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I hold a PhD in Earth Sciences followed by 1 year at Fugro, 8 years postdoctoral research at CNRS, Rice University, and Oxford University, and nearly 4 years at Egis Nuclear - Galson Sciences Ltd (our integrated UK-based company). My research focus includes fault structures, analogue and numerical modelling, field investigations, and earthquake hazard assessments for energy facilities. For industry, I provide research & scientific consultancy on R&D needs in earthquake hazards and geological storage in the nuclear domain.

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My research interests focus on fault processes from the long-term geological fault growth to the seismic cycle time scale, including earthquake dynamics, fault slip behaviors, and related seismic hazard. To investigate these topics, I perform geological observations, morpho-structural measurements on both ancient and active faults, and develop analog and numerical model simulations.

Understanding faulting processes aims, in particular, to determine or even predict :

• The characteristics of the seismic cycle as its regularity, recurrence time, and magnitudes of earthquakes.

• The impact of earthquakes on the seismic design of infrastructures by filling the knowledge gaps along a "fault-to-site" pathway.

• The potential of storage (barrier) and drainage of fluids in fault zones.

Hence understanding such processes is critical to scientific and societal issues such as "Seismic hazard", "Natural reservoirs resources" and "Storage".