Bastien Wild

News

07/21/2023
Settling in Grenoble I am delighted to announce I will join the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) as a permanent researcher starting Fall 2023. I will be part of a unique interdisciplinary team based at ISTerre (Grenoble, France), bringing together researchers and staff from major French research institutions and universities (IRD, CNRS, Université Grenole Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, and Université Gustave Eiffel).
06/20/2023
Shortlisted at the IRD National Competition I have been ranked first at the competition organized by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), operating under the joint authority of the ministry responsible for higher education and research as well as the ministry for european and foreign affairs. The institute offers highly competitive tenured faculty positions based at French universities, aiming to catalyze fundamental research initiatives at a selection of laboratories, while further developing equitable scientific partnership in the Global South and in the French overseas territories.
05/01/2023
Vernadsky Lecture in Session 9b Congratulation to Susan Brantley, our keynote speaker at Goldschmidt 2023 , who has been awarded this year’s Vernadsky medal. This prestigious award recognizes her distinguished record of scientific accomplishment in geochemistry over the course of her career.
02/10/2023
France-Suriname Symposium Our first joint ISTerre-ADeKUS soil symposium, co-organized with our collaborators from Anton de Kom University of Suriname and Celos will be held from May 8 to 10, 2023 in Paramaribo, Suriname. It will showcase an exciting lineup of talks ranging from carbon mitigation to metal contaminants.
02/07/2023
Seminar at ECOFOG My next talk will take place at ECOFOG lab in Kourou, French Guyana, at the occasion of the set up of our field experiment at the Paracou observatory in the scope of the WISE project. It will highlight the role of mineral interfaces in mediating geosphere-biosphere interactions in processes ranging from rock weathering to nutrient availability in the critical zone.
01/02/2023
Session on Weathering Signatures at the Goldschmidt Conference 2023 It is my pleasure to announce that we will be chairing a session entitled "Signatures of (bio)chemical alteration associated with natural weathering and laboratory experiments"with Roland Hellmann at Goldschmidt this summer in Lyon, France. Abstract submission is now opened here.
12/20/2022
Extracting Elements from Rocks – the Contribution of Living Organisms In this invited contribution to npj Materials Degradation (Nature Publishing Group) with Ruben Gerrits and Steeve Bonneville, we elaborate on the quantitative impact of microorganisms on rock weathering and associated elemental fluxes.
10/21/2022: Article on Terrestrial Enhanced Weathering

A new paper co-authored with Salvatore Calabrese and our collaborators from Princeton, Palermo and Texas A&M , where we provide insights on the modulation of chemical weathering by hydroclimate factors, nanoscale weathering environments and mineral interface evolution. Check it out for an extended discussion on nano- to global-scale uncertainties associated with silicate weathering.
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Research interests & Background

I have a broad interest in physical and chemical processes occurring at fluid/mineral/microorganism interfaces and their influence at larger scales including landscape and ecosystem development. I use a suite of high resolution numerical and analytical tools to disentangle fundamental processes underlying elemental cycling in natural and anthropized environments. My research activities feed the development of net zero carbon strategies and bioinspired sustainable agroforestry practices.

I am currently based at ISTerre, where I am in charge of Work Package #2 of ERC MOBIDIC, which aims to determine the role of microorganisms in iron cycling in basaltic environments. I am also developping innovative in field approaches to unravel drivers of mineral reactivity in soil environments with my collaborators from Princeton University at a field site located at the The Watershed Institute.

Prior to this, I was appointed distinguished postdoctoral fellow at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University, where I used molecular dynamics simulations and synchrotron technique to understand the molecular-level functioning of fluid-mineral interfaces. I completed my PhD on the microstructural changes and microbial diversity associated to silicate weathering. In the course of these research projects, Ian Bourg, Claire White, Damien Daval and Gwenaël Imfeld have been my main mentors and collaborators.

Fundamental processes
Laboratory experiments & Simulations

My research primarily aims to determine fundamental processes underlying the control of elemental fluxes at mineral interfaces. These changes can be of microstructural or microbial origin. I have shown that ...

Hypothesis testing
Field experiments & observations

I design field experimental setups that enable direct probing of mineral reactivity and associated microbial diversity. The aim is to determine the factors governing ...

Sustainable applications
for agriculture & the environment

I evaluate the role of naturally occurring mineral phases on soil fertility. I also design ...

