Pierre-Louis ALAUX graduated as plant molecular biologist from BBCM. He performed his master internship at UMR PME (Plant Microbe Environment) INRA/CNRS/UB, Dijon. He started his PhD in 2012 with the financial support of Direction générale opérationnelle de l'Agriculture, des Ressources naturelles et de l’Environnement du service public de Wallonie (DGO3).