DU JARDIN Patrick

Professeur ordinaire

Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Département GxABT
Plant Sciences
Plant Sciences

ULiège address: Bât. ABT06 G48 - Plant Sciences
Avenue de la Faculté d'Agronomie 2A
5030 Gembloux
Belgique

Local: Plant Biology laboratory, Av Maréchal Juin, Bâtiment 48

ULiège phone number: +32 81 622456

ULiège Fax: +32 81 600727

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Conseil sectoriel à la recherche et à la valorisation: Sciences et Techniques

Personal website (s): Page Facebook du Jardin botanique de Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

University degrees: 1990: Docteur en Sciences agronomiques et Ingénierie biologique (Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux)
1986: Ingénieur agronome (Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux)

Bibliography

List of publications

Open Access Publications

Biography

PhD in Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering since 1990, Patrick du Jardin is a professor of Plant Biology at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, where he served as dean from 2007 to 2009.

Three main areas of activity can be distinguished:

Plant Biology and Biotechnologies: a researcher in plant physiology and biotechnologies, Patrick du Jardin is recognized as an international reference on the concept of biostimulants in agriculture, a new category of fertilizing products for which he laid the foundation of the recent European regulatory definition. He has dedicated himself to the scientific editing of several books on innovation in this sector and has (co-)chaired the scientific committees of major international conferences on the subject since 2017.
Ethics in Life Sciences and Technologies: Patrick du Jardin is the current president of the French committee ¿Éthique en Commun¿ INRAE-Cirad-Ifremer-IRD. This committee examines the ethical issues that research in the fields of food, agriculture, the sea, environment, and sustainable development may raise, particularly those that concern the relationship between science and society. His activity in the field of ethics is extended by his teachings at the University of Liège, where he co-coordinates courses, and by a personal research on the ethics of bioengineering.
Biosafety of Plant Biotechnologies: Patrick du Jardin has been working for over 10 years with EFSA (European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy) and served as vice-chair of its expert panel on agricultural GMOs from 2012 to 2015, responsible for risk analysis associated with their deliberate release into the environment. He has also worked for many years for the Belgian Competent authorities.

Patrick du Jardin is above all a teacher who is passionately dedicated to the pedagogy of biology, biosafety, and bioethics for his bachelor's and master's students in Bioengineering. With a didactic aim, he designed and now directs the Botanical Garden on the campus of Gembloux. Patrick du Jardin is also a lecturer and columnist, aiming to contribute to the popularization of his areas of expertise.

Research field

Agriculture
Bases générales de la science et de la culture
Enseignement des sciences de l'ingénieur
Botanique générale
Génétique des plantes

Duties or mandates

Director of the Plant Biology laboratory of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, since 1996
Elected Dean of Faculty, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 2007 till 2009
President of the joint ethical committee 'Comité Ethique en Commun' of the French research institutes INRAE - Cirad - Ifremer - IRD
Scientific director of the Botanical Garden of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, since 2019
Delegate of the Belgian Ministry within the Committee TC/455 of the European Standards Organisation (CEN) on Plant Biostimulants and Agricultural Microorganisms
Member of the Breeder's rights Council, by Royal decree, from 2020
Member and Vice-chair of the GMO experts panel of EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), between 2008 and 2015 and between 2012 and 2015, respectivley
Ad hoc expert in support to the Belgian Biosafety Advisory Council (BAC) and the Service Biosafety and Biotechnology (SBB) of Sciensano (Belgian federal Institute for Health), since 1998
Member of the Joint Ethical Committee of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the International Center of Agronomic Cooperation for Development (Cirad), France, between 2009 and 2016
Member of the Committee for ¿Ethics and Precaution¿ of the National Institute for Agricultural Research in France (INRA), between 1999 and 2007
Elected chairman (between 2003 and 2006) of the research network ¿Crop Biotechnology, plant breeding and food security¿ funded by the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie

Scientific distinctions

Award of Genetics Joseph Schepkens granted by the Royal Academy of Science, Literature and Arts of Belgium for the period 1988-1990. (1991)

ULiège Course

Nutrition et fertilisation des cultures, 16h Th, 4h Pr, 4h AUTR, DE CLERCK Caroline, DU JARDIN Patrick, DUMONT Benjamin, Suppl: LACROIX Christophe

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Projet de groupe, 63h AUTR, AYADI Mohamed, BINDELLE Jérôme, BOERAEVE Fanny, DOGOT Thomas, DU JARDIN Patrick, DUMONT Benjamin, FRANCIS Frédéric, JIJAKLI Haissam, MARÉCHAL Kevin, MASSART Sébastien, Suppl: LACROIX Christophe

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Physiologie végétale, 27h Th, 9h Pr, DU JARDIN Patrick

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Fondements de biologie, 18h Th, 6h Pr, DU JARDIN Patrick, LASSOIS Ludivine

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Botanique : Organisation des plantes à graines, 24h Th, 20h Pr, DU JARDIN Patrick

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Botanique : Diversité et évolution des végétaux, 20h Th, 16h Pr, 4h EXCU, DU JARDIN Patrick

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Botanique systématique, 10h Th, 22h Pr, DELAPLACE Pierre, DU JARDIN Patrick

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Philosophie et éthique de la bioingénierie, 24h Th, DU JARDIN Patrick, THYSSEN Pieter

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Philosophie et bioéthique
- Eléments de philosophie des sciences, 15h Th, THYSSEN Pieter
- Bioéthique, 15h Th, CAEYMAEX Florence, DU JARDIN Patrick, GATOT Jean-Stéphane, HANSON Julien, NGUYEN Laurent, VANDENHEEDE Marc

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Risques chimiques, biologiques et environnementaux liés aux productions végétales, 20h Th, 28h Pr, DU JARDIN Patrick, DUMONT Benjamin, MEERSMANS Jeroen, VERHEGGEN François

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