Roussos Sevastianos

I have a BTS in Medical Analysis, a Masters in Structural and Metabolic Biochemistry, a thesis in Marine Microbiology and a postdoc at the ORSTOM Soil Microbiology Laboratory in Dakar (1978-1979). I was recruited to ORSTOM to work in the field of Fermentations in Solid Media and the valorisation of agricultural by-products (1979). I was posted to Senegal, Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, Martinique, England and the Netherlands. I headed the Biotechnology and Fermentations Laboratory at ORSTOM-Montpellier (1990-1996) and UR 185 Biotrans "Biodiversity and Functional Ecology of Microorganisms for the Transformation of Recalcitrant Biomass Compounds" (2006-2008) at the Université Paul Cézanne in Marseille. I was a member of the IMBE Board of Directors (2008-2015). I retired in July 2015 and am continuing my research work as an IRD Emeritus Research Director, working at IMBE.

PlanteoliveAMU/Oleoarboretum Creation of an Oléoarboretum, planting more than 300 olive trees of 51 French and Mediterranean varieties, at the St Jérôme science faculty in Marseille for the ecological restoration of the Eurovia pyramid on the Etoile campus. Main lines and disciplines involved: Botany, Ecology, Entomology, Agroecology, Zoology, Soil science, Soil microbiology, Biotechnology, Sociology, Economics... Experimental, academic and social space for undergraduate, masters and doctoral students.