Professor and Head
French National Agronomic Research Institute
University of Lille 1
France
Tel: 33-03-20436678
Prof. Jean Louis Hilbert is a Professor and Head of a Research Unit associated with the French National Agronomic Research Institute (INRA), France. He was involved mainly in projects concerning chicories, like somatic embryogenesis. Prof. Hilbert earned his PhD in plant and forest sciences in 1989 from the University of Nancy, France. In 1990, He joined the University of Lille Nord de France in Villeneuve d'Ascq, as an Assistant Professor to introduce molecular approaches for studying somatic embryogenesis in plants. Since 2009, Hilbert was involved in plant secondary metabolism and leading projects about hydroxycinnamic acids and lactone sesquiterpenes in chicory. Prof. Hilbert is now in charge of the team "Plant Quality and Adaptation to Stress" in the Laboratory of Agrofood and Biotechnology, Institute Charles Viollette.
