Resume

Education

2014       Ph.D., Geophysics, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.                                                                                  

2010       M.Sc., Geosciences, Université Montpellier II, France.                                                                                              

2008       B.Sc., Geosciences, Université Montpellier II, France.

Research Appointments

2020-present Associate Physicist. Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences (UMR CNRS 6112), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Nantes Atlantique (UAR 3281), Nantes Université, France.

2017-2020 Postdoctoral Research Scientist. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, UMR CNRS 7154), Université de Paris-Cité, France. Characteristics of faults and seismic activity on Mars (InSight mission). Advisor: P. Lognonné

2015-2017 Postdoctoral Research Scientist. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University in the City of New York (USA). Imaging the fine structure of earthquakes and faults with high-precision aftershocks. Advisors: F. Waldhauser and C.H. Scholz

2013-2015 Adjunct Lecturer and Researcher. Géoazur (UMR CNRS 7329), Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.

2010-2014 PhD Candidate - Teaching and Research Assistant, Géoazur, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France. Doctoral research on generic properties of earthquakes and their links with generic properties of broken faults. Advisors: I. Manighetti and B. Delouis

    2010         Graduate Student - Research Assistant, Université Montpellier II, France. Analog modeling of the interaction between tectonic and erosion in foreland belts, relations with folding and nappes emplacement. Advisors: J. Malavieille and S. Dominguez (Geosciences Montpellier Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5243).

Field work

Jun-Jul 2023   La Laigne earthquake (Mw 4.9), France: deployment of post-seismic stations (Résif-Epos France). 

2020-present  France : Tectonics of inherited faults and shear zones in western France (FACT initiative, part of Epos-France)

Feb 2011        New-Zealand : Active tectonics of strike slip faults (CENTURISK Project led by I. Manighetti).

Nov 2010       Mexico : Active tectonics in Mexico City area, GPS (kinematic and static), electrical geophysics (G-GAP Project led by M. Campillo, and I. Manighetti for the tectonic part).

Nov 2009       Corsica : Geodynamics of Alpine Corsica : deformation and metamorphism. Advisors: J. Malavieille, R. Cattin, G. Molli.

May 2009       Taïwan : Geodynamics, marine geophysics, structural geology and mountain building, active tectonics, geomorphology. Advisors: J. Malavieille, S. Lallemand, R. Cattin, C-Y. Lu, K-J. Chang, C. Facenna, G. Molli, P. Vanucci

Observatory tasks

2025-present Scientific collaborator at LPG for the NASA Far Side Seismic Suite mission on the Moon

2020-present Co-referent of the «Failles Actives» (FACT) axe in the west of France (R8), part of the «Action Transverse Sismicité» of the «Réseau sismologique et géodésique français» (Résif), now Epos-France.

2020-present Monitoring and analysis of regional seismicity (Western France) (ST-ANO-2, SNO RLBP & BCSF-RéNASS)

2021-2024 Co-lead of the "Tectonics" working group in the NASA InSight mission on Mars.

2017-2022 Co-lead for events transmission of the SEIS team in the InSight mission (SNO AA-ANO2), in charge to analyze and rank the event requests of high resolution seismic data.

Academic service

2025-present Member of the recruiting committee for the CNAP "Terre solide" section.

2023-present Elected member of the Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences council.

2022-2025 Seminar coordinator for the Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences.

2021-present Member of the Earth Science teaching departement council at Nantes Université

2021-2025 Executive board member of the research infrastructure Epos-France (previously called Résif - Réseau sismologique et géodésique français).

2011-2014        Elected member of the Geoazur Laboratory council

Teaching

2020-present    Associate Physicist, Rheology, Geodesy, GIS and field geology in France (66h/year). LPG, OSUNA, Nantes Univ.

2019-2020       GIS and field geology in Auvergne, France (M1 students; 44h). IPGP, Univ. de Paris-Cité.

