Thomas KICHEY
Doctor in Cell biology, Associate Professorn
Speciality:Ecophysiology, plant physiology, molecular and cell biology
Team: AEB
thomas.kichey@u-picardie.fr
Phone: +33 3 22 82 76 49
Mobile : +33 6 19 14 14 44
Research interests
Physiological processes affecting productivity, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and abiotic stress tolerance of crop plants and invasive tree species.
Key words
Plant Biology and Physiology, invasion biology, nitrogen metabolism, plant-environment interactions, Acer pseudoplatanus, Prunus serotina.
Recent or current projects
– WOODNET (2016-2019) APR Biodiversa. Connectivity patterns and processes along a gradient of European landscapes with woody vegetation and spatial heterogeneity.
– ANOI (2013-16) “GENESYS” Research Program. Study of the N metabolism of oil seed plants.
– FORHAIE (2012-2015) APR DIVA (DIVersité biologique et Agriculture), French ministry of ecology. Investigating the genetic structure of forest herb species using microsatellite molecular markers.
– SYCAMORE (2012-14) Hubert Curien Program « Dumont D’Urville ». Dynamics of woody invasive species in temperate forest system: experimental analysis and in situ metabolism of carbon and nitrogen.
Teaching
Plant biology and physiology
Physiological basics of sustainable agriculture
Microscopy and cytogenetic
Directions or joint managements of thesis
Shouman Ph.D. thesis co-supervisor, “Invasive spread of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) in temperate forest ecosystems: a cross-continental ecophysiological approach” (2013-2017)
Guellim Ph.D. thesis co-supervisor, “physiological characterization of Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn. and Camelina sativa grown under abiotic stresses.
Current administrative tasks
Elected member of the EDYSAN council
Recent publications
Shouman, S., Mason, N., Kichey, T., Closset-Kopp, D., Heberling, J.M., Kobeissi, A., Decocq, G., 2017. Functional shift of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) towards greater plasticity and shade tolerance in its invasive range. Perspect. Plant Ecol. Evol. Syst. 29, 30–40. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2017.11.001
Heberling, J.M., Kichey, T., Decocq, G., Fridley, J.D., 2015. Plant functional shifts in the invaded range: a test with reciprocal forest invaders of Europe and North America. Funct. Ecol. 30, 875–884. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12590
Hawkesford, M., Horst, W., Kichey, T., Lambers, H., Schjoerring, J., Muller, I.S., White, P., 2012. Functions of Macronutrients, Marschner’s Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384905-2.00006-6