NitroScope project
NitroScope is a four-year Horizon Europe project that aims to establish the most comprehensive and integrated nitrogen monitoring network in Europe to date. With over 100 monitoring stations in more than ten pedoclimatic regions, the project combines advanced sensor technology, modeling and user-friendly digital tools for farmers to quantify nitrate concentrations and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions in real time.
With the participation of 25 organizations from 15 countries, NitroScope translates scientific data into practical, region-specific solutions to increase fertilizer efficiency, reduce nitrogen losses, promote healthier soils, safeguard water quality and strengthen climate-resilient agricultural systems. As part of the EU Soil Mission, the project contributes directly to the objectives of the Soil Agreement for Europe.
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Publications in peer-reviewed journals :
Puche, N.J.B., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Viovy, N., Chabbi, A. (2023). Potential impacts of climate change on the productivity and soil carbon stocks of managed grasslands. PLoS ONE 18(4): e0283370. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283370
Puche, N., Rumpel, C., Le Mer, G., Jouquet, P., Mazurier, A., Caner, L., Garnier, P., Tran, T.M., Bottinelli, N. (2022). Mechanisms and kinetics of (de-)protection of soil organic carbon in earthworm casts in a tropical environment, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108686.
Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Puche, N.J.B., Giltrap, D.L., Liáng, L.L., Chabbi, A. (2020). Combining eddy covariance measurements with process-based modeling to enhance understanding of carbon exchange rates of dairy pastures, Science of the Total Environment, 745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140917.
Puche, N., Senapati, N., Flechard, C.R., Klumpp, K., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Chabbi, A. (2019). Modeling Carbon and Water Fluxes of Managed Grasslands: Comparing Flux Variability and Net Carbon Budgets between Grazed and Mowed Systems. Agronomy, 9, 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9040183
Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Schipper, L.A., Mudge, P.L., Rutledge, S., Puche, N.J.B., & Campbell, D.I. (2017). The trade-offs between milk production and soil organic carbon storage in dairy systems under different management and environmental factors. Science of the total environment, 577, 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.055
Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Rutledge, S., Kuijper, I.A., P.L. Mudge, P.L., Puche, N., A.M. Wall, A.M., Roach, C.G. Schipper, L.A., Campbell, D.I. (2015). Modeling carbon and water exchange of a grazed pasture in New Zealand constrained by eddy covariance measurements. Science of the Total Environment, 512, 273-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.045.
Publications to be reviewed:
Puche, N, Bottinelli, N., Rumpel, C., Garnier, P. (2026). Integrating microstructural constraints into soil carbon models: A mechanistic approach to simulate organic matter dynamics in earthworm (Amynthas Adexilis) casts. (submitted to Geoderma 05.01.2026).
Academic background
PhD in Soil Science. Massey University, New Zealand. 2013-2017
Postgraduate Certificate in Soil Science; Massey University. 2012-2013
MSc; USTV, France. Environmental monitoring, physics and remote sensing of the ocean and atmosphere. 2008-2010
BSc; USTV, France. Electronics, electrical engineering and automation. 2007-2008.
Professional experience
since 12/2025; Postdoctoral researcher, IGZ and RPTU (Germany), Project NitroScope.
08/2024 - 09/2025; Postdoctoral researcher, UHH (Germany), Project PRODIGY.
03/2023 - 02/2024; Postdoctoral researcher, INRAE (France), projects RECAPS and EOM4SOIL.
12/2019 - 02/2022; Postdoctoral researcher, IEES Paris (France), projects VinaWorm and U2worm.
12/2017 - 11/2019; Postdoctoral researcher, IEES Paris (France), GRA-GPLER funding.
02/2012 - 01/2013; research assistant, CESBIO (France).