Raphaël MARICHAL
Ph.D. in ecology
Soil ecologist - Agroecologist
Researcher at CIRAD - Agricultural research for development , ABSys - Biodiversified Agrosystems Joint Research Unit, associated to EcoFog Joint Research Unit, French Guiana
Research
I’m a researcher (Ph.D) in soil ecology and agro-ecology at CIRAD. My research activities are focused on soil ecology and soil biodiversity in tropical agroforestry systems in the Amazon (French Guiana and Brazilian Amazon), within the framework of Redes Territórios Amazônicos (TeAmaz).
Keywords
soil ecology
soil health
soil biodiversity
soil macrofauna
earthworms
ecosystem functions and services
perennial crops
agroforestry systems
Addresses
Campus Agronomique de Kourou
CIRAD - Bât A
BP 701
97387 Kourou Cedex
Guyane - French Guiana
L'Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro
CIRAD UMR ABSys - Bât 27
2 place Viala
34060 Montpellier Cedex 2
France
- 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 projects and consortia
DYNASOL (European FEDER project on soil biodiversity and functions, French Guiana, (PI: Raphaël Marichal, 2025-2028)
Cadeias da Sociobiodiversidade e Negócios Sustentáveis para o alcance dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável na Pan-Amazônia: integração científica, inovação tecnológica e saberes tradicionais através da cooperação internacional em territórios indígenas, ribeirinhos e quilombolas, Brazil (PI: Marcos Paulo Alves de Sousa, Museu Goeldi, 2026-2027)
Centro Avançado em Pesquisas Socioecológicas para a Recuperação Ambiental da Amazônia (Capoiera), Brazil (PI: Joice Ferreira)
Soil health (workshops) in the Amazon region, in the framework of FEFACCION (PI of soil heath activities: Raphaël Marichal, 2025)
#GlobalSoilMacroFauna consortium (Official template to report soil macrofauna data)
sOilFauna (PI: Jérôme Mathieu & Nico Eisenhauer, 2021-2024) in the framework of #GlobalSoilMacroFauna
Sustenta&Inova, Amazon region, Pará, Brazil. (PI: Emilie Coudel, 2023-2025)
Soil quality (biodiversity and functions) in cocoa-based agroforestry systems, in the framework of the Cocoa4Future project, Ivory Coast (PI: Patrick Jagoret, 2020-2025)
Reviewer
- Applied Soil Ecology
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Ecological Applications
- Geoderma
- Catena
- European Journal of Soil Biology
- Soil Research
- Ecological Indicators
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development
- Brazilian Journal of Biology
- ...
Memberships
Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
Société Française d'Ecologie (French Ecological Society)
DriloBASE: World Earthworm Database