Frédéric Huynh (M) is director of the Earth system Research Infrastructure since 2017. He was IRD Director for Brazil (2012-2016), director of UMR ESPACE-DEV (2001-2012) and co-director of the Remote Sensing Centre (Maison de la Télédétection) in Montpellier. He is an expert of Earth observation and integrated/multidisciplinary approaches to the environment and sustainable development, environmental information and decision support system, interoperability between spatial data and in-situ data and services for earth observation and science. He has published more than 100 scientific references and coordinated more than 50 European and international projects in these fields.