René Bally

Bally René serves as Research director and Scientific consultant for AKINAO. René has
scientific expertise in all development projects on microorganisms. From 1990 to 2013
he was appointed Director of research at CNRS, Director of Research Programs and
training for the development of Southern countries from 2011 to 2013; Deputy Scientific
Director of the Institute of the CNRS Ecology and Environment from 2009 to 2011, in
charge of Biodiversity, Ecology of health and the ultra-marine, 2006-2009 and Deputy
Scientific Director at the Department of Sciences Life and Environment and
Sustainability department of CNRS. From 2003 to 2011, he was appointed Director of
the Mixed Unit for Microbial Ecology Research (UMR 5557 CNRS-INRA-Université
Lyon 1-National Veterinary School of Lyon), specializing in the study of microbial
ecosystems and their role in interactions micro-plants. And from 1999 to 2003,
appointed Director of the federative research institute Sciences and methods of ecology
and evolution (IFR 41) Lyon1 University. He has participated in various programs
steering committees and authored over 120 scientific articles and more than 100 papers
at scientific conferences or in France and abroad.