Mikael Motelica

After general training in engineering sciences at the École Centrale de Nantes and a specialization in fluid mechanics and transfers (DEA), I turned to Earth sciences with a complementary postgraduate degree in oceanography at the University of Bordeaux I (DEA) and a PhD in environmental sciences at the University of Pau, during which I acquired expertise in the speciation of metals and metalloids in the environment. I then conducted research on the geochemistry of aquatic environments in the United Kingdom as an associate researcher (NERC).

I joined the BRGM in 2002 as a research engineer, working on the biogeochemistry of trace metals, while teaching at Master’s level at the University of Bordeaux I. I obtained my Habilitation to Direct Research (Doctoral School of Earth and Life Sciences) in 2005.

In 2006, I was appointed Professor of Environmental Geochemistry at the École Polytechnique of the University of Orléans, in the Civil Engineering and Geo-environment specialty.

I am a member of ISTO (Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans, UMR 7327 CNRS–University of Orléans–BRGM), where I conduct research in biogeochemistry and fundamental environmental mineralogy of trace elements, action research on agroecology, and applied research on the ecological restoration of contaminated environments within the Continental Biogeosystems team.

I have co-authored nearly 130 articles in international scientific journals and more than 180 communications at national and international scientific conferences.