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Mercedes Roman

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Mercedes Roman


  • Kargua:
     Postdoctoral Researcher
    Marie Slodowska Curie Fellow
  • Ikerketa-lerro nagusia:
    Mapping and assessing changes in soil condition and capacity to deliver soil-based ecosystem services linked to forest management and land use history
  • BC3 Research Line:
    3.1. Research Group Ecological Processes
  • Harremanetarako xehetasunak:
    E-posta: mercedes.roman@bc3research.org
    Telefonoa: 944014690 ext.193
  • Scopus Author ID: 57189599649
  • ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8078-8616
  • Download CV:  CVA_English_2023_31012024 

Short CV

Mercedes is from Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain) and was interested in the natural sciences since she was 8 years old and her older sister, talking from the top bunkbed before going to sleep, explained to her what photosynthesis was. She studied Forestry Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain) and completed a PhD in Ecology at Utah State University (Utah, USA), where she investigated the effects of overstory species and abiotic drivers on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and stabilization in mixed forests of Utah.
In the field of digital soil mapping, Mercedes produced the French map of available water capacity for the GlobalSoilMap project during her postdoc at INRAE (Orléans, France) and has generated maps of SOC fractions and soil microbial biodiversity for the TERN Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia. Between 2019 and 2023 she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, where she developed a framework for mapping reference soils and assessing changes in soil condition. Recently, she contributed to designing the spatial assessment of soil security dimensions for Australian soils.
With the SELVANS project (MSCA fellowship) she will investigate the effects of forest management on soil condition with respect to reference soils and identify thresholds of indicators to alert on the potential loss of soil functionality.

Field of Interest or Research
Her research is focused on two main areas: 1) soil organic carbon storage and stabilization in wildlands and agroecosystems, and 2) digital soil mapping (DSM) as a tool for sustainable management and soil security assessment.

