Function and Responsibilities:

Group leader of the Active Landscapes Systems in Section 4.7

Research Interests:

Active Landscapes Systems working group

Current members

• Dr. Daniel O’Hara (postdoctoral researcher): Extreme precipitation events, erosional thresholds and landscape evolution modelling
• Florian Jocham (Uni Potsdam MSc thesis & research assistant): Fluvial grain size distribution inferred from 3D point clouds

Past members

Ghozy el Fatih (Uni Aachen student research internship): Eruptive center and geometry reconstruction of Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean

Career:

• 2023-: Senior research scientist in the Earth Surface Modelling Section, German Research Center for Geosciences, Potsdam
• 2023-: Associate researcher, Géosciences Réunion, Réunion Island
• 2020 – 2022: Lecturer, Géosciences Réunion – IPGP, University of La Réunion
• 2019 – 2020: Lecturer, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Grenoble Alpes
• 2016 – 2018: Postdoctoral fellow, Earth Surface Dynamics group, ETH Zürich
• 2014-2015: Lecturer, ENS Lyon-University Lyon I
• 2011: Visiting student researcher, Berkeley Geochronology Center

Education:

• Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, 2015
• M.S., Geology, FU Berlin/ENS Lyon, 2011
• MS., Earth Sciences and biology (Agrégation/teaching degree), ENS Lyon, 2010
• B.A. Geology, ENS Lyon, 2008

Projects:

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Research Boards and Committees:

Academic services

Reviewer for GSA Bulletin, Terra Nova, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, Earth Sciences Review, Quaternary Research, G3, Geology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Awards:

• 2023 MSCA EROVOL project (Erosion of volcanic islands: dating volcanic surfaces and modeling river profile evolution to quantify the impact of rainfall variability on erosion)
• 2022 INSU SYSTER grant (co-PI: Vincent Famin)
• 2020 BQR grant from Grenoble Alpes University
• 2018 Swiss Geomorphological Society supported conference contribution
• 2016 ETH postdoctoral fellowship
• 2013 AGU student travel grant
• 2013 Explora'doc mobility grant from the Région Rhône-Alpes