ResearcherID: E-6720-2012 / Researchgate profile

@benedictelbm

To discover my research: my darling serpentines, the rocky road to biomolecules

last update: Oct. 2019

Geobiologist, Professor Université de Paris (PR1), Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Deep biosphere  Abiotic organic synthesis and the emergence of life  Deep carbon and nitrogen cycles  Microbial weathering in the critical zone  Geomicrobiology of geological gas storage  Microimaging of microorganisms, biofilms and biominerals  Biomarkers identification

APPOINTMENTS

• 2016/07: Invited Professor, Rock Powered Life - NASA Astrobiology Institute, CU, USA
• 2011/10-…: Professor, Paris Diderot University, IPGP, Geomicrobiology group, France
• 2001-2011: CNRS Research Scientist, IPGP, France
• 2000-2001: CEA Postdoctoral fellow, Pierre Süe Laboratory (CEA/CNRS), Saclay, France
• 1996-1999: Doctoral scholarship of the French Ministry of Education and Research - Petrology Laboratory, CNRS ESA 7058, Paris 6&7 Universities, Paris, France

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

• 2009  “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”, Paris Diderot University, France
• 1999 PhD in Geochemistry (with Honors), Paris 7 University, France
• 1996  Master in Quantitative Methods of Geosciences (with Honors), Ecole Nat. Sup. des Mines de Paris, Ecole Nat. Sup. du Pétrole et des Moteurs, Paris 6 & Paris 7 Universities, France

AWARDS

• 2017-2021:  French reward for Scientific Excellence (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche)
• 2012-2016:  French reward for Scientific Excellence (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche)
• 2013: Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 2012: Award of the young scientific woman of the year attributed by the French Ministry of Research, the EADS Foundation and the French Academy of Sciences
• 2010-2012:  French reward for Scientific Excellence (Prime d’Excellence Scientifique du CNRS)
• 2008: Prix F. Holweck, L. Grelaud & M. Guido-Triossi – medal of the French Academy of Sciences
• 2000: Prix Haüy-Lacroix - medal of the French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• 2019-…:  Advisory Board of TEREGA (second largest French company in gas transport and storage)
• 2019-…:  Advisory Board for the Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration Program (PIs B. Sherwood-Lollar, J. Mustard) – CIFAR, Canada
• 2016-…: National Evaluation Committee of the National Technological Research Centre “The nickel and its environment”, New Caledonia
• 2015-…: Scientific Committee of the Laboratory of Excellence VOLTAIRE (Univ. of Orléans, France)
• 2015-…: Scientific Committee of the “Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire pour les Energies de Demain, LIED” (Paris Diderot University, France)
• 2013-2018: Scientific Committee of IODP-France
• 2013-2019: Elected member of the IPGP Directorate
• 2013-2019: Elected member of the Management Board of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department of Paris Diderot University (UFR STEP “Sciences de la Terre, de l’Environnement et des Planètes”)
• 2012-2016:  Director of the Research Center on CO₂ Geological Storage (IPGP/ SCHLUMBERGER/ TOTAL/ ADEME)
• 2011-2019: Head of the “Géobiosphère actuelle et primitive” group of IPGP (now “Geomicrobiology” group)
• 2010-2014: Peer Review Committee “Biology/Health” of the French Synchrotron SOLEIL (for beamtime allocation)
• 2009-2012: Elected member of the IPGP Directorate
• 2009-2012: Deputy Director of the Research Center on CO₂ Geological Storage (IPGP/ SCHLUMBERGER/ TOTAL/ ADEME)
• 2009-2010 Peer Review Committee “Earth sciences/Environment/Archaeology/Cultural heritage” of the French Synchrotron SOLEIL (for beamtime allocation)
• 2007-2009: Nominated member of the IPGP Scientific Committee
• 2006-2008:  Science Steering and Evaluation Panel of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
• 2006-2008:  Scientific Committee of IODP-France
• 2003-2004: Elected member of the council of the Marine Geosciences laboratory (IPGP)

RECENT OR SIGNIFICANT FUNDING (only those as PI or coPI are mentioned)

