Xavier Le Roux#
| Membership Number: | 3772 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ORGANISMIC & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.researchgate.net/profile/X_Roux?ev=hdr_xprf |
Present and Previous Positions
- Senior Scientist DRex INRAE
- 2023- : Scientific Director of the national programme 'PEPR SOLU-BIOD' on Nature-based Solutions
- 2021- : Deputy Director of the Microbial Ecology Centre of Lyon (France)
- 2021- : Director of the Research Federation on Environmental Sciences BioEEnViS of Lyon-Saint Etienne (17 laboratories gathering research staff of around 1300 persons)
- 2008-2022 : Chair & Coordinator of BiodivERsA (39 ministries and agencies from 25 European countries coordinating pan-European research on biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions)
- 2003-2020 : Leader of the Research Group “Microbial functional diversity” at the Microbial Ecology Centre of Lyon (France)
- 2008-2012 : Director of the French foundation for research on biodiversity (Paris, France)
- 2001: Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (Université Paris 11, France)
- 1995-2001: Junior scientist, CR, at the Laboratory "Tree ecophysiology" of INRAE (Clermont Ferrand, France)
- 1995: PhD in Ecology (University Paris 6, France)
Fields of Scholarship
- Nitrogen cycle and soil fertility
- Ecosystem and microbial ecology
- Global change factors: climate change, land use changes, plant diversity changes
- Analysis of microbial diversity-ecosystem functioning-ecosystem services relationships
- Response of microbial communities involved in soil N dynamics to global change
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Awarded as Senior scientist DRex by INRAE
- 2014 Elected as a member of the Academy of Europe
- 2013 BiodivERsA selected as a "Success story" by the European Commission
- 2008 Appointed as the Director of the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB)
