CLR person interests, research and publications
Researcher

Having completed my PhD in geology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris in 1981, I subsequently spent much of my time at the University of Lyon I and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon where I gained my Habilitation in 1992. I specialise in the dynamics of the lithosphere, natural resources, including geothermal systems, and have authored more than 140 publications in international scientific journals. My fields of investigation range from the Alps to the Antilles arc, through the Variscan range in Europe and Morocco, Brazil, Madagascar, Norway, and the Himalayas.
A professor since 1993 at the University of Lyon I, I was appointed in 2003 at the University NiceSophia Antipolis. I have been a member of the Scientific Council of this university since 2005 and Vice-President between 2007 and 2011. In addition I was President of the National Council of Universities between 1995 and 1999, an expert evaluator at the European Commission of Brussels between 1999 and 2002, Vice-President of the Scientific Council of the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) between 2000 and 2006. Between 2002 and 2007, I chaired the Scientific Commission "Sciences of the Earth" of the National Institute of Sciences of the Universe (INSUCNRS). President of the National Committee for “Carte Géologique de la France” (BRGM) in the period 1999-2012, I chaired the Scientific Committee of the National Project “Référentiel Géologique de la France” between 2013 and 2018.
I am an author of several textbooks, and have contributed my scientific expertise to numerous national and international educational programs.