• 2019/09-2022/09:  PI of the project METEOR “Minerals as tracers of life in the context of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Exomars 2020 mission” – Région Ile de France DIM ACAV+ - 102 k€
• 2018/05-2020/05: PI of the project SIAM “oceanic SerpentInites As honeycombs for starters of Metallo-enzymes?” - AAP ORIGINES of the French CNRS Mission for Interdisciplinary – 48 k€
• 2017/09-2020/08: Co-PI of the Science4CleanEnergy project (EU Call H2020: Competitive Low-Carbon Energy) leaded by Univ. College London and involving 22 European partners – 230 k€ for IPGP
• 2015/02–2018/02: PI of the project deepOASES “The DEEP Oceanic lithosphere As an organic carbon factory: how and to which extent do SErpentiniteS generate, stabilize abiotic organic molecules and sustain deep microbial ecosystems?” - French National Research Agency - 495 k€
• 2014/10-2015/03: PI of the Deep Life Community project “Subsurface Microbial Biofilms. Implication in C cycle in basaltic aquifer” - Deep Carbon Observatory - 11 k$
• 2014/05-2016/12: Coordinator contact and supervisor of the DARKENERGY project “Subsurface Microbial contribution to Dark CO2 fixation in geological storage sites. Community structure and dynamics” (EU FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF) - 261 k€
• 2014/03-2018/03: Co-PI of the Initial Training Network ABYSS (EU FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN) on reactive geological systems from the mantle to the abyssal sub-seafloor - 283 k€ for IPGP
• 2013/07-2019/07: Co-PI of the Deep Energy Community proposal of the Deep Carbon Observatory (studies on the origin and distribution of abiotic hydrocarbons) - 137 k$ for IPGP
• 2009/09-2015/09: head of the “Deep biosphere” WP of the Research Center on CO2 Geological Storage (TOTAL-SCHLUMBERGER-ADEME) - 245 k€
• 2008/12-2012/08: co-head of the project “CO2FIX: In-situ CO2 -mineralization in mafic and ultramafic context: a combined experimental and numerical approach” - National Research Agency - 825 k€
• 2005/07-2008/09: co-head of the project “GéoCarbone-Carbonatation (Mineralization of Carbon: from experiments to numerical simulations)” - National Research Agency - 904 k€

TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INVOLVEMENT

• 2017/2019:  Co-direction of the Master of Ecology and Biogeosciences managed by the Life Sciences Department, Univ. Paris Diderot
• 2015/10: Organization of a 7-day international Short Course in “Advances in imaging and analytical techniques for (bio)petrology” (IPGP/SOLEIL Synchrotron), Paris France
• 2015/09: ECORD Summer School: “Ocean crust processes: magma, faults, fluxes and life”, Bremen, Germany
• 2011/10-..: Full time teaching at the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, Univ. Paris Diderot (>192h/year): mainly L1: Biology and Biochemistry for the Earth Sciences”  L3: Tutorated project in English  L3: Geosciences and Environment  M1: Geobiology: from fundamental processes to applied science  M2: Geochemistry of the organic matter
• 2002-2011: Part time teaching at the Earth and Planetary Science department of University Paris Diderot (graduate levels; ~60h/year) with the conception and implementation of new teaching units adapted to the emerging field of geobiology (Master STEP and Master Biogéosciences of the Paris Diderot University)

