The Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology
IMBE's research is structured around 5 transversal thematic axis and 8 research teams
IMBE organizes its operational facilities around 5 technical departments
Training is, of course, the courses offered at the University (L, M, D) but also training through research (internships).
The dissemination of our scientific results is at the heart of our mission: it enables us to share and make research advances accessible to a wider audience. In addition to publications in specialist journals, the IMBE deploys a wide range of resources to popularise knowledge and make it understandable and attractive to a wide range of audiences. Through concrete actions and innovative tools, we are committed to bringing science closer to everyone, in order to establish an ongoing dialogue between science, research and the general public, especially young people.

Organic matter decomposition in soils i) Environmental transition in agriculture using a multi actors (academic and socioprofessional) and multidisciplinary (plant ecophysiology, soil sciences, biotechnology, environmentalchemistry ...)approach, ii) vulnerability of forests under climate change threats (multiindicators) taking into account original factors such as landuse legacy and multiscale approaches.
physiology and microbial genetic, microbial ecology, toxicology, freshwater microbiology.
co-leader of team POPCO, co-leader of M1 of Master BEE (OSU Pytheas), field school «ecological transition of agriculture» of M1 of Master BEE founded by ITEM
ANR ACCEPT REUSE 2026-30 The use of refined wastewaters for irrigation in agriculture
EAFRD CESANNE 2026-28: Environmental transition in viticulture.
Ongoing PhD supervisions :
R. Monassier , (V. Romano), Primates in fragmented landscapes: conservation challenges
I. Vedeau, (P. Wong Wah Chung), LED-based purification of drinking water
A. Bagnon, (Th Tatoni, N. Dupuy), Indicators of Quercus pubescens stands