Jean Louis Morel

Jean Louis MOREL

Position: Professor, Environmental Biology

University: University of Lorraine, Nancy, France

College: Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires

Research group: Laboratoire Sols et Environnement (LSE) UMR 1120 INPL/INRA

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Jean-Louis.Morel@univ-lorraine.fr

Jean Louis MOREL is professor in environmental biology at the University of Lorraine, where he teaches soil and environmental sciences. His research interests are i) dynamics of pollutants (metals and hydrocarbons) in soil-plant systems, ii) evolution of soils strongly affected by human activities (urban soils), and iii) applications for soil remediation (phytoremediation, agromining, soil restoration). He created, and led until 2012, the Laboratoire Sols et Environnement UMR 1120 INPL-INRA (http://www.lse.inpl-nancy.fr) a research group of 40 persons of INRA and the University of Lorraine. He is the leader for LSE of the International Joint Lab Ecoland created with the School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Sun Yat-sen University. He leads the GISFI (http://www.gisfi.fr), a scientific consortium of 10 research groups devoted to the understanding of the functioning of brownfields, and the development of processes for soil remediation. He is involved in the project LabEx “Ressources21” for the recovery of strategic metals from soils and wastes. He has published more than 220 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, two patents and is co-editor of a series of books. He was a member of the Conseil National des Universités (2004-2012), and vice-president for research of the university (2002-2006). He is now a member of the board of regents of the University of Lorraine (55 000 students, 6 000 staffs) and in charge of the international strategy. At the national level, he is a member of the scientific council of Ademe, the Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité, and Plante & Cité. From 2007 to 2015, he chaired the international SUITMA group (Soils in urban, industrial, traffic, mining and military areas) of the International Union for Soil Science. He is Adjunct Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, and invited professor at INRS-ETE, Québec. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Phytoremediation, and Subject Editor of the Journal of Soils and Sediments.

10 Selected papers related to SUITMAs

1. Leguédois S, Séré G, Auclerc A, Cortet J, Huot H, Ouvrard S, Watteau F, Schwartz C, Morel JL. 2016. Modelling pedogenesis of Technosols. Geoderma 262:199-212.

2. Rees F, Sterckeman T, Morel JL. 2016. Root development of non-accumulating and hyperaccumulating plants in metal-contaminated soils amended with biochar. Chemosphere. 182:1-196. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.068

3. Burghardt W, Morel JL, Zhang GL. 2015. Development of the soil research about urban, industrial, traffic, mining and military areas (SUITMA). Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 3-21.

4. Huot, H, Simonnot, MO, Morel, JL. 2015. Pedogenic trends in soils formed in technogenic parent materials. Soil Science. 180 :182–192

5. Morel J.L., Chenu C., Lorenz K. 2015. Ecosystem services provided by soils of urban, industrial, traffic, mining, and military areas (SUITMAs). Journal of Soils and Sediments. DOI: 10.1007/s11368

6. Scholtus N, Echevarria G, Florentin L, Bonis ML, De Donato P, Simonnot MO, Morel JL. 2015. Expected evolution of a Technosol derived from excavated Callovo-Oxfordian clay material. Journal of Soils and Sediments 15 (2), 332-346

7. Nehls T, Schwartz C, Kim KHJ, Kaupenjohann M, Wessolek G, Morel JL. 2014. Letter to the editors: Phyto-P-mining—secondary urban green recycles phosphorus from soils constructed of urban wastes. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 1-8

8. Séré G., Schwartz C., Ouvrard S., Renat J.C., Watteau F., Villemin G., Morel J.L. 2010. Early pedogenic evolution of constructed Technosols. Journal of Soils & Sediments, 10: 1246-1254.

9. Monserié M.F., Watteau F., Ouvrard S., Villemin G., Morel J.L. 2009. Technosol genesis: Identification of organo-mineral associations in a young Technosol derived from coking plant waste materials. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 9:537-546.

10. De Kimpe C., Morel J.L. 2000. Urban soils: a growing concern. Soil Science, 165:31-40.