My research focuses on land–atmosphere interactions, with a particular emphasis on West Africa. I investigate how land-use changes – such as agriculture, grazing, and vegetation degradation – influence the exchange of water, energy, and carbon between the land surface, vegetation, and the atmosphere.

To address these questions, I combine eddy-covariance measurements, meteorological observations, and modelling approaches to understand how landscapes respond to climate variability and human activities. A special focus of my work is on Sudanian savannas in West Africa and on how different land-use systems affect evapotranspiration, energy balance, and CO₂ exchange.

In the long term, I aim to improve our understanding of land–atmosphere interactions and to make this knowledge useful for climate modelling, sustainable land management, and the protection of vulnerable ecosystems.