Dr. Jean-Christophe CLEMENT

Ph.D. in Biogeochemistry

Current Position:

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, West Virginia University,

Morgantown, WV 26506, U.S.A.

(304-293-5201 (x31472). Fax: 304-293-6363

e-mail: jean.clement@mail.wvu.edu

Dr. Clément is an Ecosystem scientist working on the nitrogen cycle in terrestrial and aquatic systems. He obtained his PhD in 2001 in France, at the University of Rennes, where he worked on riparian wetlands buffering capacities against nitrogen diffuse pollutions. From 2001 to 2004, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at Rutgers University in New Jersey on biogeochemistry in forested riparian wetlands. In 2005 he was hired as a visiting Assistant Professor at West Virginia University, to act as the replacement principal investigator for Dr. M. Walbridge and to participate on a NSF grant on Phosphorus transformations in forested floodplains. As a result, his background covers a large spectrum of disciplines such as soil science, superficial hydrology, plants and microorganismal processes, and agricultural practices. His experience ranges from field and lab work to participation at international conferences. In addition to his academic experience, he also worked as an environmental engineer in the context of a watershed institute, and he participated in the certification system (ISO) in an analytical laboratory. During his Ph.D. in Europe, his post-doctorate experiences at Rutgers University and at West Virginia University, he has built an active international network of ecosystem scientists, with whom he is publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Ph.D., 1998-2001

Doctorate in Biology. Rennes University of Sciences, France. UMR ECOBIO

With Distinction 

(PhD Supervisor: Dr. G. Pinay, CNRS)

 M.S., 1997

Environmental Sciences. Orleans University of Sciences, France.

With Distinction. National Agronomical Inst., Paris, France.

B.S., 1996

Plant Biology and Chemistry. Rennes University of Sciences, France.

Merits                                        

2004

National Postdoctoral Fellowship from the French Ministry of Research & National Academy of Sciences

Ø                  Wetland Ecology                                 Ø       Soil Science

Ø                  Nitrogen Cycle                                   Ø        Denitrification

Ø                  Water Quality                                     Ø       Landscape Management

Ø                  Ecological Restoration.

Ø                (Peer-)Reviewer for

Ø      National Science Foundation (2004 - Ecosystem Studies Program)

Ø      Journal of Applied Ecology

Ø      Ecosystems Thank you to Reviewers

Ø      Journal of Environmental Quality

Ø      Soil, Air and Water Pollutions

Ø      Hydrological Processes

Ø      Wetlands

Ø      Illinois Water Research Center (2004)

Publications (*peer-reviewed): 

*     Hefting M., J.C. Clément, D. Dowrick, A.C. Cosandey, S. Bernal, C. Cimpian, T.P. Burt & G. Pinay, 2004. Soil nitrogen cycling in riparian wetlands along a European climatic gradient. Biogeochemistry. 67 (1): 113-134. Abstract  

Clément J.C., R.M. Holmes, B. Peterson & G. Pinay, 2000. Isotopic investigation of denitrification in a riparian ecosystem in northwest France. Journal of Applied Ecology. 40 (6): 1035-1048. Abstract*       

       Clément J.C., L. Aquilina, O. Bour, K. Plaine, T. Burt & G. Pinay, 2003. Hydrological flowpaths and nitrate removal within

        a riparian floodplain along a 4^th order stream in Brittany (France). Hydrological Processes 17: 1177-1195. Abstract

Sabater S., A. Butturini, J.C. Clément, T. Burt, D. Dowrick, M. Hefting, V. Maitre, Pinay G., C. Postolache, M. Rzepecki & F.     Sabater, 2003. Nitrogen removal by riparian buffers along a European climatic gradient: Patterns and factors of variation. Ecosystems 6: 20-30. Abstract

Clément J.C., G. Pinay & P. Marmonier, 2002. Seasonal dynamics of denitrification along topohydrosequences in three different riparian wetlands. Journal of Environmental Quality 31: 1025-1037. Abstract

Pinay G., J.C. Clément & R. J. Naiman, 2002. Basic principles and ecological consequences of changing water regimes on nitrogen cycling in fluvial systems. Environmental Management 30 (4): 481-491. Abstract

 Burt T.P., G. Pinay, F.E. Matheson, N.E. Haycock, A Butturini, J.C. Clément, S. Danielescu, D.J. Dowrick, M.M. Hefting, A. Hillbricht-Ilkowska & V. Maitre, 2002. Water table fluctuations in the riparian zone: Comparative results from a pan-European experiment. Journal of Hydrology 265: 129-148. Abstract

Pinay G., J.C. Clément & H. Décamps, 2000. Role of riparian zones in regulating nitrogen diffuse pollutions: Capacities and limits. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie d'Agriculture de France. 86 (7): 85-95. Abstract

In press:  

       Clément, J.-C., Shrestha, J., Ehrenfeld, J.G. and Jaffé, P.M. Ferric iron oxidized NH4 in anaerobic riparian sediments. Soil            Biology & Biochemistry.

        Hefting M., J.C. Clément, P. Bienkowski, D. Dowrick, C. Guénat, E. Nin, S. Topa, & G. Pinay. The role of vegetation and             litter in nitrogen dynamics of riparian nitrogen dynamics of riparian buffer zones in Europe. Ecological Engineering.

        In prep.: 

       Clément J-C., M. Hefting, & G. Pinay. Nitrogen dynamics in an Old-Field succession of wetland-pasture abandonment

               in western France (Brittany). Ecological Engineering. In prep.

Clément, J.-C., Shrestha, J., Ehrenfeld, J.G. and Jaffé, P.M. Effects of roots and nitrates on redox chemistry of wetland soils.

        Wetlands, in prep.

       Dissertations and other reports:

       Pinay G. & J.C. Clément, 2003. Le rôle des ripisylves dans la régulation des pollutions azotées.

Forêt Méditerranéenne. t. XXIV, 3: 291-296

       PhD Thesis, 2001: Les Zones Humides de Fonds de Vallée et la Régulation des Pollutions Azotées Diffuses.

       Université des Sciences de Rennes 1

       Clément J.C. 2001. Methodological Guide for the Wetlands Inventory in the Vilaine Watershed. SAGE Vilaine. PDF format

        Final Report Bretagne Eau Pure 2, 2000: Influence de la structure du paysage et des zones humides de bas-fonds sur les flux  f        d'azote en bassin versant agricole

        Pinay G., Bidois J., Clément J.C., Durand P., Regimbeau C., Troccaz O., 2000. “Zones humides ripariennes et régulation des

        flux d’azote”, in “TY-FON : Typologie fonctionnelle des zones humides de fonds de vallée en vue de la régulation de la

        pollution diffuse”. Final Report, Mérot P. (Coord.), PNRZH, 43-50 

Pinay G., J.C. Clément & M. Trémolières, 1999. Rôle des ripisylves dans la régulation des pollutions azotées diffuses. Actes de l' A.I.C.E.F., conférence :"La Forêt source d'équilibre ?" 25-26 Novembre 1999, Dijon. pp 110-117. Order a copy

       M.S. Thesis, 1997: “Buffer capacities of riparian zones with various vegetation covers and different nutrient inputs”

       M.S. Bibliographic report, 1997: “Riparian land use effect on nitrogen removal and buffer capacity”

       B.S. final report, 1996: “Potential denitrification in different hydrogeomorphic units of riparian zones”