2013-2015       Temporary Lecturer and Researcher, Geology and Geophysic, Univ. de Nice, (290h). Introduction to Minerals and Rocks; Geological mapping, tectonics; Field trips in South-France: Geology, Geomorphology; Hydrogeology; Physics of the Earth (Gravimetry).

2010-2013       Teaching assistant, Geology and Geophysic, Univ. de Nice, (64h/year). Introduction to Minerals and Rocks; Geological mapping, tectonics; Field trips in South-France: Geology, Geomorphology.

2009-2010       Teaching assistant. Field trips with Undergraduate students. Univ. Montpellier II. 

Supervised students

PhD students

A. Jacob (IPGP): Etude des sources sismo-tectoniques détectées par la mission InSight dans la province d'Elysium Planitia, Mars, 2018-2022. 

M. Vazifehdar (LPG): Characteristics of quaternary fault activities in the Armorican Massif using geomorphology and geophysical techniques, 2024-2027

Graduate/Undergraduate students:

A. Jacob (M2 IPGP): Etude comparée d’un réseau de failles sur Terre et sur Mars : analyse de données satellitaires et de stations sismiques, 2018. 

J. Losen (M1 IPGP): Analyses de l’activité des dust devils dans la zone d’Elysium Planitia et comparaisons avec les données météorologiques in-situ d’InSight, 2020.

A. Abboud-Oropeza (L3 Nantes Univ.): Mesure des incertitudes des temps de propagation d'ondes sismiques et implications pour la localisation, 2021

E. Dutertre (M1 Nantes Univ.): Suivi et caractéristiques de l’activité des « dust devils » autour du site d’atterrissage d’InSight, Mars, à partir de l’analyse des images HiRISE, 2021.

S. Palagonia (M1 Univ. Côte d'Azur): Impact de la maturité structurale des failles rompues sur le glissement cosismique en profondeur, 2021 (Co-mentoring with I. Manighetti and F. Leclerc, Géoazur).

M. Desenfant (L3 Nantes Univ.): Identification des sources potentielles des séismes martiens enregistrés par la mission InSight, 2022

A. Abboud-Oropeza (M2 Nantes Univ.): Analyse des répliques du séisme du Layon de juin 2019, 2023

J. Thomas (M2 Université Montpellier): Étude de la potentielle activité quaternaire du Cisaillement Sud Armoricain (CSA) via une approche géomorphologique et géophysique, 2023

C. Garret (M2 Sorbonne Université):  Analyse tectonique et morphologique de la zone épicentrale du séisme martien S1222a via l’imagerie haute résolution, 2024.

A. Le Roy (L3 Nantes Univ.): Analyse des données sismologiques du séisme de La Laigne (Mw 4.9, juin 2023), 2024

G. Bocquel (L3 EOST): Étude des effets de sites dans la région épicentrale du séisme de La Laigne (Mw 4.9, juin 2023), 2024

S. Eude (M1 Nantes Univ.): Étude des potentielles sources de séismes enregistrés par la future mission NASA FSS sur la Lune, 2025

Awards, Grants, Fellowships and Scholarships

2025 ANR-funded research proposal «FaSiRé: Faults and Seismic activity in Stable Continental Regions». (740 k€)

2025 CNES-funded research proposal «Quakes on the Moon with FSS» (15 k€)

2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the "Seismic detection of the martian Core" paper, 2023

2022 Osuna-funded research proposal «Quaternary Activity of the South Armorican shear zone» (6 k€)

2021 InSight Award - Extended Mission Proposal Support Team

2021 Pulsar Grant Program, Academy of young researchers in Pays de la Loire, Université de Nantes (3.5 k€)

2020 NASA Honor Awards: InSight Science Operations and Enhancement Team

2018 NVIDIA GPU Grant Program, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

2017 Brinson Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship funding, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

2015 National Foundation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

2010 French Ministry of Higher Education and Research Fellowship