Sylvie RecousDr Sylvie Recous received her PhD in soil microbial ecology from the University of Lyon, France, in 1988. She is senior scientist at the French Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). She has been conducting research on carbon and nitrogen cyclin in soils and the environmental impacts of soil organic matters management for about 30 years, with recent development on relationships between management of cropping systems and greenhouse gas emissions, particularly N2O, with several projects at European and international levels. She has been a visiting scientist at CSIRO in Perth, Western Australia (1999-2000) and in University Federal of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil (2012-2016). Sylvie was associate editor of Plant and Soil (1997-2005) and of Soil Research (2011-2017) journals and is currently editor-in-chief of Agronomy for Sustainable Development. She has been elected as member of Academy of Agriculture of France in 2012. Read More Read Less