Université de Lorraine
Laboratoire Sols et Environnement
2, avenue de la Forêt de Haye
BP 20163
F-54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex
My research deals with the dynamics of organic contaminants in soils and in particular in the zone of intense biogeochemical activities that is the rhizosphere. I seek to describe the interactions between organic matter of natural origin (humified organic matter, root exudates, etc.) or anthropogenic (especially in brownfield sites) and organic pollutants like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) or aliphatic hydrocarbon (fuel oil) especially sorption and transformation. My objective is to understand these interactions over the long term and to explain the formation and distribution of these contaminant such as the formation of bound residues.
In the context of phytoremediation of soils contaminated with organic pollutants, I seek to understand the impact of these contaminants on the functioning of plants in order to improve their development on these highly constrained soils. To do this, I develop approaches combining morphological indicators (biomass allocation, root architecture), root histology (maturation of apoplastic barriers, localization of contaminants). I also participate in the development of new methods for characterizing root exudates.
Since January 2019, I have been co-coordinating the research axis Fertility / Multicontamination Interactions in SUITMA and functioning of Plants and Organisms (ISPO).
- Since September 2008: Lecturer– Lorraine University-ENSAIA
- 2007/08: Postdoctoral project Laboratoire des Interactions Microorganismes Minéraux Matières Organiques dans les Sols (LIMOS, UMR 7137CNRS/Nancy I)
- 2006/2007: Assistant lecturer Nancy I University (département of geoscience)
- 2005/2006: Assistant lecturer Metz University (departement of biology and environmental science)
- 2005: Postdoctoral project Laboratoire des Interactions Microorganismes Minéraux Matières Organiques dans les Sols (LIMOS, UMR 7137CNRS/Nancy I)
- 2001/04: PhD Nancy I University, Thesis supervisor Dr Corinne Leyval et Dr Jacques Berthelin - laboratoire LIMOS
- 2001: Master of Soil Science, Nancy I University
Lecturer since September 2008 – Lorraine University-ENSAIA. Training of ENSAIA engineers in the core curriculum and specializations.
Common core:
- Pedology
- Soil functioning
- Fertility management
- Soil diversity
- Farming analyzes,
- Dynamics of pesticides in agrosystems,
- Soil microbiology.
Specialization (Environmental Engineering Science):
- Soil microbiology,
- Soil quality diagnosis, treatment of contaminated soils, dynamics of organic pollutants in soils.
- Relation soil diversity/landscape
Since January 2011, I am responsible for the teaching service of Soil Science within the ENSAIA.
Durand A, Leglize P, Lopez S, Sterckeman T, Benizri E, 2022, Noccaea caerulescens seed endosphere: a habitat for an endophytic bacterial community preserved through generations and protected from soil influence, Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05226-y
Durand A, Leglize P and Benizri E, 2021, Are endophytes essential partners for plants and what are the prospects for metal phytoremediation? Plant and Soil 460 (1-2), 1-30. Doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04820-w
Durand A, Sterckeman T, Gonnelli C, Coppi A, Leglize P, Benizri E, 2020, A core seed endophytic bacterial communityin the hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens across 14 sites in France, Plant and Soil, 459 (1-2), 203-216. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04743-6.
Lapie C, Sterckeman T, Paris C, Leglize P, 2020, Impact of phenanthrene on primary metabolite profiling in root exudates and maize mucilage, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27 (3), 3124-3142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07298-x
Lapie, C., Leglize, P., Paris, C., Buisson, T., Sterckeman, T., 2019. Profiling of main metabolites in root exudates and mucilage collected from maize submitted to cadmium stress. Environ. Sci. Pollut. R. 26(17),17520-17534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05168-0.
Dupuy, J., Leglize, P., Vincent, Q., Zelko, I., Mustin, C., Ouvrard, S., Sterckeman, T. 2016. Effect and localization of phenanthrene in maize roots. Chemosphere, 149, 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.102
Dupuy, J., Ouvrard, S., Leglize, P., Sterckeman, T. 2015. Morphological and physiological responses of maize (Zea mays) exposed to sand contaminated by phenanthrene. Chemosphere, 124, 110-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.11.051
Pernot, A., Ouvrard, S., Leglize, P., Watteau, F., Derrien, D., Lorgeoux, C., Mansuy-Huault, L., Faure, P. 2014. Impact of fresh organic matter incorporation in a PAH-contaminated industrial soil. Sci. Tot. Environ. 497-498, 345-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.004
Ouvrard, S., Leglize, P., Morel, JL. 2014. PAH Phytoremediation: Rhizodegradation or Rhizoattenuation? Int J Phytoremediat 16, 46–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2012.759527
Pernot A., Ouvrard S., Leglize P., Faure, P., 2013, Protective role of fine silts for PAH in a former industrial soil. Environ Pollut, 179, 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.068