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Scientific meetings organization

2024

• 2024: Animation of  geophysics practicals at the Geopathy summer school (inspired by the work and concepts  of Bruno Latour), Cornillon-en-Trièves, France (July 1-5,  2024).

• 2024: Responsible of the geophysical hands-on at the 6th CARGESE school: FLOW and Transport In porous and fractured MEdia (FLOWTIME), Cargèse, France (June 10-22,  2024).

• 2024: Round table leader (Building a World IP community) at the 7th International IP  Workshop, Lund, Sweden (May 28-30,  2024).

• 2024: Co-organizer of an OZCAR Instrumentation Workshop - River Labs days, Sorbonne University, Paris (May 17, 2024).

• 2024: Co-convener of the session "HS8.2.13 - Hydrogeophysics: a tool for hydro(geo)logy, contaminant transport, ecology, and beyond", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria & Online, (April 14-19, 2024). (talks and posters)

• 2024: Co-convener of the session "EMRP1.2 - Petrophysics, rock physics and processes in geo-reservoirs : integrating models, laboratory experiments and field geophysics across scales", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria & Online, (April 14-19, 2024). (talks and posters)

• 2024: Organizer of the ANR IMAGE - International Workshop on Biogeophysics, Sorbonne University, Paris (February 19, 2024).

2023

• 2023: Co-convener of the session "H33N: Critical Zone Geophysics, from Petrophysics to Field Monitoring" (talks and posters) at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco/Hybrid, USA (December,  2023).

• 2023: Organizer of the 2nd Workshop on the Development of Passive Geophysics Methods for the Critical Zone, Paris, France (November 23-24 ,  2023).

• 2023: Convener of the session "Hydrogeophysics: a tool for hydro(geo)logy, contaminant transport, ecology, and beyond", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria & Online, (April 23-28, 2023). (Talks)

2022

• 2022: Co-convener of the session "H52H - Advances in Petrophysics for Hydrogeophysics and Critical Zone Science" (in person and online posters) at the AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago/Hybrid, USA (December,  2022).

• 2022: Member of the organizing committee of the CRITEX-eLTER Meeting: The science of socio-ecological systems : from instrumentation to action-driven science, Paris, France (November 9-10,  2022). (Videos)

• 2022: Organizer of the 1st Workshop on the Development of passive geophysics for the Critical Zone, Montpellier, France (October 25-26,  2022).

• 2022: Responsible of the practical classes at the 2nd OZCAR Summer School, Barcelonnette, France (July 4-8,  2022). (more info here) (Videos)

• 2022: Organizer of the 6th Induced Polarization Workshop, Annecy, France (June 27-30,  2022).

• 2022: Convener of the session "Hydrogeophysics: a tool for hydrology, ecology, agronomy and beyond", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria & Online, (May 2022). (Talks)

• 2022: Co-convener of the session "Petrophysics and rock-physics across the scales: integrating models, laboratory experiments and field geophysical studies", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria & Online (May 2022). (Talks)

2021

• 2021: Convener of the session "H044 - Advances in imaging, experimental, and modeling studies of petrophysical properties and dynamic subsurface processes" (oral and poster) at the AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans/Hybrid, USA (December,  2021).

• 2021: Convener of the session "Hydrogeophysics" at the 1rst international OZCAR-TERENO conference, Strasbourg, France (October,  2021).

• 2021: Chair of the session "Advances in Methods from Monitoring, Modelling to Processes I", at the EAGE Near Surface Geoscience, Bordeaux, France (September,  2021).

• 2021: Organizer of the Workshop "Electrical Properties of Clay Rocks: Challenges and opportunities", at the EAGE Near Surface Geoscience, Bordeaux, France (August,  2021).

• 2021: Member of the Scientific Committee of the 5th Cargèse Summer School, Corsica, France (July 20-30,  2021). See the twitter coverage: #Cargese21
  Invited speaker (plenary lecture in the session "Hydrogeophysics and deep learning").

• 2021: Convener of the session "Hydrogeophysics: a tool for hydrology, ecology, agronomy and beyond", vEGU General Assembly 2021, Virtual meeting (April 19–30, 2021).

• 2021: Co-convener of the session "Petrophysics and rock-physics across the scales: integrating models, laboratory experiments and field geophysical studies" , vEGU General Assembly 2021, Virtual meeting (April 19–30, 2021).

2020

• 2020: Convener of the session "H008-II. Advances in petrophysics for geophysical characterization and monitoring of a dynamic subsurface II eLightning" AGU Fall meeting 2020, Virtual meeting (December 2020, 1-17).

• 2020: Convener of the session "EMRP1.2/ERE6/HS13 - Advances in Rock Physics and coupled THM reservoir processes" (Oral and Poster sessions) EGU General Assembly 2020, Virtual meeting (May 2020, 3–8).

