Annuaire

RECHERCHE

Orcid 0000-0001-5727-2531, Google scholar profile

• PI of ANR JCJC project RheoBreak 2022-27 : « From rheology to plate break-up: from self-weakening to deformation localization in the lithospheric mantle », in collaboration with Catherine Thoraval, Diane Arcay, Cécilia Cadio and Rhodri Davies (ANU)

• numerical modelling code : I am using the finite-element code Fluidity, developed by Rhodri Davies, Stephan Kramer, Cian Wilson and the AMCG at Imperial College London, which features a « true » free-surface and an auto-adaptive meshing.
• from gravimetry to plate/slab  thermal structure : PhD thesis of Xavier Vergeron (2022-25), co-supervised with Cécilia Cadio and co-sponsored by CNES > EGU 2024 presentation
• deformation localization in the lithospheric mantle and formation of a new plate boundary : PhD thesis of Etienne Van Broeck (2023-26), co-supervised with Diane Arcay and Catherine Thoraval > recent poster at the 2024 Ada Lovelace workshop (page 146)
• from microscale flow laws to plate-scale effective rheology : 2020 article and 2019 article by Gouriet+
• lithosphere-asthenosphere « dynamical » boundary : 2021 article, 2021 paper by Suchoy+ on basal drag, 2017 paper by Hedjazian on subplate seismic anisotropy
• subduction zones > slab thermal structure in the transition zone : 2024 EGU presentation
• subduction zones > slab deformation in the upper mantle : 2014 article, 2017 review by Saskia Goes+, 2022 article by Nestor Cerpa+
• subduction zones > shear stress in the subduction interface : 2020 article by Beall+
• subduction zones > deformation of upper plate , 2020 article by PhD Manar Alsaif co-supervised with Frédéric Gueydan in the SUBITOP ITN, 2021 article on the Carribbean subduction zone by Cerpa+
• subduction zones > subduction initiation : 2022 article by Arcay+

ENSEIGNEMENT

• co-responsable de la préparation à l’agrégation SV-STU
• co-responsable du parcours L2-L3 CME-SVT
• membre de l’équipe pédagogique du parcours de Master Géodynamique et Géomatériaux
• various teaching themes : internal geodynamics, geochemistry, geophysics, France geological history, resources, natural hazards, planetology, carbon cycle, critical thinking, etc.

CV

• since 2014 : lecturer at the University of Montpellier
• 2012-2014 : post-doctorate at Imperial College London and Cardiff University under the supervision of Rhodri Davies, Saskia Goes and Huw Davies.

Education

• 2022 : HDR (habilitation to supervise research) « Géodynamique de la Terre solide (plaques et manteau) : rhéologie, dynamique et déformation »
• 2012 : PhD thesis  « Modélisation de la dynamique et du refroidissement des coulées de lave : vers une utilisation de la télédétection thermique dans la gestion d’une éruption
  effusive », under the supervision of Edouard Kaminski and Steve Tait at IPGP
• 2008 : M. Sc. in Geophysics at IPGP
• 2007 : agrégation SV-STU (préparation à l’ENS Lyon)
• 2006 : B. Sc. in Earth Sciences at ENS Lyon

Responsabilities

• member of lecturer recruitement jurys, PhD jurys and PhD follow-up commitee
• reviewer for various journals (e.g. Solid Earth, EPS, GJI, G3) and for national science agencies (e.g. NSF, DFG)
• member of the AFPSVT board (association pour la formation des professeurs de SVT)
• co-organisation of the 2024 Ada Lovelace Workshop on Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics
• valorisation of the collection of deformed rocks (« tectonites ») of the University of Montpellier
• participation to movies promoting studies in Earth, Water and Environemental Sciences at the University of Montpellier
• editor for a special Special Publication of the Geological Society on effusive eruptions