Chercheure
Cirad Montpellier
Cirad, UMR Eco&Sols
Campus La Gaillarde Institut Agro - INRAE - Bat 12 - 1er étage
2 place Viala - 34060 Montpellier
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Téléphone : +33 4 99 61 21 02
Site web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marie-Sauvadet-2
Keywords
Soil organic matter dynamic, litter decomposition, ecology, biogeochemical cycling, ecosystem services
Research interests
I am a soil scientist, who aims since my graduation to evaluate cultural practices impacts on soil biogeochemical (C, N, P) functioning, with a specific interest for tropical soils since 2016. I especially focus on how plant diversity and residues restitution management impacts on soil organic matter dynamics.
To do so, I lean on multidisciplinary approach combining indicators of soil properties (physical, chemical and biological), soil organic matter composition and plant communities’ traits.
My goal is to propose new elements of understanding of the determinants of soil C stabilization in a wide range of tropical agroecosystems, in order to feed simple decision rules and models on suitable practices to the local context of the agroecosystem.
Abridged CV
2023 – present: Researcher at CIRAD, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
2020-2023: Researcher at CIRAD, UPR Geco, Le Lamentin, Martinique
2019-2020: Postdoc, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018-2019: Lecturer at UniLaSalle, Rouen, France
2016-2018: Postdoc, UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France
2016: Postdoc, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
2012-2016: PhD at INRA, UMR FARE, Reims, France
Thesis title: “Crop residues quantity and quality impacts on soil communities’structure and functioning. Application to the arable crops from Northern France”
2008-2012: Engineering school in agronomy, AgroParisTech, Paris, France
Editorial Roles
2025 - Present: Chief Editor at Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2022 – 2025: Associate Chief Editor at Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2019 – 2022: Subject Editor at Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Key publications
Complete list available on https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7520-8565
Sauvadet, M., Harmand, J.M., Deleporte, P., Martin, A., Zarah-Shailia, F., Villenave, C., Jimenez, A., Mareschal, L., Bouillet, J.P., Laclau, J.P., Plassard, C., Trap, J., Robin, A., 2025. N cycling increase after savanna afforestation with Eucalyptus or Acacia is reflected in the growth of soil ammonia-oxidizing archaea and nematode bacterial-feeders. Applied Soil Ecology 209, 106027.
Buchanan, S.-W., Antunes, P.M., Sauvadet, M., Prosser, R., Dunfield, K., 2025. Shape matters: Microplastic fibers disrupt soil carbon cycling via shape-driven physical disturbance. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry vgaf247.
Isaac, M.E., Gagliardi, S., Ordoñez, J.C., Sauvadet, M., 2024. Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter. Journal of Applied Ecology 61, 1159–1173.
Fonkeng, E.E., Chevallier, T., Sauvadet, M., Enock, S., Rakotondrazafy, N., Chapuis-Lardy, L., Takoutsing, B., Tabi Fritz, O., Harmand, J.-M., 2024. Dynamics of soil organic carbon pools following conversion of savannah to cocoa agroforestry systems in the Centre region of Cameroon. Geoderma Regional 36, e00758.
Fanin, N., Mooshammer, M., Sauvadet, M., Meng, C., Alvarez, G., Bernard, L., Bertrand, I., Blagodatskaya, E., Bon, L., Fontaine, S., Niu, S., Lashermes, G., Maxwell, T.L., Weintraub, M.N., Wingate, L., Moorhead, D., Nottingham, A.T., 2022. Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks. Functional Ecology 36, 1378–1395.
Sauvadet, M., Trap, J., et al., 2021. Agroecosystem diversification with legumes or non-legumes improves differently soil fertility according to soil type. Science of The Total Environment 795, 148934.
Sauvadet, M., Saj, S., Freschet, G.T., Essobo, J.-D., Enock, S., Becquer, T., Tixier, P., Harmand, J.-M., 2020. Cocoa agroforest multifunctionality and soil fertility explained by shade tree litter traits. Journal of Applied Ecology 57, 476–487.
Sauvadet, M., den Meersche, K.V., Allinne, C., Gay, F., de Melo Virginio Filho, E., Chauvat, M., Becquer, T., Tixier, P., Harmand, J.-M., 2019. Shade trees have higher impact on soil nutrient availability and food web in organic than conventional coffee agroforestry. Science of The Total Environment 649, 1065–1074.
Sauvadet, M., Lashermes, G., Alavoine, G., Recous, S., Chauvat, M., Maron, P.-A., Bertrand, I., 2018. High carbon use efficiency and low priming effect promote soil C stabilization under reduced tillage. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 123, 64–73.