• 2020: Co-convener of the session "HS8.1.5/SSS6 - Hydrogeophysics: a tool for hydrology, ecology, agronomy and beyond" (PICO session) EGU General Assembly 2020, Virtual meeting (May 2020, 3–8).

• 2020: Organizer of the ENIGMA ITN Final Conference "In Situ Imaging of Dynamic Subsurface Processes" Copenhagen, Denmark (April 14-17,  2020). Postponed due to the Coronavirus...

2019

• 2019: Convener of the session "SS 3: SEG/AGU Hydrogeophysics" (Invited talk only) 89th SEG 2019, San Antonio, Texas (September 15-20,  2019). 

• 2019: Co-convener of the session "ERE6.2/EMRP1.41 - Evaluation of coupled reservoir processes: from laboratory to field scale" (Oral and Poster sessions) EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna (April 2019, 7–12).

• 2019: Co-convener of the session "HS8.1.9 - Hydrogeophysics: an tool for hydrology, ecology, agronomy and beyond" (PICO session) EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna (April 2019, 7–12).

2018

• 2018: Co-convener of the session "Advances in Petrophysics and coupling processes for Hydrogeophysics and Near Surface Geophysics" AGU Fall meeting 2018, San Francisco (December 2018, 9-14). 

• 2018: Chair organizer of the 4th Cargèse Summer School "Flow and Transport in Porous and Fractured media: Development, Protection, Management and Sequestration of Subsurface Fluids",  84 students from 23 different countries, and 40  international professors and consultants gave classes and workshops during 2 weeks at the IESC in Corsica, France (the Cargèse summer school is also mentioned here, in French) (June 25-July 7).  Watch the videos here !

• 2018: Organizer host of the 2018 Birdsall-Dreiss lecture by David Bout "Do you know where your catchment ends? The role of inter-basin groundwater flow and hydrogeologic transience in hydrologic processes", Sorbonne University, Paris (June 2018, 8).

• 2018: Primary convener of the session : "Advances in petrophysics and rock-physics: integrating models, laboratory experiments and field studies", EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna (April 2018, 8–13).

2017

• 2017: Primary convener of the session : "Advances in Petrophysics and coupled processes for Hydrogeophysics and Near Surface Geophysics (H31J talks and H33A posters)", AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans (December 2016, 11-16).

• 2017: Organizer host of the 2017 Darcy lecture by Kamini Singha "The Critical Role of Trees in Critical Zone Science: An Exploration of Water Fluxes in the Earth’s Permeable Skin​", UPMC, Paris (June 2017, 30).

• 2017: Organizer of the ENIGMA ITN Kick-Off Meeting, UPMC, Paris (January 2017, 30-31).

2016

• 2016: Primary convener of the session : "Advances in Petrophysics for Hydrogeophysics and Near Surface Geophysics (H43L talks and H43F posters)", AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco (December 2016, 11-15).

• 2016: Co-organizer of an Hydrogeophysics workshop and host of the 2016 Darcy lecture by Ty Ferré "Seeing Things Differently: Rethinking the Relationship Between Data, Models, and Decision-Making", UPMC, Paris (June 2016, 30).

2015

• 2015: Co-organizer of the 3rd Cargèse Summer School "Flow and Transport in Porous and Fractured media: Development, Protection, Management and Sequestration of Subsurface Fluids" (also mentioned here, in French) (July 20-August 1)

• 2015: Primary convener of the session : "Advances in Petrophysics for Hydrogeophysics and Near Surface Geophysics (H011 posters and H14 talks)", AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco (December 2015, 14-18).

2014

• 2014: Co-chair of the session "Petrophysical properties of rocks and applications to time lapse geophysics", 24th Earth Science Meeting 2014 in Pau (October 2014, 27-31).

Reviewer

International peer-reviewed journal (>15 papers per year in over 40 journals: check Web of Science): 

• Multidisciplinary: Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Catena, Computers & Geosciences, PLOS ONE, Polar Research

• Geophysics: Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, Geophysical Journal International, Geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting,  Near Surface Geophysics, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

• Water Resources: Water Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research, Advances in Water Resources, Vadose Zone Journal, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Hydrogeology Journal, Water, Frontier in Water

• Engineering: Engineering Geology, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Transport in Porous Media, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, IEEE Access, Applied Science, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Agricultural & Environmental Letters,

• Georesources & energy: Energies, Fuel, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

• Geochemistry: Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta

• Soil science: Soil Science Society of America Journal

• Biology: Plants

• Material science: Applied Clay Science

• Mathematics: Fractal and Fractional

Scientific research funding agencies: 

• European Research Council (ERC) - Remote reviewer for consolidator grant

• American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (ACS - PRS)

• United States - National Science Foundation (NSF)

• United States - Israel, Binational Science Foundation (BSF)

• French National Research Funding Agency (ANR)

• German Research Foundation (DFG)

• Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

• Research Council of Norway (RCN) - Expert for panel 28 (Geosciences)

HDR (habilitation) committee

• 2024: President of the HDR committee of Simon D. Carrière, Sorbonne University, France, Groundwater, a critical resource for forests and water-stressed human societies (L’eau souterraine, une ressource en eau critique pour les forêts et les sociétés humaines en état de stress hydrique).

