Thesis Title: Assessment of the Additional Carbon Storage Potential of Technosols and Implications for Optimizing Phytomanagement Practices

Climate change and environmental degradation are major challenges for Europe and the world, and soils, as primary carbon sinks, play a crucial role in achieving carbon neutrality. Technosols, rich in organic carbon due to anthropogenic artifacts, represent a potential opportunity for carbon storage. However, their stability and capacity to incorporate additional carbon are not well understood.

This thesis aims to explore the carbon stabilization processes in Technosols, assess their potential for additional carbon storage under various management practices, and develop predictive models to optimize their use in climate change mitigation strategies.

1. Laboratory Experimental Approach: Study the interaction between organic artifacts and freshly added organic matter in Technosols by incubating soil samples and monitoring carbon emissions, carbon content, and aggregate stability under controlled conditions.

2. Modeling: Develop a predictive model for carbon stabilization based on incubation data, with improved parameterization compared to existing models.

3. Field Validation: Analyze samples from experimental sites to evaluate the long-term carbon storage capacity of Technosols and verify the mechanisms and management practices through several years of field experiments.

2022 - 2023: Research in Radiochemistry. Subatech Laboratory - Nantes 

2020 - 2022: Master's in Hydro-Resources. University of Grenoble Alpes 

2019 - 2020: Bachelor's in Earth Sciences.  University of Lille 

2016 - 2019: Bachelor's in Geosciences - Petroleum Geology.  Lebanese University