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My research is intimately associated with monitoring and imaging the Earth via geophysical approaches. I have mostly investigated the dynamics of hydrothermal systems and magmas, as well as the triggering and characterization of volcanic and limnic eruptions. Recently, I have become interested in the generation of earthquakes, landslides, fireballs, tsunamis, and tracking lockdown operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. My research most often employs inter-disciplinary approaches.

Main volcanic areas of research : South East Asia (Indonesia and Philippines), Iceland, Africa (Congo), New Zealand, Costa Rica

Areas of expertise
My research focusses on volcanoes and more specifically seeks to understand magmatic hydrothermal systems (so-called ‘wet volcanoes’) using multi-disciplinary approaches such as continuous seismicity, (hydro-)acoustics and lake monitoring and degassing.

Keywords : Hydrothermal systems and gas-driven eruptions – Magma dynamics – Ambient seismic noise and tremor - Volcanic lakes – Infrasound - Hydroacoustics

Education
2013 Ph.D. in Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Royal Observatory of Belgium
Thesis : “Multi-disciplinary monitoring of Kawah Ijen volcano (East Java, Indonesia)”
PhD advisors : Thierry Camelbeeck (ROB), Alain Bernard (ULB)

2009 M.Sc. in Earth sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Magna cum laude
Master Thesis : « Study of Sirung volcano-hydrothermal system (West Timor, Indonesia)”.

Appointments
2018-today Chargé de Recherche IRD, ISTerre, Grenoble, France
Main Project : ‘Transitions of volcano activity in volcano-hydrothermal hosted environments’

2021- Research Associate INGV, Bologna

2017-2018 Doctor-Assistant, University of Ghent, Belgium
Main Project : ‘Long-term instabilities of volcano-hydrothermal systems’

2016- 2017 FNRS postdoctoral Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Main Project : ‘Towards Forecast Hydro-volcanic eruptions’

2015- 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK
Main Project : ‘Constrain the dynamics of 2010 Eyjafjallajökull and 2014-2015 Bárdabunga-Holuhraun eruptions using seismic noise’

2013- 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Magma Transport Dynamics - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Main Project - ‘Using an infrasonic array in Singapore to monitor volcanoes’

Community Contributions

Co-Leader of the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Lakes (https://iavcei-cvl.org/)
Editor

Topic Editor for Volcanica (ongoing)

Springer book : Phreatic Eruptions (ongoing)

Associate Editor for Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (2019-2021)
Guest Editor

Guest Invited Editor for a Special Volume ‘Volcanic Lake Dynamics and Related Hazards” (Frontiers in Earth Sciences, ongoing)

Guest Invited Editor for a Special Volume ‘Towards Improved Forecasting of Volcanic Eruptions” (Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 2020)

Guest Invited Editor for a Special Volume “Geochemistry and Geophysics of Active Volcanic Lakes” (Geological Society of London, 2017)