ABAD CHABBI

Abad Chabbi (Research Director) is a plant ecologist and soil biogeochemist specializing in biogeochemical cycles under changing climate and land use. He has held research and teaching positions at Louisiana State University (USA), the Technical University of Cottbus (Germany), and the University Pierre et Marie Curie (France), and has led since 2009 the National Observatory for Environmental Research on Agro-Ecosystems, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Biodiversity at INRAE. His work bridges cutting-edge science and policy, focusing on strategic research infrastructures and global sustainability challenges. He has coordinated major international projects such as ExpeER and AnaEE under the European Commission’s FP7 framework and chairs expert working groups for the FAO/IAEA and other global organizations. Author of more than 180 scientific publications, he has supervised 25 PhD students and postdocs and holds visiting professorships in China and Chile.