Congratulations, Mathilde Ponchon!

Mathilde Ponchon successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii and its endophytic potential in grapevine to regulate radicicole grape phylloxera populations” on October 27, 2023 at Hochschule Geisenheim University.

Her Doctorate, carried out within the framework of a cotutelle agreement between Hochschule Geisenheim University and Université Bordeaux was jointly supervised by Prof. Dr. Annette Reineke, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany and Dr. Denis Thiery, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.

Her thesis has been evaluated by Prof. Dr. Annette Reineke in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Astrid Forneck, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria and Prof. Dr. Patrice Rey, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in Pau, France.