Friday, May 15, 2026 | 1 minute read | Updated at Friday, May 15, 2026
Here is an interactive map to follow our journey through the stakeholders we met along the way.
On this interactive map, you can learn more about all the stakeholders who shared their passion with us. Each of them is involved, in their own way, in biodiversity conservation.
Here’s a brief introduction to the founding team of BiOdyssée, who will be taking part in the 2026 expedition to Japan.
As a student in Environmental Management and Engineering at AgroParisTech, I’m passionate about paleontology and evolution 🦖🦴🧬. I aspire to work in the field of natural area management, specifically in the conservation or restoration of wetlands in France 🐸🐟🌿, which have lost a significant portion of their surface area over the past centuries. I’ve always been fascinated by the evolution of species and ecosystems over time, which is why this gap year project is such a strong source of motivation for me!
Contact : hugo.roger@agroparistech.fr
Student in Environmental Management and Engineering, I’m fascinated by just about everything related to the ocean 🌊. Wanting to combine work and passion, I’m pursuing a path in marine biology. More specifically, I’d like to work in marine ecosystem conservation or management. I’m deeply passionate about marine wildlife 🐠🐋🐙 as well as aquatic flora, and it’s to get a closer look at it all that I practice scuba diving 🤿. This project is an opportunity for me to explore new aquatic environments 🌊🪸🌿 and better understand the challenges they face.
Contact : lucie.lowagie@agroparistech.fr
Student in agronomy and passionate about history 🧭⌛🏹 and ethology 🐁🧠🧪, I hope to use this opportunity to observe animal behavior in their natural environment. Later on, I would like to pursue a career in research 👨🔬 or teach in higher education 🧑🏫, and this gap year would allow me to develop my analytical and observational skills. The possibility of combining historical research with animal observation — all with the goal of avoiding the mistakes of the past — is what makes this project so meaningful to me.
Contact : solal.free@agroparistech.fr
As an environmental engineering student with a passion for entomology and myrmecology in particular 🐜, my aim is to do environmental research, particularly into the genetic dynamics of 🧬🐜 populations (of ants of course). I’m part of the naturalist association ‘les “Blairoudeurs 🦡”’ with which I went out to do some prospecting and awareness-raising in Corsica during the Isula Mission. This gap year project is a great opportunity to continue this experience, but on a much larger and more exotic scale, while continuing to learn about different ecosystems and how they are managed in another country.
Contact : theophie.thomas@agroparistech.fr