PhD committee

• 2024: PhD committee of Mojtaba Norouzisadeh, Directed by C. Soulaine, M. Azaroual and P. Leory, University of Orléans, France, Modelling contact line dynamics in multiphase porous media.

• 2023: PhD committee of Mustapha Ba, Directed by A. Crave and J. Heyman, University of Rennes 1, France, Dynamics of physico-chemical interactions in hyporheic zones: influence of flooding and dam removal (Dynamique des interactions physico-chimiques en zone hyporhéique : influence des crues et de la suppression des barrages).

• 2023: PhD committee of Benjamin Trochon, Directed by M. Guiresse and V. Butillo, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, University of Toulouse, France, Study of the hydrology of clay-limestone soils for the spatialisation of waterlogging, shrinkage cracks and nitrogen flows to the atmosphere (Étude de l'hydrologie des sols argilo-calcaires pour la spatialisation de l'engorgement, des fentes de retrait et des flux d'azote vers l'atmosphère).

• 2022: PhD committee of Agathe Defourny, Directed by A. Dassargues and F. Nguyen, University of Liège, Belgium, Study of the carbogaseous groundwater in eastern Belgium (Etude des eaux souterraines carbogazeuses de l’est de la Belgique).

• 2022: PhD dissertation reviewer of Kuzma Tsukanow, Directed by N. Schwartz,  Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Noninvasive investigation of plant roots and rhizosphere using the spectral induced polarization method.

• 2022: PhD committee of Marie Léger, Directed by L. Luquot and D. Roubinet, University of Montpellier, France, Kartsic network formation: role of the structural, hydrodynamical, and mineralogical heterogeneities (Formation des réseaux karstiques : Rôle des hétérogénéités structurales, hydrodynamiques et minérales).

• 2022: PhD committee of Cyril Aumar, Directed by O. Merle and P. Labazuy, University of Clermont-Auvergne, France, Modeling  ante-volcanic topography in the Chaine des Puys, Hydrological implications of the Veyre and Côme catchments (Modélisation de la topographie anté-volcanique de la Chaîne des Puys, Implications hydrogéologiques pour les bassins versants de la Veyre et de Côme).

• 2021: PhD committee of Alejandro Romero-Ruiz, Directed by N. Linde and D. Or, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Geophysical Methods for Field-Scale Characterization of Soil Structure.

• 2021: PhD committee of Solomon  Ehosioke, Directed by F. Nguyen and S. Garre, University of Liège, Belgium, Unraveling the electrical signature of roots.

• 2021: PhD committee of Justine Molron, Directed by P. Davy, N. Linde, and C. Darcel, University of Rennes, France, Flow and transport in fracture networks: reducing uncertainty of DFN models by conditioning to geology and geophysical data (Conditionnement des modèles de réseaux de fractures à des données géologiques et géophysiques pour la réduction des incertitudes dans les modèles d’écoulement et de transport).

• 2019: PhD committee of Aurélien Chérubini, Directed by A. Cerepi and B. Garcia, IFPEN and University Bordeaux Montaigne, France, Using self-potential and induced polarization methods for CO2 detection in porous media (Utilisation des méthodes de polarisation spontanée et polarisation provoquée pour la déétection de CO2 en milieu poreux carbonaté).

• 2017: PhD committee of Jiazuo Zhang, Directed by M. Jackson, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Self-potential under multiphase flow in porous media

• 2016: PhD committee of Eve-Agnès Fiorentino, Directed by L. Jouniaux and R. Toussain, University of Strasbourg, France, Phénomènes électrocinétiques et transport multiphasique en milieux poreux

Member of PhD monitoring committee (CSI )

• 2022-..: PhD monitoring committee of Kapiolani Teagai, Directed by  J.-J. Armitage (Sorbonne University/IFP Énergies nouvelles).

• 2022-2024: PhD monitoring committee of Jad El Assam, Directed by A. Revil and P. Dick (University of Savoie - Mont Blanc). President of the committee.

• 2022-..: PhD monitoring committee of Ramon  Sanchez Gonzales, Directed by L. Bodet, A. Gesret, and A. Rivière (Sorbonne University/Mines Paris). President of the committee.

• 2021-2023: PhD monitoring committee of Mustapha Ba, Directed by A. Crave and J. Heyman (University of Rennes). President of the committee.

• 2018-...: PhD monitoring committee of Nazih Allababidi, Directed by A. Jardani (University of Rouen).

• 2020-2023: PhD monitoring committee of Sandeep Thapa, Directed by F. Perrier and F. Giraut (IPGP).

• 2018-2021: PhD monitoring committee of Thimoté Tartrat, Directed by A. Revil (University of Savoie Mont-Blanc).