Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse

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Published on 2/23/23

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Published on 2/23/23

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION

Secondary
supervisor

Anthony Ranchou-PeyruseAssistant professor

IPREM
Bâtiment IBEAS - Avenue de l'université 64000 Pau
Microbiology, Deep environments, deep aquifers, geological storage, UGS, Natural hydrogen, extremophiles, deep subsurface, BTEX, MEOR, in situ methanation, bioremediation, environment, hydrocarbons, living in extreme conditions, geological energy storage, biocorrosion
anthony.ranchou-peyruse @ univ-pau.fr

Education

2021 : Assistant professor « First Class »
2020 : Chair holder of the ANR Industrial Chair ORHYON with Engie as industrial partner. Funding : ANR / ENGIE.
2020 : Co-leader of the joint SEnGA laboratory with E2S-UPPA and Teréga. Funding : UPPA-E2S / Teréga
2018 : Habilitation to Supervise Reasearch from the University de Pau and Pays de l’Adour defended on April 26, 2018. Title : « Study of microbial communities inhabiting deep environments »
2009 : Assistant professor, job holder n° 67 MCF 0699 from September, 2009 to January, 2021 at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour
2009 : Post-doctoral position – Microbiology Team (CNRS-UMR 6143), University of Rouen – Diversity study and quantification of microorganisms involved in the biocorrosion of steel structures in port areas . Funding : Europe MICSIP project.
2007-2008 : Post-doctoral position – Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA – Bio-prospecting of microorganisms involved in hydrogen production – Atlanta. Funding : US Air Force.
2006 : PhD in Microbiology defended in the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour. Title : « Study of anaerobic bacterial populations involved in the degradation of hydrocarbons in a lagoon ecosystem».
2005-2006 : Graduate assistant at the molecular Ecology Laboratory of the UPPA.

Responsabilities

Since 2022 :
- Member of GDR H2 underground (National Research Group)
- Member of the eartH2 intiative.

2020-2025 :
- Chair holder of the ANR Industrial Chair ORHyON with ENGIE as industrial partner.
- Co-leader of the joint SEnGA laboratory with E2S-UPPA and Teréga

Since 2020 :
- Project manager on subjects relating to dihydrogen for the ANR CARNOT ISIFoR
Since 2019 :
- Member of the E2S-UPPA multidisciplinary recruitment committee (I-SITE)
- Member of GP2 « Resources and uses of the underground for the energy transition » of the National Alliance for the Coordination of Research for Energy
- Member of the IODP France Office (International Ocean Discovery Program)
Since 2013 :
- Member invited to the Gas Storage Monitoring Committees

2022 :
- President of the ITRF (Technician) recruitment jury.
2020-2021 :
- Editing and validation of the new Life Sciences bachelor model
2019-2023 :
- Director of SPACE studies (Progressive and Accompanied Specialization Student Curriculum).
2019-2023 :
- Member of the professional development council as a representative of the teacher-researchers / teachers
2018-2021 :
- Member of the scientific office of the IPREM section : Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
- Member of the Scientific Council of IPREM
2016-2021 :
- Elected member of the IPREM Laboratory Council
2013-2023 :
- Responsible for the two Life Sciences Licence sections : General Biology and Earth Sciences / Cellular and Molecular Biology
2012-2017 :
- Member of the communication commission of IPREM

Skills

Since 2009, Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse has focused his research activity to understand the functioning of microbial communities in deep continental environments around a particular function of interest (natural bio-attenuation, production or consumption of hydrogen, etc.) but also the understanding of the role of microorganisms and more particularly the demonstration of interactions between metabolic microbial groups constituting these communities. To do this, he combines anaerobic cultural approaches adapted to deep subsurface microorganisms with molecular biology approaches (high-throughput sequencing, genomics and metagenomics). Over the years, a unique collection of microbial strains has been built mainly from oil reservoirs and deep aquifers.

Epifluorescence microscopy (Live & Dead)

Isolation of anaerobic microorganisms from deep environments.

Pressure work to sample and cultivate microorganisms from deep aquifers.

Life was found up to almost 4 km deep in continental formations.
These deep environments are difficult to reach and require significant logistics.

Research interests

Many collaborations have already been carried out with industrialists exploiting different georesources with the aim of understanding and predicting how the microbial communities present in deep environments, whether autochthonous or allochthonous, can interfere (positively or negatively) with their activities. These partnership projects make it possible to study environments that are very difficult to access because they are several hundred meters deep, or even more than a kilometer deep.

