Team
Nathan Bemelmans
environmental biogeochemist

I work as a PhD student in environmental geochemistry at the Earth and life institute, UCLouvain, where I study the influence of pesticides on the trace element mobility in soils. Therefore, I use laboratory approaches, such as greenhouse experiments. In parallel to my research activities, I support the Bioengineering faculty by providing practical courses.
Experience
2020 – 2024 | PhD student
Control of trace element mobility by pesticides in the soil–plant system [sup. Y. Agnan]
Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Qualification
2020 | MSc Bioengineering in environmental sciences
Master thesis: Influence of thawing permafrost on iron distribution in the soil: implications for the interactions between iron and organic carbon
UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

2018 |
BSc Bioengineering
UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Conferences
(13) Bemelmans N.*, Dejardin R., Arbalestrie B., Agnan Y. (2023). Glyphosate application increases or decreases the mobility of trace elements in agricultural soils depending on the contamination level. ICOBTE/ICHMET, Wuppertal, 6–10 Sep. 2023 [poster]

(12) Arbalestrie B.*, Thami A., Bemelmans N., Agnan Y. (2023). Influence of organic matter application on the transfer of potentially harmful elements from soils to plant: an isotopic approach. ICOBTE/ICHMET, Wuppertal, 6–10 Sep. 2023 [oral]

(11) Agnan Y.*, Arbalestrie B., Falys J., Dedoyard M., Bemelmans N. (2023). Rare earth elements in agroecosystems: interest in the understanding of trace element transfer from soil to plant. ICOBTE/ICHMET, Wuppertal, 6–10 Sep. 2023 [oral]

(10) Bemelmans N.*, Arbalestrie B., Agnan Y. (2023). Impact of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid on the mobility of trace elements in uncontaminated and contaminated agricultural soils. Goldschmidt, Lyon, 9–14 Jul. 2023 [oral]

(9) Arbalestrie B.*, Thami A., Bemelmans N., Agnan Y. (2023). Transfer evaluation of potentially harmful elements from uncontaminated and contaminated soils to plant. Goldschmidt, Lyon, 9–14 Jul. 2023 [oral]

(8)
 Bemelmans N.*, Arbalestrie B., Agnan Y. (2022). Dynamics of trace elements in uncontaminated and contaminated soils: influence of glyphosate and AMPA. ELIday, Louvain-la-Neuve, 19 May 2022 [poster]

(7) Arbalestrie B.*, Falys J., Bemelmans N., Thami A., Agnan Y. (2022). Understanding trace element dynamics in the soil–plant continuum using rare earth elements. ELIday, Louvain-la-Neuve, 19 May 2022 [poster]

(6) Bemelmans N.*, Arbalestrie B., Agnan Y. (2022). Influence du glyphosate et de l’AMPA sur l’extractibilité des éléments traces dans les sols contaminés et non contaminés. GFP, Namur, 18–20 May 2022 [oral]

(5) Bemelmans N.*, Arbalestrie B., Agnan Y. (2022). Influence of glyphosate and AMPA on the extractability of trace elements from contaminated and uncontaminated soils. DYSS, Brussels, 31 Mar. 2022 [poster]

(4) Arbalestrie B.*, Falys J., Bemelmans N., Thami A., Agnan Y. (2022). Use of rare earth elements as tracers for soil–plant transfer of trace elements. DYSS, Brussels, 31 Mar. 2022
 [poster]

(3) Monhonval A.*, Opfergelt S., Mauclet E., Hirst C., Bemelmans N., Vandeuren A., Pereira B. (2022). Iron dynamics upon thermokarst formation in the Yedoma domain. ELIday, online, 26–28 May 2021 [oral]

(2) Monhonval A.*, Opfergelt S., Mauclet E., Hirst C., Pereira B., Vandeuren A.,
Bemelmans N., Grosse G., Schirrmeister L., Fuchs M. (2020). Iron dynamics during thermokarst Processes in the yedoma domain and implications for interactions between iron and organic carbon. AGU, online, 1–17 Dec. 2020 [pico]

(1)
Thomas M.*, Opfergelt S., Monhonval A., Bemelmans N., Lafreniere M. Heslop J., Fouché J., Rochereau T. (2019). Impact of modern thermokarst on mineral element release: case study in Cape Bounty, Canada. Arctic Week, Paris, 9–13 Dec. 2019 [poster]
Supervision
MSc STUDENTS

Alexandre Vanden Hautte (2024)
Competition between pesticides on the trace element transfer from soil to plant [co-sup. Y. Agnan]

Rosalie Dejardin (2023)
Influence of pesticide application on trace element transfer in agroecosystems [co-sup. Y. Agnan]

Teaching
Practical excercices
Probability and statistics I (LBIR1212)
Waves, optics, and modern physics (LBIR1221)
Outreach
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