SUPERVISION OF PHDs and POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

• 2019-…:  Co-supervisor with B. Debret (IPGP) of C. Caurant’s PhD “Tracking the long-term carbon cycling in subduction zones” (IPGP, funded by the French Ministry of Research).
• 2019-…:  Co-supervisor with F. Stalport (Laboratoire Inter-universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques) of A. Perron’s PhD “Minerals as tracers of life: The potential of TDA-GC-MS” (IPGP, funded by the DIM-ACAV+, Région Ile de France).
• 2018-…:  Co-supervisor with A. Gélabert (IPGP) of C. Dejean’s PhD “Mn and Cr mineralizations in bacterial biofilms” (IPGP, funded by the French Ministry of Research).
• 2016-...:  Co-supervisor with E. Gérard (IPGP) of A. Lecoeuvre’s PhD “Influence of the alteration of (ultra)mafic rocks on the diversity and adaptation of associated microbial communities” (IPGP, funded by the French Ministry of Research).
• 2015-2019  Co-supervisor with A. Gélabert (IPGP) of T. Couasnon’s PhD “Role of reactive oxygen species and bacterial exopolymeric substances in manganese biomineralization” (IPGP, funded by the French Ministry of Research).
• 2014-2018:  Supervisor of Rachael Moore’s PhD on the topic “Identifying the microbial component of in situ mineral carbonation and basalt alteration” (IPGP, funded by the Initial Training Network Abyss; EU FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN).
• 2011-2015: Co-supervisor with C. Rommevaux-Jestin (IPGP) of Pauline Henri’s PhD “Early bioalteration of basaltic glasses in an oceanic context: Example of the Lucky Strike hydrothermal site (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37° N)” (IPGP, funded by the French Ministry of Research).
• 2011-2014: Co-supervisor with M. Ader and F. Guyot (IPGP) of Caroline Thaler’s PhD “Microbial conversion of CO2 into carbonates: isotopic monitoring of mechanisms” (IPGP, funded by the French Ministry of Research).
• 2010-2014: Co-supervisor with E. Gérard (IPGP) of Paul Le Campion’s PhD “Impact of geological CO2 storage on deep basalt ecosystems” (IPGP, funded by TOTAL and the ADEME agency).
• 2010-2013: Co-supervisor with D. Brunelli (Univ. Modena, Italy) of Valerio Pasini’s PhD “Biopetrology of the hydrating suboceanic mantle” (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia/ IPGP – Italian fellowship).
• 2005-2008: Co-supervisor with F. Guyot of Sébastien Dupraz’s PhD “Roles of microorganisms in CO2 geological storage processes” (IPGP, funded by TOTAL and the ADEME agency).

Recent postdocs:

• 2012-2017: Céline Pisapia (funded by the DCO –Sloan Foundation then SOLEIL Synchrotron and IPGP) on “Carbon speciation during the serpentinization of the oceanic crust: biological vs abiotic processes”.
• 2013-2016: Rosalia Trias (funded by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow (IEF) for career development) on “Subsurface Microbial contribution to CO2 fixation in geological storage sites”
• 2011-2013: Irina Bundeleva (funded by the French ANR project “CARMEX”) on “Experimental carbonation of pyrometallurgic slags and ultramafic minerals: contribution of the cyanobacteria”.
• 2006-2011: Christian Millo (funded by the French ANR projects “GéoCarbone-Carbonatation” and “CO2FIX”) on “Study of the isotopic fractionation associated with microbial carbonatogenesis”.

JURYS and RECRUITMENT COMMITTEES

• HDR jurys:  2019: E. Gérard (Université Sorbonne Paris Cité)  2018: A. Gélabert (Université Paris Diderot), A. Ranchou-Peyruse (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour)  2017: M. Zbinden (Sorbonne Université), C. Rommevaux-Jestin (Université Paris Diderot)  2016: I. Martinez (Université Paris Diderot)  2015: V. Busigny (Université Paris Diderot)
• PhD jurys:  2019: J. Aubineau (Université de Poitiers), L. Bethencourt (Geosciences Rennes), L. Dessimoulie (Université Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne)  2018: E. Frouin (Université Aix-Marseille), K. Kularatne (IPGP), J. Rouillard (Université Sorbonne Paris Cité)  2017: L. Martin (Université Paris Diderot), B. Mirvaux (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)  2016: N. Mei (Université Aix-Marseille), Y. Kouhail (Université Paris Diderot), M. Bès (Université Aix-Marseille)  2015: J. Alléon (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle), J. Noireaux (Université Paris Diderot), V. Milesi (IPGP/Universidade do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro)  2014: S. Rouméjon (IPGP)  2013: D. Guerbois, (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), J. Cosmidis (Université Paris Diderot), T. Aüllo, (Université de Paul et des Pays de l’Adour), N. Callac (Université de Bretagne Occidentale)  2012: A. Crémière (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), C. Gréau (IPGP), G. Stockmann (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse/University of Iceland)  2011: I. Bundeleva (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)  2008: S. Contraire (IPGP)  2015: S. Lebrun (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
• Recruitment Committees:  2019: PR0674 Université Paris Est Créteil, sections 34 & 37; 4013/MC35 IPGP, section 35  2018: 0277/MC35 Université Paris Diderot, section 35; 35PR4012 Université Paris Diderot, section 35  2017: 4180/MC67-64 UPPA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, sections 64 & 67  2016: 35MCF4270 Université Paris Diderot, section 35; 35PR0653 Université de Montpellier 2, section 35  2014: 35PR0066 IMPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, sections 35 & 28  2013: 35PR4130 Université Paris Diderot, section 35; 36MCF0467 Université de Bourgogne, section 36  2011: MC 36-0593559 de l’Université de Lille I, section 36  2010: MC 35-03380338 de l’Université Paris Est Marne la Vallée, section 35  2009: MC 67-0699 de l’Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, section 67

