Olivier Bouriaud is a Professor at Suceava University, specializing in forest monitoring and sampling. He previously worked as a Researcher at the French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN, 2019–2021) and as Head of Models and Methods of the Romanian National Forest Inventory (2008–2018). His research focuses on monitoring and inventorying forests, quantify productivity and observe how climate change impacts biodiversity and other key ecosystem services.