Testapi staff / addresses
Testapi main office and laboratory are located in the heart of the Loire Valley between Tours and Angers-Nantes.
Testapi
115 Route du Pô
49650 Allonnes – France
Satellite offices are located:
Testapi
21000 Dijon - France
Testapi
49300 Cholet - France
Testapi
49620 La Pommeraye - France
Céline Bousquet
Associate and GLP study director
As an agricultural engineer by training (ENSAR - Ecole Nationale d’Agronomie de Rennes – France - 1998), Céline Bousquet has worked since 2000 in the field of residue studies. Managing GLP pan-European residue programmes, she developed valuable skills on a wide range of residue studies (crop, processing, rotational, soil, bee products, drift, DFR…) with her past experience including the performance of more than 350 studies and 2100 trials (2017 data).
Through the various companies she has worked for (European Ag, Biotek Ag, SGS) and thanks to her work on multi-site studies, she has gained a wide knowledge of the European CRO network (field and laboratories) and can advise on the best combination for the studies she runs. Her motivation is to provide the highest guidance to sponsors and to anticipate potential complications.
Since 2016, Celine Bousquet has been a shareholder of Testapi where she developed the residue department in cooperation with her colleague Frederic Lebrun.
When Céline isn’t working, she practices sports, hiking and likes good food.
Marie-Ange Bougrier
GLP study director
With a degree in agricultural technology (BTSA Crop Technology – Crop protection – Yonne), Marie-Ange has worked since 2003 in the field of crop protection. She was first in charge of a national agricultural alert network (FREDON Auvergne, SRPV Doubs). She then worked as a principal field investigator running GEP and GLP trials (Syntech Research) and finally coordinated technical field teams in a GLP department (SGS).
Marie-Ange joined the Testapi team in 2018 where she works as a GLP European trials coordinator and study director. With her varied and complementary experiences in crop protection and field work, Marie-Ange is a steadfast ally in the scope of GLP residue work.
During her free time, Marie-Ange enjoys tinkering and reading.
Frédéric Lebrun
Associate and GLP study director
With a degree in Biology and Agronomy (DUT Angers, Bsc / Msc Greenwich Univ., London 1998), Frédéric began his career as a lab. technician (Chromato/Janssen); then as field trials coordinator and GLP study director (RAGT seeds, B&S Residue, Staphyt, Arbiotech, SGS).
Since 2001, Frederic has acted as study director in GLP Pan-European studies (265 studies, 1650 trials in 2017) and as a project manager. Thanks to fruitful collaborations with his European network, he gained his knowledge in various GLP study types, such as, classical crop residue, but also processing, rotational, soil dissipation/accumulation, bee products, guttation, dust drift, seed treatment and post-harvest storage studies.
In 2011, he was offered the opportunity to develop the GLP department of SGS France and expanded his management skills. In 2016, he decided to gain more independence and freedom to operate by becoming shareholder of Testapi with Hervé Giffard and Céline Bousquet.
Amongst several hobbies, he has been part of local social association (Familles rurales) and theater society; and he also likes to tinker, travel across the world and dive (Padi advanced).
Julien David
GLP principal field investigator
Julien gained a degree in agricultural technology, specialising in horticultural production (BTS – Angers - France) and has worked since 2010 in the field of experimental agricultural trials. For 7 years, he performed the field phase of GEP efficacy and GLP residue trials (Promo-vert), acquiring strong field experience. After a two-years break as technical sales agent for an agricultural cooperative, Julien decided to come back to the field of experimentation and joined the Testapi team.
Acting as a principal field investigator, Julien sets up residue trials on a wide range of crops in Northern and Southern France. Occasionally, Julien assists the Testapi team on bee trials (field and laboratory studies). His knowledge of the field work and his farmer network make him a real asset for Testapi.
In his spare time, Julien likes wildlife, hiking, cross biking and gardening.
Olivier Mamet
GLP Study Director
In 1998, Olivier obtained his Masters degree in ecosystems and population biology. He has been working on GLP and ISO certifications (14001) since 1999 (Agrisearch, Testapi) and developed his agrochemical and agricultural knowledge whilst having responsibility for several GEP and GLP trials and study types. Moreover, he gained a strong experience in team management by developing and organizing new test site facilities and taking care of a team of GLP and GEP technicians for several years.
Olivier has been GLP study director in ecotox and veterinary studies related to beneficial pollinators and other insects since 2006. Passionate about bees and other insects, Olivier always looks for technical protocol improvements in the ecotox research and development field. Thus, he takes part in several EU working and discussion groups in his area of ecotoxicology.
During his free time, he practices extreme sport, but also gardening and beekeeping.
Elise Réveillon
After a technical degree in biology and environment, Elise decided to deepen her knowledge in plant production with a training in plant health management.
With different internships in plant experimentation, she acquired skills in setting up field trials. Aware of environmental issues but also agricultural challenges, Elise joined Testapi in November 2023 as GLP field investigator. Sometimes, she assists the ecotoxicology team in their missions.
In her free time, she likes to discover the wildlife while hiking, but also cooking and gardening.
Claire Molitor
GLP Study Director
Graduated with a first Master Degree in Research Methodology on Environmental Pollution and Health Impacts (University of Science & Faculty of Pharmacy, Grenoble 2007), Claire worked a few years with the CNRS, the National Centre for Scientific Research. After a second Master Degree on Plant Protection Product Uses and Regulation (University of Science, Angers 2013), she joined Testapi to work under GLP, and became a Study Director on Pollinators. She also took part in international ring-tests dedicated to draw new guidelines about side effects on honeybees (i.e. homing flight), solitary bees and bumblebees. Beside GLP work and during many years, Claire carried out environmental apiary monitoring in France.
Claire’s leisure activities are reading, handcraft and beekeeping.
Hugo Hernandez
Hugo graduated as a technician in agriculture and environment. He has since worked several years in agronomical selective breeding. He also previously worked for the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), where he took part in the field phase of diversestudies.
Hugo has mastered a wide variety of skills applied to field research : counting, sampling, botanic and entomology deepending, tractor & forklift driving, to name a few. He is also experienced in GLP, having worked at Testapi during several seasons.
When not working, he enjoys climbing, cooking and reading.
Fabien Demarres
GLP Study Director
After graduating his Master’s degree in Animal Experimentation, Toxicology and Risk Assessment in 2007, Fabien Démares continued in academic research with interests in insect neurosciences & behavior, especially how pesticide residues could alter these processes. He graduated his Ph.D. in 2013 in Toulouse, France, after studying the honey bee brain and behavior, through a specific protein involved in neurotransmission and memory recall.
From this experience, Fabien Démares has broadened his expertise on pollinators’ physiopathology and toxicology: in over 12 years, he worked in different fields of research (electrophysiology, nutrition, chemical ecology, neurophysiology), with international teams and institutes in Pretoria, South Africa, in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and in Montpellier, France. Using technical knowledge from these different settings, Fabien keeps on improving his ecotox expertise on bees, pollinators, and many other insects. Starting with Testapi, he is integrating this expertise into GLP regulatory studies, to gain new insights on residue testing.
Outside of work, Fabien likes to cycle and hike, also enjoys rugby games.