Marie Benoit

Marie Benoit
Associate Professor, Dr in Agronomy & Environment

Expertise
Agronomy and water quality

Research Unit
Agroécology et environment

Key Words

Cropping systems, Nitrogen leaching, fertilisation, Organic farming

Ongoing research projects or lately completed

• ‘INNOV’AZOTE’ project: Study of nitrogen dynamics of various plots, part of the Bourbre watershed area (2023-2027)
• ‘Agr’EAU durable’ project: How to manage plant cover in cropping systems to limit competition for water and nitrogen resources in a context of climate change (2021-2024)

Teaching activities

• Agroecosystem components at plot level (2nd year)
• Coordinator of the agronomic diagnosis of farms (2nd year placement)
• Crops production (3rd and 4th years, initial training and apprenticeship)
• Organic farming, territories and markets (4th year)
• Responsible for module 1 of the specific area of studies (DA) Territoires Innovations agroécologiques aCcompagnement – La Transition Agroécologique en aCtion (TIC-TAC) (5th year)
• Master of AgroEcology (tutoring and courses in English)
• Tutoring of apprentices and end-of-study training

Professional experience and studies

• Since 2019: Lecturer at Isara (Lyon)
• 2017-2019: Scientific communication officer at PROTECT’eau (Namur, BE)
• 2015-2017: Agroecology teacher-researcher at UniLaSalle (Rouen)
• 2014- 2015: Post-doctorate in agro-environmental modeling in collaboration with INRA (Laon)
• 2011-2014: PhD in Agronomy-Environment at UPMC (Paris)
• “Leaching and atmospheric emissions in biological and conventional systems in the Seine basin”.
• 2011: Diploma in Agricultural Engineering from ENSAIA (Nancy) -Specialization in Environmental Science and Technology