 2021.

Morgane QUESNOT (SPS Scientific mediation officer)
After studying biology, as well as scientific and cultural mediation, Morgane Quesnot joined SPS as a mediation designer and animator. Driven by a desire to share scientific culture with as many people as possible, Morgane is now involved in promoting and transmitting scientific discoveries in the fields of plant biology and biotechnology, particularly towards high-school students.

To contact us : plantesetsociete-sps@inrae.fr