Although the microbiology of deep environments has its origins at the beginning of the 20^th century with the first studies on oil wells, it was only at the end of the 1990s that academic and industrial circles began to become fully aware of the extraordinary microbial biodiversity that the deep subsurface of our planet could shelter. At the same time, the scarcity of fossil hydrocarbon resources (and global warming), the preservation of water reserves, the better understanding of the limits of life, the search for new energies, the need for storage of energy (CH₄, H₂) and waste (CO₂, radioactive) have given rise to new issues and have moved the geomicrobiology of deep environments from the status of an exotic discipline to that of a discipline fully integrated into the geosciences. Given the complexity of these ecosystems at the microbial scale, Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse favors multi-, even trans-disciplinary approaches (analytical chemistry, fluid physics, processes, geology, imaging, etc.) through his collaborations.

Topics of interest:

Microbial biofilm from an oil reservoir.

Functioning of microbial communities in deep environments
Impact of microorganisms on human activities related to the exploitation of deep underground resources (biocorrosion, souring, clogging, etc.)
Studies of bioremediation processes
Micro-organisms and hydrogen reactivity in the subsurface
Isolation and study of new microorganisms

Key words :

Microbiology, Deep environments, deep aquifers, geological storage, UGS, Natural hydrogen, extremophiles, deep subsurface, BTEX, MEOR, in situ methanation, bioremediation, environment, hydrocarbons, living in extreme conditions, geological energy storage, biocorrosion

Supervision

Co-supervisor of doctorates :

Jean de la Paix Izerumugaba (2022-2025) : « Isotopy – Microorganisms and hydrogen reactivity in the subsurface» - ORHyON ANR Chair
Antoine Lafont (2022-2025) : « Assembly of microbial communities in extreme environments: a transcontinental study in areas subject to hydrogen fumes» - ORHyON ANR Chair
Jean Mura (2021-2024) : « Study of the impact of new gases enriched in hydrogen or oxygen in aquifer storage» - RINGS-2 project
Emeline Vidal (2019-2023) : « Multi-scale approaches for studying the biogeological conversion of CO2 by methanogenesis. » - BIGMAC ERC project
Perla Haddad (2018-2021) « Research on the injection of new gases into underground storage (RINGS) – RINGS project
Boussad Arroua (2013-2016) « Characterization of interactions between bacteria in petroleum reservoirs and water-hydrocarbon-rock interfaces» - EMIR project.
Thomas Aüllo (2010-2013) « Potential natural attenuation of BTEX in natural gas storage aquifer» - IMPALAS project.

Supervisor or co-supervisor of post-docs (5), technicians (16 years cumulative since 2010), 2 research engineers, 19 students.

Projects

In progress

IFHygèniA (2022-2024)

Identification of Microbiological Reaction Formulations linked to Hydrogen by pool simulation on an Application case. Funding: ISIFoR / IFPEN Energy Resources inter-Carnot.

RINGS-2 (2021-2023)

Research on the Injection of New Gases into Natural Gas Storage – Funding: Teréga/Storengy.

Inauguration of the ANR Industrial ORHyON Chair in partnership with ENGIE.
ANR Industrial ORHyON Chair (2020-2025)

Holder the ANR Industrial ORHYON Chair in partnership with Engie. Micro-Organisms and Reactivity of HYdrOGEN in the subsurface. Funding: ANR / ENGIE.

Labcom SEnGA (2020-2025)

Co-leader of the Joint SEnGA Laboratory (UPPA-Teréga) dedicated to the study of the geological storage of decarbonated gases. Funding E2S-UPPA / Teréga.

BIG MAC (2016-2023)

Responsible for the microbiological aspect in the ERC BIGMAC led by S. Marre (ICMCB, Bordeaux) and dealing with microfluidic approaches for the study of the biogeological conversion of CO2. Funding : ERC.

Ended

MISMEV (2018-2020)

Simulation of extreme environments and cultivation of microorganisms in HP/HT glass capillaries. Funding : AAP CNRS Origin

RINGS (2017-2020)

Research on the Injection of New Gases into Natural Gas Storage – Funding : TIGF/Storengy and partnership with ENAgas and SNAM/Stogit

IMPALAS (2017)