SEAGOING & DRILLING EXPERIENCES

• Jan-Feb 2016: International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 357 “Atlantis massif serpentinization and life” – 30°N, Mid Atlantic Ridge N/O James Cook & Bremen Core Repository, Germany; PIs: G. Früh-Green (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), B. Orcutt (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine, USA)
• Oct-Nov 2014: Hellisheidi drilling project (Iceland) related to the CarbFix CO2 injection project - U.S. Department of Energy (DE-FE004847). PI: J. Matter (Doherty Earth Observatory, USA)
• Oct-Nov 2011: Hydroprony expedition – Prony Bay of New Caledonia N/O Alis. PI: B. Pelletier (IRD Nouméa, New Caledonia)
• Oct-Nov 2010: Smoothseafloor expedition – South Western Indian Ridge N/O Marion Dufresne. PIs: M. Cannat (IPG Paris, France), D. Sauter (IPG Strasbourg, France)

INVITED TALKS, KEYNOTES and SEMINARS (last 5 years)

• 8th ELSI Symposium - Extending Views of Catalysis, Feb 3-7, 2020, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan - invited talk
• Gordon Research Conference in Geobiology - The Interaction of Microbial and Geological Processes Through Time, Jan 12-17, 2020, Galveston, TX, USA - invited talk
• Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, Oct 24-26, 2019, Washington, DC, USA - invited talk
• Natural hydrogen H2 Symposium of the Mission for transversal and interdisciplinary initiatives (MITI) CNRS, Oct 9, 2019, CNRS, Paris, France - invited talk
• International Conference on Clay Science and Technology (Euroclays 2019), July 1-5, 2019, Paris, France - invited talk
• New Caledonia Peridotite Amphibious Drilling Workshop, Jan 22-24, 2019, Montpellier, France – invited talk
• Serpentinite in the Earth System, Discussion meeting of the Royal Society, Nov 18-20, 2018, London, UK - keynote
• Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, March 2015, Munich, Germany - invited talk
• Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, March 2013, Washington DC, USA - invited talk
• Gordon Research Conference in Geobiology, January-February 2013, Ventura, CA, USA - invited talk

Invited seminars:  2020: Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany – 05/20  2019: General seminar, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, France - 04/19  2018: Géosciences Montpellier, France – 12/18; Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes, France – 05/18  2016: Rock Powered Life - NASA Astrobiology Institute, Colorado Univ., USA - 07/16 Conicet, Cordoba, Argentina – 04/16  2014: LPG Université de Nantes, France – 02/14  2013: French Society of Exobiology, CNES, Paris, France – 11/13

PUBLICATIONS (last 5 years)

Full publication list is available on Research ID : http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-6720-2012
Asterisks indicate publications signed as senior scientist, PI, and/or PhD supervisor