Affiliation previous to BC3

• Wadoux, A.M.J.-C. (CA), Román Dobarco, M., Ng, W., McBratney, A.B. 2024. Spatial evaluation of the soils capacity and condition to store carbon across Australia. Geoderma (accepted). (Q1 2022 Soil Science 4/148)
• Evangelista, S.J., Field, D.J., McBratney, A.B. (AC), Minasny, B., Ng, W., Padarian, J., Román Dobarco, M., Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., 2024. Chapter One - Soil security—Strategizing a sustainable future for soil, in: Sparks, D.L. (Ed.), Advances in Agronomy 183, 1–70. Academic Press, ISBN 9780443295225. ISSN 0065-2113. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2023.10.001 (Q1 2021 Soil Science)
• Román Dobarco, M., Padarian Campusano, J., McBratney, A.B., Malone, B., Minasny, B., 2023a. Genosoil and phenosoil mapping in continental Australia is essential for soil security. Soil Security 13, 100108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100108
• Jang, H.J., Dobarco, M.R., Minasny, B., Campusano, J.P., McBratney, A., 2023. Assessing human impacts on soil organic carbon change in the Lower Namoi Valley, Australia. Anthropocene 43, 100393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100393 (Q1 2022 Earth and Planetary Sciences 50/322)
• Román Dobarco, M., Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A.B., Searle, R., 2023b. Mapping soil organic carbon fractions for Australia, their stocks, and uncertainty. Biogeosciences 20, 1559–1586. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1559-2023 (Q1 2022 Earth Surface Processes 10/161)
• Evangelista, S.J., Field, D.J., McBratney, A.B., Minasny, B., Ng, W., Padarian, J., Dobarco, M.R., Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., 2023. A proposal for the assessment of soil security: Soil functions, soil services and threats to soil. Soil Security 10, 100086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100086
• Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., Román Dobarco, M., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A.B., Searle, R., 2023. Baseline high-resolution maps of organic carbon content in Australian soils. Scientific Data 10, 181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02056-8 (Q1 2022 Computer Science Applications 33/780)
• Jang, H.J., Román Dobarco, M., Minasny, B., McBratney, A., Jones, E., 2022. Developing and testing of pedogenons in the lower Namoi valley, NSW, Australia. Geoderma 428, 116182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116182 (Q1 2022 Soil Science 4/148)
• Kopittke, P.M., Berhe, A.A., Carrillo, Y., Cavagnaro, T.R., Chen, D., Chen, Q.-L., Román Dobarco, M., Dijkstra, F.A., Field, D.J., Grundy, M.J., He, J.-Z., Hoyle, F.C., Kögel-Knabner, I., Lam, S.K., Marschner, P., Martinez, C., McBratney, A.B., McDonald-Madden, E., Menzies, N.W., Mosley, L.M., Mueller, C.W., Murphy, D.V., Nielsen, U.N., O’Donnell, A.G., Pendall, E., Pett-Ridge, J., Rumpel, C., Young, I.M., Minasny, B., 2022. Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 52, 4308–4324. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2021.2024484 (Q1 2022 Environmental Science 56/2530)
• Minasny, B., Arrouays, D., Cardinael, R., Chabbi, A., Farrell, M., Henry, B., Koutika, L.-S., Ladha, J.K., McBratney, A.B., Padarian, J., Román Dobarco, M., Rumpel, C., Smith, P., Soussana, J.-F., 2022. Current NPP cannot predict future soil organic carbon sequestration potential. Comment on “Photosynthetic limits on carbon sequestration in croplands.” Geoderma 424, 115975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115975 (Q1 2022 Soil Science 4/148)
• Richer-de-Forges, A.C., Arrouays, D., Chen, S., Román Dobarco, M., Libohova, Z., Roudier, P., Minasny, B., Bourennane, H., 2022. Hand-feel soil texture and particle-size distribution in central France. Relationships and implications. Catena 213, 106155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106155 (Q1 2022 Earth Surface Processes 10/161)
• Jang, H.J., Dobarco, M.R., Minasny, B., McBratney, A., 2021. Creating a soil parent material map digitally using a combination of interpretation and statistical techniques. Soil Research 59, 684–698. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR20212 (Q2 2021 Soil Science 51/151)
• Román Dobarco, M., McBratney, A., Minasny, B., Malone, B., 2021b. A framework to assess changes in soil condition and capability over large areas. Soil Security 4, 100011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2021.100011
• Román Dobarco, M., McBratney, A., Minasny, B., Malone, B., 2021c. A modelling framework for pedogenon mapping. Geoderma 393, 115012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115012 (Q1 2021 Soil Science 3/151)
• Martin, M.P., Dimassi, B., Román Dobarco, M., Guenet, B., Arrouays, D., Angers, D.A., Blache, F., Huard, F., Soussana, J.-F., Pellerin, S., 2021. Feasibility of the 4 per 1000 aspirational target for soil carbon: A case study for France. Global Change Biology 27, 2458–2477. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15547 (Q1 2021 Environmental Sciences 5/373)
• Bourennane, H., Lagacherie, P., Román Dobarco, M., Pasquier, C., Cousin, I., 2021. Local estimates of available water capacity and effect of measurement errors on the spatial estimates and their uncertainties. Precision Agriculture 22, 1521–1534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-021-09794-y (Q1 2021 Agricultural and Biological Sciences 30/338)
• Román Dobarco, M., Jacobson, A.R., Van Miegroet, H., 2021a. Chemical composition of soil organic carbon from mixed aspen-conifer forests characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. European Journal of Soil Science 72, 1410–1430. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13065 (Q1 2021 Soil Science 13/151)
• Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., Román Dobarco, M., McBratney, A.B., 2021. Perspectives on data-driven soil research. European Journal of Soil Science 72, 1675–1689. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13071 (Q1 2021 Soil Science 13/151)
• Arrouays, D., Richer-de-Forges, A.C., Héliès, F., Mulder, V.L., Saby, N.P.A., Chen, S., Martin, M.P., Román Dobarco, M., Follain, S., Jolivet, C., Laroche, B., Loiseau, T., Cousin, I., Lacoste, M., Ranjard, L., Toutain, B., Le Bas, C., Eglin, T., Bardy, M., Antoni, V., Meersmans, J., Ratié, C., Bispo, A., 2020. Impacts of national scale digital soil mapping programs in France. Geoderma Regional 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00337 (Q2 2020 Soil Science 36/156)
• Chen, S., Mulder, V.L., Heuvelink, G.B.M., Poggio, L., Caubet, M., Román Dobarco, M., Walter, C., Arrouays, D., 2020. Model averaging for mapping topsoil organic carbon in France. Geoderma 366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114237 (Q1 2020 Soil Science 6/156)
• Román Dobarco, M., Bourennane, H., Arrouays, D., Saby, N.P.A., Cousin, I., Martin, M.P., 2019a. Uncertainty assessment of GlobalSoilMap soil available water capacity products: A French case study. Geoderma 344, 14–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.036 (Q1 2019 Soil Science 9/158)
• Loiseau, T., Chen, S., Mulder, V.L., Román Dobarco, M., Richer-de-Forges, A.C., Lehmann, S., Bourennane, H., Saby, N.P.A., Martin, M.P., Vaudour, E., Gomez, C., Lagacherie, P., Arrouays, D., 2019. Satellite data integration for soil clay content modelling at a national scale. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 82, 101905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.101905 (Q1 2019 Earth surface Processes 8/161)
• Caubet, M., Román Dobarco, M., Arrouays, D., Minasny, B., Saby, N.P.A., 2019. Merging country, continental and global predictions of soil texture: Lessons from ensemble modelling in France. Geoderma 337, 99–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.09.007 (Q1 2019 Soil Science 9/158)
• Román Dobarco, M., Cousin, I., Le Bas, C., Martin, M.P., 2019b. Pedotransfer functions for predicting available water capacity in French soils, their applicability domain and associated uncertainty. Geoderma 336, 81–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.08.022 (Q1 2019 Soil Science 9/158)
• Arrouays, D., Richer-de-Forges, A.C., McBratney, A.B., Hartemink, A.E., Minasny, B., Savin, I., Grundy, M., Leenaars, J.G.B., Poggio, L., Roudier, P., Libohova, Z., McKenzie, N.J., Van Den Bosch, H., Kempen, B., Mulder, V.L., Lacoste, M., Chen, S., Saby, N.P.A., Martin, M.P., Román Dobarco, M., Cousin, I., Loiseau, T., Lehmann, S., Caubet, M., Lemercier, B., Walter, C., Vaudour, E., Gomez, C., Martelet, G., Krasilnikov, P., Lagacherie, P., 2018. THE GLOBALSOILMAP PROJECT: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, AND NATIONAL EXAMPLES FROM FRANCE. DSB 3–23. https://doi.org/10.19047/0136-1694-2018-95-3-23
• Orton, T.G., Román Dobarco, M., Saby, N.P.A., 2017. Kriging based on areal summary statistics data: Effects of within-unit variability on predictions and uncertainties. Spatial Statistics 19, 42–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2016.11.003 (Q1 2017 Statistics and Probability 48/264)
• Román Dobarco, M., Orton, T.G., Arrouays, D., Lemercier, B., Paroissien, J.-B., Walter, C., Saby, N.P.A., 2016. Prediction of soil texture using descriptive statistics and area-to-point kriging in Region Centre (France). Geoderma Regional 7, 279–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2016.03.006 (Q2 2016 Soil Science 9/158)
• Uribe, C., Inclán, R., Hernando, L., Román, M., Clavero, M.A., Roig, S., Van Miegroet, H., 2015. Grazing, tilling and canopy effects on carbon dioxide fluxes in a Spanish dehesa. Agroforestry Systems 89, 305–318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-014-9767-5 (Q2 2015 Agronomy and Crop Science 86/350)
• Román Dobarco, M., 2014. Influence of Stand Composition on Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization and Biochemistry in Aspen and Conifer Forests of Utah. https://doi.org/10.26076/70D5-F0ED
• Román Dobarco, M., Van Miegroet, H., 2014. Soil organic carbon storage and stability in the aspen-conifer ecotone in Montane Forests in Utah, USA. Forests 5, 666–688. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5040666 (Q1 2014 Forestry 23/163)
• Román Dobarco, M., Van Miegroet, H., Gruselle, M.-C., Bauhus, J., 2014. Predicting Tree Species Origin of Soil Organic Carbon with Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78, S23–S34. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.08.0331nafsc (Q1 2014 Soil Science 23/129)
• González Del Tánago, M., García De Jalón, D., Román, M., 2012. River restoration in Spain: Theoretical and practical approach in the context of the European Water Framework Directive. Environmental Management 50, 123–139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9862-1 (Q1 2012 Ecology 74/230)

