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Location: ENSAIA – Amphitheater Maillard, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Start Date: 20/03/2026 09:00 End Date: 20/03/2026 12:00
Catherine Sirguey will defend her Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR) on Friday, March 20, 2026, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Her thesis is entitled “Hyperaccumulator plants for sustainable and multifunctional management of contaminated soils“. It will take place at Amphitheater Maillard 2 at the National Higher School of Agronomy and Food Industries (ENSAIA).
Abstract: Soils contaminated with trace elements and heavy metals are a major issue at the interface between environmental protection, human health, and ecological transition. The management of these soils is evolving from a logic of decontamination to phytomanagement, an integrated approach aimed at controlling risks while maintaining or restoring ecosystem services. This HDR thesis is part of this paradigm shift by placing hyperaccumulator plants at the heart of sustainable management strategies for contaminated soils (continue reading).
Jury:
- Michel Chalot (University of Marie and Louis Pasteur, Montbéliard)
- Laurence Denaix (INRAE Center, New Aquitaine, Bordeaux)
- Thierry Lebeau (Nantes University)
- Nausicaa Noret (Free University of Brussels)
- Thibault Sterckeman (Scientific Sponsor – University of Lorraine)
