Jean-Marcel Dorioz

Dr. Jean-Marcel Dorioz is a senior scientist at INRA (the National Institute for Agronomy) and the head of the Lake Hydrobiology Unit (associated with the University of Savoie). His academic training started with a Phd in plant ecology. His research interests focus on integrated management of agriculture and the environment, trying to find new conceptualizations of the socio-agro-ecological system and new interfaces between scientists and users of science. He was one of the lead scientists of a european joint research group on sustainable agriculture in the Alps. He is presently working on phosphorus cycling, storage and transfer at the landscape level in order to characterize P inputs into lakes (bioavailability…) . A recent project deals with transfer of feacal contaminants in dairy watersheds. His work uses basic science (soil science, landscape ecology) and applied science (agronomy.). Research projects have ranged from field plots, considering transfer processes in relationship with agricultural practices, to landscape scale, considering watershed as a global system. Current interests also include projects that take into account larger spatial and time scales such as long term lake system monitoring. All the research conducted is undertaken in close collaboration with socio-economic partners.