Université de Lorraine
Laboratoire Sols et Environnement
2, avenue de la Forêt de Haye
BP 20163
F-54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy
My research activities focus on assessing and optimising the ecosystem services provided by highly anthropised soils.
They contribute to the development of methodologies for diagnosing the potential of soils in urban, industrial and mining environments. In addition, through the development of pedological and soil-fauna engineering (e.g. construction of Technosols, desealing, rehabilitation), my work aims to re-functionalise degraded soils. The outputs of my work range from taking soil into account in land-use planning processes to providing support for renaturation projects and the development of urban agriculture.
Professional Carrier
- From 2019 Professor at LSE UMR 1120 Université de Lorraine/INRAE
- 2009-2019 Assistant Professor at LSE UMR 1120 Université de Lorraine/INRA
- 2007-2009 Project Manager at Groupe TVD
- 2003-2007 R&D Engineer at Groupe TVD
- 2002-2003 Research Engineer at LSE UMR 1120 INPL-ENSAIA/INRA
Training
- 2018 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Lorraine
- 2007 PhD in Agronomy at Université de Lorraine
- 2002 Master 2 Degree in Agronomy at INPL
- 2002 Engineering Diploma in Geology at ENSG
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- Co-head of "European University - Training" at EURECA-PRO (https://www.eurecapro.eu/)
- Co-responsible for the 3rd year specialisation in Environmental Science and Engineering at ENSAIA
- Responsible for teaching modules: "Water in agrosystems", "Bioeconomy", "Rehabilitation of degraded sites" (ENSAIA), "Superficial formations and pedology" (ENSG), "Water and the environment" and "Introduction to soil science" (INP preparatory course).
Séré G., Le Guern C., Bispo A., Layet C., Ducommun C., Clesse M., Schwartz C., Vidal-Beaudet L., 2024, Selection and test of soil health indicators to promote smart urban planning, Science of the Total Environment, accepted
Allory V., Séré G., Ouvrard S., 2021, A meta-analysis of carbon content and stocks in Technosols and identification of the main governing factors, Eur J Soil Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13141
Deeb M., Groffman P.M., Blouin M., Egendorf S.P., Vergnes A., Vasenev V., Cao D.L., Morin T., Séré G., 2020, Using constructed soils for green infrastructure –challenges and limitations, SOIL, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-413-2020
Rees F., Dagois R., Derrien D., Fiorelli J.L., Watteau F., Morel J.L., Schwartz C., Simonnot M.O., Séré G., 2019, Carbon storage in constructed Technosols: in situ monitoring over a decade, Geoderma, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.009
Bouzouidja R., Rousseau G., Galzin V., Claverie R., Lacroix D., Séré G., 2018 Green roof ageing or Isolatic Technosol's pedogenesis?, Journal of Soils and Sediments, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-016-1513-3
Blanchart A., Séré G., Stas M., Consales J.N., Morel J.L., Schwartz C., 2018, Towards an operational methodology to optimize ecosystem services provided by urban soils, Landscape and Urban Planning, 176, p 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.03.019
Tifafi M., Bouzouidja R., Leguédois S., Ouvrard S., Séré G., 2017, How lysimetric monitoring of Technosols can contribute to understand the temporal dynamics of the soil porosity, Geoderma http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.02.027
Leguedois, S., Séré, G., Auclerc, A., Cortet, J., Huot, H., Ouvrard, S., Watteau, F., Schwartz, C., Morel, J.-L., 2016, Modelling pedogenesis of technosols. Geoderma, 262, 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.08.008
Séré G., Ouvrard S., Magnenet V., Pey B., Morel J.L., Schwartz C., 2012, Predictability of the evolution of the soil structure using water flow modeling for a constructed Technosol, Vadose Zone Journal, vol. 11 (1) - https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2011.0069
Séré G., Schwartz C., Ouvrard S., Renat J.C., Watteau F., Morel J.L., 2010, Early pedogenic evolution of constructed Technosol, Journal of Soils & Sediments, vol 10, p 1246-1254, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-010-0206-6
Séré G., Schwartz C., Ouvrard S., Sauvage C., Renat J.C., Morel J.L., 2008, Soil Construction: A Step for Ecological Reclamation of Derelict Lands, Journal of Soils & Sediments, vol 8 (2), p 130-136, https://doi.org/10.1065/jss2008.03.277