• R. L. Moore, A. Patera, A. Bonnin, B. Ménez*. Grating-based X-ray tomography on a heterogeneous geomaterial for improved contrast. Scientific Reports, in revision.
• M. Andreani, B. Ménez (2019) New perspectives on abiotic organic synthesis and processing during hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic lithosphere. In: Deep Carbon: Past to Present – chap 15 (eds B. Orcutt, I. Daniel, R. Dasgupta), Cambridge University Press, doi: 10.1017/9781108677950.
• T. Couasnon, A. Gélabert, G. Ona-Nguema, S. Zanna, B. Ménez*, F. Guyot (2019) Experimental assessment of occurrences and stability of lead-bearing minerals in bacterial biofilms. Chemical Geology 505, 23-35.
• M. Quéméneur, G. Erauso, E. Frouin, E. Zeghal, C. Vandecasteele, B. Ollivier, C. Tamburini, M. Garel, B. Ménez, A. Postec (2019) Hydrostatic pressure helps to cultivate an original anaerobic bacterium from the Atlantis Massif subseafloor (IODP Expedition 357): Petrocella atlantisensis gen. nov. sp. nov. Frontiers in Microbiology 10, 1497.
• S. Dupraz, B. Ménez, F. Guyot (2019) Fast determination of the main reduced sulfur species in aquatic systems by a direct and second derivative spectrophotometric method. Journal of Chemistry, doi: 10.1155/2019/1039487.
• V. Stamenković, L. W. Beegle, K. Zacny, D. D. Arumugam, P. Baglioni, N. Barba, J. Baross, M. S. Bell, R. Bhartia, J. G. Blank, P. J. Boston, D. Breuer, W. Brinckerhoff, M. S. Burgin, I. Cooper, V. Cormarkovic, A. Davila, R. M. Davis, C. Edwards, G. Etiope, W. W. Fischer, D. P. Glavin, R. E. Grimm, F. Inagaki, J. L. Kirschvink, A. Kobayashi, T. Komarek, M. Malaska, J. Michalski, B. Ménez, et al. (2019) The next frontier for planetary and human exploration. Nature Astronomy 3, 116–120.
• M.C. Sforna, D. Brunelli, C. Pisapia, V. Pasini, D. Malferrari, B. Ménez* (2018) Abiotic formation of condensed carbonaceous matter in the hydrating oceanic crust. Nature Communications 9, 5049.
• B. Ménez, C. Pisapia, M. Andreani, F. Jamme, Q.P. Vanbellingen, A. Brunelle, L. Richard, P. Dumas, M. Réfrégiers (2018) Abiotic synthesis of amino acids in the recesses of the oceanic lithosphere. Nature 564, 59-63.
• G.L. Früh-Green, B.N. Orcutt, S. Rouméjon, M.D. Lilley, Y. Morono, C. Cotterill, S. Green, Expedition 357 Scientists (2018) Magmatism, serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357). Lithos, 323, 137-155.
• B. Ménez, V. Pasini, F. Guyot, K. Benzerara, S. Bernard, D. Brunelli (2018) Mineralizations and transition metal mobility driven by organic carbon during low-temperature serpentinization. Lithos 323, 262-276.
• S. Rouméjon, G.L. Früh-Green, B.N. Orcutt, Expedition 357 Scientists (2018) Alteration heterogeneities in peridotites exhumed on the southern wall of the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357). Journal of Petrology, egy065, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egy065.
• C. Pisapia, F. Jamme, L. Duponchel, B. Ménez* (2018) Tracking hidden organic carbon in rocks using chemometrics and hyperspectral imaging. Scientific Reports 8, 2396.
• E.C. Mlewski, C. Pisapia, F. Gomez, L. Lecourt, E. Soto Rueda, K. Benzerara, B. Ménez, S. Borensztajn, F. Jamme, M. Réfrégiers, E. Gérard (2018) Characterization of pustular mats and related Rivularia-rich laminations in oncoids from the Laguna Negra lake (Argentina). Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 996.
• A. Türke, B. Ménez, W. Bach (2018) Comparing biosignatures in aged basalt glass from North Pond, Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Louisville Seamount Trail, off New Zealand. PLoS ONE 13(2), e0190053.
• R. Trias, B. Ménez*, P. le Campion, Y. Zivanovic, L. Lecourt, A. Lecoeuvre, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, J. Uhl, S.R. Gíslason, H.A. Alfreðsson, K.G. Mesfin, S.A. Snæbjörnsdóttir, E.S. Aradóttir, I. Gunnarsson, J.M. Matter, M. Stute, E.H. Oelkers, E. Gérard (2017) High reactivity of deep biota under anthropogenic CO2 injection into basalt. Nature Communications 8, 1063.
• C. Thaler, C. Millo, M. Ader, C. Chaduteau, F. Guyot, B. Ménez* (2017) Disequilibrium δ18O values in microbial carbonates as a tracer of metabolic production of dissolved inorganic carbon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 199, 112–129.
• G.L. Früh-Green, B.N. Orcutt, S.L. Green, C. Cotterill, S. Morgan, N. Akizawa, G. Bayrakci, J.-H. Behrmann, C. Boschi, W.J. Brazelton, M. Cannat, K.G. Dunkel, J. Escartin, M. Harris, E. Herrero-Bervera, K. Hesse, B.E. John, S.Q. Lang, M.D. Lilley, H.-Q. Liu, L.E. Mayhew, A.M. McCaig, B. Ménez, Y. Morono, M. Quéméneur, S. Rouméjon, A. Sandaruwan Ratnayake, M.O. Schrenk, E.M. Schwarzenbach, K.I. Twing, D. Weis, S.A. Whattham, M. Williams, R. Zhao (2017) Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, Volume 357, doi:10.14379/iodp.proc.357.101.2017.
