Jean-Christophe Lata is a Doctor in Ecology at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie (France), currently a Professor at Sorbonne University, Paris. JC Lata’s (52 yrs) research focuses on the relation between plants and soil microbial diversities and how they affect carbon and nitrogen cycling. He is internationally recognized for studies on the ecological consequences of BNI (Biological Nitrification Inhibition) in grasses, and was the first to directly work on this topic. His fields of study range from tropical savannas to urban or anthropized ecosystems using ecological engineering and agroecology approaches. He is, among others, co-Head of the Department Diversity of Communities and Ecosystem Functioning at iEESParis, a member of the BNI International consortium and Co-head of the Master course "Ecology of Conservation - Ecological Engineering: Research and Expertise" at Sorbonne University. He has authored >65 articles (h-index = 28; citations of ca. 3200) and 9 book chapters, and (co)organized 22 (inter)national congresses.