About•The practice
Independent Scientific Consulting
Ekodama provides independent scientific consulting for organizations working on soil health, soil carbon, biomass, agroforestry, and land-based sustainability challenges. Combining field experience, research methods, and analytical tools, we design robust approaches to answer complex land-system questions.
Ekodama's story
Useful science for the people who steward the land
Ekodama is a founder-led scientific consulting practice focused on soils, carbon, agroforestry, and sustainable land systems. It was created to bring a rare combination of field experience, research-level methodology, analytical capability, and consulting structure into one independent practice.
Ekodama works with sustainability teams, research groups, and farm operations to design robust methods, interpret complex data, and support credible decisions. The work is carried out primarily remotely, with targeted field engagement where on-site understanding, training, or implementation support adds value.
While Ekodama is currently led independently, we remain agile by connecting with external collaborators and specialists when specific project scope requires a broader team.
Our values•Non-negotiables
What we stand for
Scientific rigor must be useful
The goal is not to maximize complexity for its own sake. Methodologies must be robust enough to answer the real question while remaining logistically and economically feasible.
Land systems are context-specific
There is no universal template for soil health evaluation, carbon monitoring, or agroforestry strategy. Each project requires contextual interpretation.
Good science starts with framing
Clients often begin with a narrow technical request. The real work begins by clarifying what decision the data is meant to support.
Science must translate into action
Elegant on paper is not enough. Outputs need to be understandable and usable by the people making decisions in the field.
Independence matters
We do not sell predefined products, credits, or generic reporting packages. Our value lies in critical thinking, methodological design, and honest technical judgment.
Collaborative engagement
We work alongside your team, not over it. Knowledge transfer and capability building for your local teams are built into every engagement.
Credentials • Expertise
PhD-level depth. Field-tested judgement
- Doctorate
- PhD in Soil carbon dynamics, Cranfield University (UK)
- Engineering degree
- Agronomy & environmental sciences, UniLaSalle (France)
- Specialty areas
- Soil carbon monitoring · Agroforestry systems · Carbon modelling · Sampling design · MRV protocols
- Working languages
- English · French
“Navigating the complexities of soil carbon verification was a major challenge. Ekodama provided the deep expertise and transparent modelling we needed to move forward with confidence.”
FAQ•Common questions
Frequently asked questions
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