Last update: 01/01/2023

Year	Publication	Cited by
2022	The Contribution of Living Organisms to Weathering Processes in the Critical Zone B Wild, R Gerrits, S Bonneville npj Materials Degradation 6, 98	9
2022	Nano- to Global-Scale Uncertainties in Terrestrial Enhanced Weathering S Calabrese, B Wild, M Bertagni, IC Bourg, CE White, F Aburto, G Cipolla, LV Noto, A Proporato Environmental Science and Technology 56 (22), 15261-15272	15
2022	Molecular dynamics simulations of reverse osmosis in silica nanopores B Wild, CE White, IC Bourg The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (21), 9161-9172	3
2022	The effects of calcium and activator chemistry on alkali-activated metakaolin pastes exposed to high temperatures K Alventosa, B Wild, CE White Cement and Concrete Research 154, 106742	12
2021	Direct measurement of fungal contribution to silicate weathering rates in soil B Wild, G Imfeld, D Daval Geology 49 (9), 1055-1058	18
2020	Physical property evolution of granite during experimental chemical stimulation JI Farquharson, ARL Kushnir, B Wild, P Baud Geothermal Energy 14 (8), 1-24	19
2019	Physical Properties of Interfacial Layers Developed on Weathered Silicates: A Case Study Based on Labradorite Feldspar B Wild, D Daval, JS Micha, IC Bourg, CE White, A Fernandez-Martinez The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (40), 24520-24532	13
2019	Acid‐induced dissolution of andesite: evolution of permeability and strength JI Farquharson, B Wild, ARL Kushnir, MJ Heap, P Baud, B Kennedy Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 124 (1), 257-273	43
2019	In-situ dissolution rates of silicate minerals and associated bacterial communities in the critical zone (Strengbach catchment, France) B Wild, D Daval, E Beaulieu, MC Pierret, D Viville, G Imfeld Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 249, 95-120	21
2018	Experimental study and numerical simulation of the dissolution anisotropy of Tricalcium Silicate V Robin, B Wild, D Daval, M Pollet-Villard, A Nonat, L Nicoleau Chemical Geology 497, 64-73 Equal contribution from the first two authors.*	30
2018	Early stages of bacterial community adaptation to silicate aging B Wild, G Imfeld, F Guyot, D Daval Geology 46 (6), 555-558	14
2017	Dynamics of altered surface layer formation on dissolving silicates D Daval, S Bernard, L Rémusat, B Wild, F Guyot, JS Micha, F Rieutord, ... Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 209, 51-69	29
2017	Experimental study of dissolution kinetics of K-feldspar as a function of crystal structure anisotropy under hydrothermal conditions M Pollet-Villard, D Daval, P Ackerer, GD Saldi, KG Knauss, B Wild, B Fritz Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 17, 165-168	8
2016	pH-dependent control of feldspar dissolution rate by altered surface layers B Wild, D Daval, F Guyot, KG Knauss, M Pollet-Villard, G Imfeld Chemical Geology 442, 148-159	54
2016	Does crystallographic anisotropy prevent the conventional treatment of aqueous mineral reactivity? A case study based on K-feldspar dissolution kinetics M Pollet-Villard, D Daval, P Ackerer, GD Saldi, B Wild, KG Knauss, B Fritz Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 190, 294-308	49
2012	The men of Nelson's navy: A comparative stable isotope dietary study of late 18th century and early 19th century servicemen from Royal Naval Hospital burial grounds at Plymouth and Gosport, England P Roberts, S Weston, B Wild, C Boston, P Ditchfield, AJ Shortland, ... American journal of physical anthropology 148 (1), 1-10	28

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15 research articles, h-index: 10 (Scopus)

Bastien Wild

News

07/21/2023

Settling in Grenoble

06/20/2023

Shortlisted at the IRD National Competition

05/01/2023

Vernadsky Lecture in Session 9b

02/10/2023

France-Suriname Symposium

02/07/2023

Seminar at ECOFOG

01/02/2023

Session on Weathering Signatures at the Goldschmidt Conference 2023

12/20/2022

Extracting Elements from Rocks – the Contribution of Living Organisms

10/21/2022

Article on Terrestrial Enhanced Weathering

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Fundamental processes Laboratory experiments & Simulations

Hypothesis testing Field experiments & observations

Sustainable applications for agriculture & the environment

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Last update: 01/01/2023

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Bastien
Wild

Fundamental processes
Laboratory experiments & Simulations

Hypothesis testing
Field experiments & observations

Sustainable applications
for agriculture & the environment