Gros Raphael

Gros Raphael

Professor of Ecology and Soil Conservation

ECOSOM

Ecosystems, Global change, Socio-ecological cohabitation

My research covers all communities of soil organisms, the networks of biotic interactions in which the plant is central, and man as a key player in the construction and degradation, as well as the conservation management and restoration, of socio-ecosystems.

My research explores the problems of environmental transition at the crossroads of ecological issues and the relationships between humans and other living beings. My work focuses on 3 complementary areas:

1) identifying and ranking the factors structuring communities and their functions,

2) assessing the vulnerability of plant/soil community interactions to global change,

3) the development of nature-based solutions for the management and restoration of socio-ecosystems.

  • 2004-2023 - Senior Lecturer - IMBE, Aix Marseille University
  • since 2023 - Professor - IMBE, Aix Marseille University
  • 2021 - HDR 'Functional approach to soil quality and vulnerability to global change' - Aix Marseille Université
  • 2002 - Doctoral thesis 'Functioning and quality of soils under the influence of anthropogenic disturbances: responses of the soil, flora and bacterial microflora' - Université de Savoie
  • Soil science
  • Restoration ecology and ecological restoration
  • Microbial ecology

"Réseaux d'interactions et Multifonctionnalités Ecologiques: Développement et validation de deux approches complémentaires d'intégration environnementale pour une énergie photovoltaïque vertueuse". ADEME

"Impacts of European solar energy infrastructure on biodiversity: integrating existing knowledge to enable Nature Positive management and financial investments". ITTECOP_FRB-CESAB

"Holistic management practices, modelling & monitoring for European forest Soils". H2020.

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