• C. Pisapia,  E. Gérard,  M. Gérard,  L. Lecourt,  B. Pelletier,  C. E. Payri,  C. Monnin, L. Guentas,  A. Postec,  M. Quéméneur,  G. Erauso, B. Ménez* (2017) Mineralizing filamentous bacteria from the Prony bay Hydrothermal Field open new perspectives for serpentinization-based deep ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 57.
• N. Mei, A. Postec, C. Monnin, B. Pelletier, C.E. Payri, B. Ménez, E. Frouin, B. Ollivier, G. Erauso, M. Quéméneur (2016) Metagenomic and PCR-based diversity surveys of -hydrogenases combined with isolation of alkaliphilic hydrogen-producing bacteria from the serpentinite-hosted Prony hydrothermal field, New Caledonia. Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 1301.
• I.A. Bundeleva, L.S. Shirokova, E.I. Kompantseva, P. Bénézeth, B. Ménez, F. Marin, O.S. Pokrovsky (2015) Experimental modeling of bacterially-induced Ca carbonate precipitation: new insights on possible mechanisms. In: Biomineralization: From Fundamentals to Biomaterials & Environmental Issues (eds: F. Marin, F. Brümmer, A. Checa, G. Furtos, I. Giorgio L. L. Šiller), Key Engineering Materials 672, 21-39.
• P.A. Henri, C. Rommevaux-Jestin, F. Lesongeur, A. Mumford, D. Emerson, A. Godfroy, B. Ménez* (2015) Structural iron (II) of basaltic glass as an energy source for Zetaproteobacteria in an abyssal plain environment, off the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Frontiers in Microbiology 6, 1518.
• A. Postec, M. Quéméneur, M. Bes, N. Mei, F. Ben Aissa, C. Payri, B. Pelletier, C. Monnin, L. Guentas-Dombrowsky, B. Ollivier, E. Gérard, C. Pisapia, M. Gérard, B. Ménez B, Erauso G (2015) Microbial diversity in a submarine carbonate edifice from the serpentinized hydrothermal system of the Prony Bay (New Caledonia) over 6-year period. Frontiers in Microbiology 6, 857.
• Monnin C, Chavagnac V., Boulart C., Ménez B., Gérard M., Gérard E., Pisapia C., Quéméneur M., Erauso G., Postec A., et al. (2014) Fluid chemistry of the low temperature hyperalkaline hydrothermal system of Prony Bay (New Caledonia) Biogeosciences 11(20), 5687–5706.
• Quémeneur M., Bes M., Postec A., Mei N., Hamelin, Monnin C., Chavagnac V., Payri C., Pelletier B., Guentas-Dombrowsky L., Gérard M., Pisapia C., Gérard E., Ménez B., Ollivier B., Erauso G. (2014) Spatial distribution of microbial communities in the shallow submarine alkaline hydrothermal field of the Prony Bay, New Caledonia. Environmental Microbiology Reports 6 (6), 665-674.
• S. R. Gislason, W.S. Broecker, E. Gunnlaugsson, S. Snæbjörnsdóttir, K.G. Mesfin, H.A. Alfredsson, E.S. Aradottir, B. Sigfusson, I. Gunnarsson, M. Stute, J.M. Matter, M.Th. Arnarson, I.M. Galeczka, S. Gudbrandsson, G. Stockman, D. Wolff-Boenisch, A. Stefansson, E. Ragnheidardottir, T. Flaathen, A.P. Gysi, J. Olssen, K. Didriksen, S. Stipp, B. Ménez, E.H. Oelkers (2014) Rapid solubility and mineral storage of CO2 in basalt. Energy Procedia 63, 4561–4574.
• A. Bundeleva, B. Ménez*, T. Augé, F. Bodénan, N. Recham, F. Guyot (2014) Effect of cyanobacteria Synechococcus PCC 7942 on carbonation kinetics of olivine at 20°C. Minerals Engineering 59, 2-11.
• A. Bundeleva, L. S. Shirokova, O. S. Pokrovsky, P. Benezeth, B. Ménez, E. Gérard, S. Balor (2014) Experimental modeling of calcium carbonate precipitation by cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa sp. Chemical Geology 374–375, 44-60.
• S. Dupraz, A. Fabbri, C. Joulian, M.-C. Dictor, F. Battaglia-Brunet, B. Ménez, C. Crouzet, B. Henry, F. Garrido (2013) Impact of CO2 concentration on autotrophic metabolisms and carbon fate in saline aquifers – A case study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 119, 61-76.
• E. Gérard, B. Ménez, E. Couradeau, D. Moreira, K. Benzerara, R. Tavera, P. Lopez-Garcia, Specific carbonate-microbe interactions in modern microbialites of Lake Alchichica (Mexico). ISME Journal 7, 1997-2009 (2013).
• V. Pasini, D. Brunelli, P. Dumas, C. Sandt, J. Frederick, K. Benzerara, S. Bernard, B. Ménez*, Low temperature hydrothermal oil and associated biological precursors in serpentinites from Mid-Ocean Ridge. Lithos 178, 84-95 (2013).
• D. Sauter, M. Cannat, S. Roumejon, M. Andreani, D. Birot, A. Bronner, D. Brunelli, J. Carlut, A. Delacour, V. Guyader, C. J. MacLeod, G. Manatschal, V. Mendel, B. Ménez, V. Pasini, E. Ruellan, R. Searle, Continuous exhumation of mantle-derived rocks at the Southwest Indian Ridge for 11 million years. Nature Geoscience 6, 314-320 (2013).

