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Wilfried DOSSOU-YOVO

PhD

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About Me
Resilient, Honesty, Dedicated, Open minded
Skills

Relevant academic courses

  • Temporal and Spatial Variability in Soil Sciences
  • Agroecosystem analysis and modeling
  • Soil Calibration and Meta-analysis
  • Soil fertilization
  • Phosphorus and agri-environment
  • Experimental design
  • Statistics
  • R scientist
  • Scientist writing
  • Applied Statistical Modeling for Data Analysis in R
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Calculus I-III
  • Building Interactive Apps with Shiny and R
  • ggplot2 in R for data visualization
  • R shiny Interractive web Apps-Next Level Data Visualization
  • Data Science & Machine Learning with R

Soil sciences, Agronomy expertise

  • R&D team coordination and interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Field, greenhouse, and growth chamber trial management
  • Experimental design and protocol development
  • Site-specific nutrient management strategies
  • Integration of remote sensing and soil monitoring tools
  • Sustainable fertilizer use and environmental risk reduction
  • Soil fertility assessment and amendment planning
  • Organic matter decomposition (Tea Bag Index, fractal kinetics)
  • CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O emissions in agroecosystems
  • Soil carbon sequestration and long-term storage
  • Seed germination and early growth optimization
  • Nutrient management and optimization
  • Soil quality evaluation in diverse agroecological zones

Data science expertise

  • Experimental design and statistical power analysis
  • Advanced mathematical modeling
  • Big data analytics
  • Crop, carbon and ROI modeling
  • Missing value imputation, outlier handling, noise reduction
  • Feature scaling, encoding, normalization, and feature engineering
  • Linear, nonlinear, and multilevel modeling (lm, nlme, GAM)
  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Group comparison methods: t-test, LSD, Tukey HSD, Duncan, non-parametric tests (agricolae)
  • Static and interactive plotting with ggplot2, plotly, ggpubr, patchwork, ggally
  • Bayesian statistics, probabilistic modeling
  • Time series analysis and forcasting
  • Visualization of predictions and decision-support tools in web applications
  • Reproducible reporting with Quarto and R Markdown
  • Dynamic dashboards and document automation for research reporting
  • End-to-end pipelines using tidymodels
  • Algorithms: XGBoost, Random Forest, SVM, GAM, Gaussian Processes, Keras neural networks
  • Strong ability to build, evaluate, and explain ML models in agronomic datasets
  • Interactive model deployment using R Shiny
  • JupiterLab, Anaconda, Github, Visual code (VS Code)
  • R shiny application development
  • Programming and scripting with R/Python
  • Geospatial data analytics with QGIS/R/Python
  • GIS, GPS and remote sensing
  • Advanced geoprocessing
  • Spatial zoning and map based decision support
  • Semivariogram and spatial autocorrelation
  • Spatial interpolation: IDW, kriging, co-kriging, spline, polynomial

Teaching Expertise

  • Mathematics (Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Linear Models)
  • Precision Agriculture & Digital Agronomy
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GPS, and Remote Sensing
  • Agricultural Data Science (R, Python, Excel)
  • Statistical Analysis & Experimental Design
  • Machine Learning & Predictive Modeling for Agronomy
  • Curriculum Development & Educational Design
  • Interactive Teaching Tools (Quarto, R Shiny, GitHub)
  • Academic Advising and Research Supervision
  • Field-Based & Applied Learning (Field Trials, Labs, Greenhouses)

Languages

  • english (fluent)
  • French: native

Publications

  • Dossou-Yovo, W., Parent, S. É., Ziadi, N., & Parent, L. E. (2023). CO2 Emissions in Layered Cranberry Soils under Simulated Warming. Soil Systems, 7(1), 3. https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/7/1/3
  • Dossou-Yovo, W., Parent, S.-É., M., Ziadi, N., Parent, E. and Parent, L.E. Tea Bag Index to Assess Carbon Decomposition Rate in Cranberry Agroecosystems, " Soil Systems 5.3 (2021): 44. https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/5/3/44
  • Parent, S.-É., Dossou-Yovo, W., Ziadi, N., Leblanc, M., Tremblay, G., Pellerin, A., and Parent, L.E. Corn response to banded phosphorus fertilizers with or without manure application in Eastern Canada. Agronomy Journal. 112(3), 2176-2187. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20115
  • Dossou-yovo, W. 2017. Corn response to phosphorus fertilization according to local pedoclimatic conditions, Quebec City QC. Master's thesis, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Laval University.