Affiliation previous to BC3

Han, S.Y., Filippi, P., Román Dobarco, M., Harianto, J., Crowther, M.S. and Bishop, T.F., 2023. Multivariate analysis for soil science.

Affiliation previous to BC3

Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., Román Dobarco, M., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A.B., Searle, R., 2023. Baseline high-resolution maps of organic carbon content in Australian soils. Scientific Data 10, 181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02056-8

Roman Dobarco, M., McBratney, A., Minasny, B., Malone, B., 2022b. Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Pedogenons (3" resolution) - Release 1. https://doi.org/10.25919/R8RV-8617

Roman Dobarco, M., Wadoux, A., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A., Searle, R., 2022c. Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Soil Organic Carbon Fractions (3" resolution) - Release 1. https://doi.org/10.25919/FA46-EY49

Roman Dobarco, M., Wadoux, A., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A., Searle, R., 2022d. Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Coarse Fragments (3" resolution) - Release 1. https://doi.org/10.25919/C583-FD02

Roman Dobarco, M., Wadoux, A., Xue, P.P., 2022e. Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Soil Bacteria and Fungi Beta Diversity (3" resolution) - Release 1. https://doi.org/10.25919/4X7N-Y874

Searle, R., Malone, B., Wilford, J., Austin, J., Ware, C., Webb, M., Roman Dobarco, M., Van Niel, T., 2022. TERN Digital Soil Mapping Raster Covariate Stacks. https://doi.org/10.25919/JR32-YQ58

Wadoux, A., Roman Dobarco, M., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A., Searle, R., 2022a. Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Organic Carbon (3" resolution) - Release 2. https://doi.org/10.25919/EJHM-C070

Wadoux, A., Roman Dobarco, M., Malone, B., Minasny, B., McBratney, A., Searle, R., 2022b. Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Organic Carbon (1" resolution) - Release 1. https://doi.org/10.25919/5QJV-7S27

Roman Dobarco, M., Bourennane, H., Arrouays, D., Saby, N., Cousin, I., Manuel, M.P., 2022a. Propriétés de granulométrie (argile, limons, sables) et d’éléments grossiers pour la France métropolitaine au pas de 90 m. https://doi.org/10.57745/N4E4NE

Roman Dobarco, M., Bourennane, H., Arrouays, D., Saby, N., Cousin, I., Martin, M.P., 2021. Réservoir utile des sols de la France métropolitaine. https://doi.org/10.15454/9IRARJ
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