Xavier Roux

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT XAVIER ROUX

Skills in ecology and biodiversity sciences (PhD in Ecology), and in programme management & science-society/policy interfacing (national & European levels)RESEARCH PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT:• 2008-21: key role in the development of the European Research Area on biodiversity, ecosystem services and Nature-based Solutions, as leader of the BiodivERsA European network (39 Ministries, agencies and foundations from 25 countries), and as one of the two main developers of the European co-funded Partnership on biodiversity ==> Visit • Member of the Development Team of the Natural Assets Knowledge Action Network of Future Earth• Member of the scientific committee of the LifeWatch ERIC (2019-) • Member of the French Committee for Global Changes (2011-) SCIENCE-SOCIETY/POLICY INTERFACING:• Through BiodivERsA, I have promoted stakeholder engagement for biodiversity research, and a strong link between biodiversity research and national and European policy makers.• Between 2008 and 2012, I was the Director of the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity - FRB, i.e. the French platform gathering all research institutes working on biodiversity, stakeholders and policy makers.==> Visit RESEARCHES:• Two main research topics: the response of microbial communities involved in soil N dynamics to global change factors and the relationships between soil microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services.==> See I am the Deputy Director of the Microbial Ecology Centre in Lyon (140 positions, half permanent). • Publications in international, peer-reviewed journals:>150 (h index = 68; Google Scholar)• In 2014, I was elected as a member of the Academy of Europe.==> See EVALUATION PANELIST:• Member of a FCT -Portugal- evaluation committee (2021 & 2022), a UEFISCDI -Romania- evaluation panel (2021), the SEVERO OCHOA committee for Spanish centres and units of excellence (AEI, Spain; 2019, and 2020 as President), a FRQ -Canada- evaluation committee (2020), the scientific committee of the Dutch Large Research Infrastructure programme (2018 & 2020), the scientific board of the NWO biodiversity programme (2010), a H2020 program of the European Commission (2019), the \'Biodiversity\' committee of the French AllEnvi (20••••17) and the committee «Environment and biological resources» of ANR (20••••14),• External evaluator for scientific projects at national and international level