Nicolas Ris is an engineer at INRAE (Institut Sophia Antipolis, France) and holds a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Ecology. He has 17 years of experience in the field of agronomic research including 14 years as the “Research and Development in Biological Control” ISA team leader. He is also co-responsible for the Biological Resource Center “Egg Parasitoids Collection”. His current and previous research interests include molecular characterization of biological control agents and their symbionts, species delineation, and phenotyping including thermal biology and biological control.