Bernet
BERNET Nicolas
Research Director
Dpt. TRANSFORM

Contact

nicolas.bernet_at_inrae.fr

Activities

Research axis: DIIEM

Research topics:

  • Biological wastewater treatment.
  • Biofilm processes.
  • Anaerobic bioprocesses: anaerobic digestion, fermentation, microbial electrochemical technologies.

Associate editor for Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology and Frontiers in Chemical Engineering : Review Editor for Environmental Chemical Engineering

Projects

ANR : CATHOMIX
PEPR BBEST : ElectroMIC, Collimator
European Project : BIOCTANE

Professional and research experience

  • Research Director at INRA (then INRAE) since 2006
  • Head of the LBE from 2017 to 2024
  • French Habilitation to Supervise PhD students (HDR) from Montpellier University (2000)
  • Research scientist at LBE (1992-2006)
  • Lecturer at the Université de Bourgogne (Dijon) (1991-1992)
  • Lecturer at ENSIAAC Ngaoundéré, Cameroon (1989-1991)
  • PhD in Food Sciences from Institut Agro Montpellier (1989)
  • Engineer in Agronomy (M.Sc. Degree) from Institut Agro Rennes (1986)

Recent publications

https://cv.hal.science/nicolas-bernet

  • Pérez-Bernal, M.F., Berthomieu, R., Le Quéméner, E., Bernet, N., Trably, E. (2024) Influence of fumarate on interspecies electron transfer and the metabolic shift induced in Clostridium pasteurianum by Geobacter sulfurreducens. Journal of Applied Microbiology 135(5), Ixae 122.
  • Rous, A., Santa-Catalina, G.; Desmond-Le Quémener, E., Trably, E., Bernet, N. (2024) Comparison of enrichment methods for efficient nitrogen fixation on a biocathode. Peer Community Journal, 4, article no. e12.
  • Magdalena, J.A., Pérez-Bernal, M.F., Bernet, N., Trably, E. (2023) Sequential dark fermentation and microbial electrolysis cells for hydrogen production: volatile fatty acids influence and energy considerations. Bioresource Technology, 374, 128803.
  • Berthomieu, R., Pérez-Bernal, M. F., Santa-Catalina, G., Desmond-Le Quéméner, E., Bernet, N., Trably, E. (2022) Mechanisms underlying Clostridium pasteurianum’s metabolic shift when grown with Geobacter sulfurreducens. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 106, 865-876.
  • Desmond-Le Quéméner, E., Moscoviz, R., Bernet, N., Marcus, A. (2021) Modeling of interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic microbial communities. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 67, 49-57.
  • Toledo-Alarcón, J., Fuentes, L., Etchebehere, C., Bernet, N., Trably, E. (2021) Glucose electro-fermentation with mixed cultures: a key role of the Clostridiaceae family. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(2), 1694-1704.
  • Moscoviz, R., Desmond- Le Quéméner, E., Trably, E., Bernet, N., Hamelin, J. (2020) Novel outlook in microbial ecology: non-mutualistic interspecies electron transfer. Trends in Microbiology. 28 (4), 245-253.