Raphaël MARICHAL

Ph.D. in ecology

Agroecologist - soil ecologist

Researcher at CIRAD - Agricultural research for development

I-SITE MUSE

Keywords

soil ecology
soil biodiversity
earthworms
ecosystem functions and services
perennial crops
agroforestry
agri-environmental assessment

Research unit

UMR ABSys - Biodiversified Agrosystems

Tropical Agroforestry Systems Team

Coordinator of the scientific animation "Soil-Plant Continuum"

Address

L'Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro
CIRAD UMR ABSys - Bât 27
2 place Viala
34060 Montpellier Cedex 2
France

Email

raphael.marichal[at]cirad.fr

Education

Ph.D. in Ecology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Sorbonne Université, Ecole doctorale Diversité du Vivant, France (2011).Thesis advisor: Pr. Patrick Lavelle.

Master degree in Ecology, Biodiversity, Evolution, Université Paris-Sud (Paris-Saclay), France (2007).

Degree of Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS-Ulm), Biology, France (2007).

Current and past projects

GlobalSoilMacrofauna Project. (PI: Jérôme Mathieu)

Soil quality (biodiversity and functions) in cocoa-based agroforestry systems, in the framework of the Cocoa4Future project (PI: Patrick Jagoret, 2020-2025)

RUBIS: RUbber agroforestry Breeding Initiative for Smallholders (PI: Pascal Montoro, 2021-2023)

Biofunctool®: a new framework to assess the impact of land management on soil quality (PI: Alain Brauman)

Environmental Assessment of Oil Palm Plantations: LCA and agri-environmental indicators (PI: Cécile Bessou & Raphael Marichal, 2017 - 2019). CIRAD-PT SMART project. Assessment and indicators of soil quality, Assessment and indicators of nitrogen losses, Life Cycle Assessment