Dr. Pierre Michel Saint-Clair completed his undergraduate studies at Faculté d’Agronomie de Damien, Haiti, and his graduate studies at the Interamerican Institute of Agricultural Science – renamed CATIE – in Costa Rica, and at the Agricultural University of Wageningen, Netherlands. He attended the Tropical Crop Science Department at the latter institution (1969 – 1972). Dr. Saint-Clair also holds a MBA from a university in California. Dr. Saint-Clair’s career is intimately tied to the tropical world and third-world countries in general. While an Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture in Laval University, in Ste-Foy, Quebec, he did an internship on grain resistance to drought at Lincoln University, Nebraska, and later continued his research in Canada and Senegal in collaboration with the agronomics research center of the latter country. Simultaneously, he taught tropical agronomics to third-world students enrolled at the School of Agriculture. He acquired his field experience during long- and short-term missions in about ten countries in Africa and Latin America. He occupied various positions, including Consultant, Program Manager, Adviser, Agricultural Research Manager, Project Director, and Founding Dean of the School of Agriculture. He has authored several publications, including scientific articles, books, planning and programming tools for research and project management, varietal selection methods for stress resistance (heat, dessiccation and drought). His proficiency in multiple languages and his personal experience have allowed him to extend the knowledge he acquired on the topics presented in his educational books. Still interested in international development, Dr. Saint-Clair works as consultant whenever he is available.
Dtè. Pierre Michel Saint-Clair resevwa fòmasyon premye sik inivèsitè li nan Fakilte Agwonomi Damyen, an Ayiti, epi fòmasyon dezyèm ak twazyèm sik li nan Enstiti Entè-Ameriken Syans Agrikòl – ki vin rebatize CATIE – nan peyi Kostarika epi nan Inivèsite Agrikòl Wageningen, nan Peyiba (Depatman Kilti Agrikòl, 1969 – 1972). Dtè. Saint-Clair resevwa yon diplòm MBA tou nan yon inivèsite California. Karyè Dtè. Saint-Clair santre sou monn tropikal la ak peyi Tyè-Monn yo an jeneral. Pandan li te Asistan Pwofesè nan Fakilte Agwonomi Inivèsite Laval, nan Ste-Foy, Quebec, li fè estaj sou rezistans sereyal kont sechrès nan Inivèsite Lincoln, Nebraska, epi li te kontinye rechèch li nan peyi Kanada ak Senegal. Rechèch sa yo te fèt an kolaborasyon avèk Sant Rechèch Agrikòl peyi Senegal la. An menm tan, li t ap fè kou agwonomi twopikal pou etidyan Tyè-Monn ki te enskri nan Fakilte sa a. Li akimile eksperyans li sou teren an nan kad misyon akoutèm ak alontèm nan yon dizèn peyi Lafrik ak Lamerik Latin. Li okipe diferan pòs, tankou paregzanp pòs Konsiltan, Jesyonnè Pwojè, Konseye, Jesyonnè Rechèch Agrikòl, Direktè Pwojè, ak Dwayen Fondatè Fakilte Agwonomi. Li gen plizyè piblikasyon: atik syantifik, liv, enstriman planifikasyon ak pwogramasyon rechèch ak jesyon pwojè, metòd seleksyon varyete pou rezistans a estrès (chalè, desèchman ak sechrès). Metriz plizyè lang ak eksperyans pèsonèl li pèmèt Dtè. Saint-Clair laji chan konesans li akimile sou sijè ki prezante nan liv li pibliye. Kòm li toujou enterese nan devlòpman entènasyonal, Dtè. Saint-Clair fè konsiltasyon lè l disponib.