Significant publication in 2012:

• B. Ménez, V. Pasini, D. Brunelli, Life in the hydrated suboceanic mantle. Nature Geoscience 5, 133-137 (2012).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

• 2017-2018: Invited editor for the Lithos special volume 323 on “Reactive Geological Systems from the Mantle to the Abyssal sub-seafloor“ (co-editors: M. Godard, P. Fumagalli, B. Jamtveit).
• 2014/09-…: Associate Editor of European Journal of Mineralogy.
• 2007-2009:  Invited editor for the Chemical Geology special volume 265 on “CO2 geological storage“ (co-editors: P. Bénézeth, B. Ménez, C. Noiriel).

SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION

• 2014: Organization Committee of the 2016 “Serpentine Days” of the French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography – Sète, France
• 2012: Steering Committee of the 3th “Serpentine Days” of the French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography – Porquerolles, France
• 2007: Co-chair of a European Union of Geosciences session on: “CO2 Geological Sequestration: bio-mechano-geochemical processes from the pore-scale to the reservoir-scale”, Vienna, Austria
• 2006: Co-organization of the Biomin2006 meeting of the French Society of Mineralogy and Crystallography (two-day workshop on Biomineralization), Nancy, France

Interviews and highlights in the general press (New York Times in the US, Libération, Le Monde, Ouest France, Le Maine Libre, Le Nouvel Obs in France, Le Jeudi in Luxembourg, Le Temps in Switzerland), specialized press (Universalis, La Recherche, Les Dossiers de la Recherche, Pour la Science, Science et Avenir, Science & Vie, ESRF Highlights, ESRF Newletter), radio programs (France Culture, France Inter, Radio Suisse Romande, Radio Télévision Suisse, Radio Canada, RFI), TV (TF1, ARTE, France 5 in France)

Public outreach through conferences (Luxembourg, Dec 2013; Nouméa, Mar 2016, Paris Palais de la Découverte 2017, Montréal 2019 ; Paris, 2019), school teaching, educational activities on the web