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Matthias Bernet, Ph.D.

Maitre de Conference hors classe (Associate Professor)

 Institut de Science de la Terre
 Université Grenoble Alpes
 OSUG C
 1381 rue de la piscine
 CS 40700
 38058 GRENOBLE CEDEX 9
 FRANCE

 email: matthias.bernet"at"univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
 phone: +33 476 514 075
 fax: +33 476 635 252

Principal areas of research interests:

Evolution of mountain belts and sedimentary basins, geo-thermochronology, multidisciplinary sediment provenance analysis, diagenesis, and interactions between mountain building, Earth surface processes, and biodiversity

Academic degrees

  • 2009 HDR in Geology, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
  • 2002 Ph.D. in Geology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  • 2000 M.Phil. in Geology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  • 1997 Diplom (MSc.) in Geology, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
  • 1994 Vordiplom (BSc.) in Geology, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany

Academic positions

  • 2016- Maitre de Conference hors classe, ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
  • 2006-2016 Maitre de Conference, ISTerre, UJF/Université Grenoble Alpes, France
  • 2005 Assistant Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA

Sabbatical leave - Delegation CNRS

2017-2018 Delegation CNRS - expatriation at the Servicio Geologico Colombiano at Bogotá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Bogotá and Universidad EAFIT at Medellin, Colombia from October 2017 to August 2018.

2013 Sabbatical leave UJF at the Servicio Geologico Colombiano at Bogotá and Universidad EAFIT at Medellin, Colombia from February to July 2013.

Post-doc and teaching assistant positions

  • 2003-2004 Postdoc (Marie Curie stipend), LGCA, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
  • 2002-2003 Postdoc, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 1997-2001 Teaching assistant, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  • 1994-1996 Teaching assistant, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany

Responsibilities

  • 2020-2021 Co-director of graduate studies in Geodynamics, UGA
  • 2016-2020 Member of the OSUG research committee
  • 2011-2015 Member of the ISTerre Council, UJF, Grenoble, France
  • 2008-2016 Director of applied graduate studies in Geosciences, M2P GER, UJF, Grenoble, France
  • 2008-2016 Member of the OSUG Teaching Committee, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
  • 2006-2009 Director of the Sedimentology Laboratory, LGCA, UJF, Grenoble, France

Professional Activities

  • 2022 Short-course on Geo-Thermochronology, 3 days, Servicio Geologico Colombiano, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2019 Short-course on Thermochronology, Petro-chronology and mineral resource exploration, 9 days, Servicio Geologico Colombiano, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2018 Short-course on Thermochronology,4 days, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
  • 2018 Short-course on Thermochronology, 3 days, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia
  • 2018 Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2017 Short-course on Basin Analysis, 3 days, Servicio Geologico Colombiano, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2014 Member of the Project Evaluation Panel, COLCIENCIAS, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2014 External evaluator of the Engineering Geology program at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Medellin, for the Consejo Nacional de Acreditacion, Colombia
  • 2014 Short-course on double dating at the II Simposio de Exploradores in Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2014 Co-Organizer of Thermo 2014 at Chamonix, France
  • 2013 Co-Convener of the Thermochronology session at the 14th Colombian Geological Congress in Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2011 Co-Convener of the Thermochronology session at the 14th Latin American Geological Congress in Medellín, Colombia
  • 2010 Thermochronology workshop, 4 days, INGEOMINAS, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2004 Co-Convener of a Topical Session on detrital thermochronology at the 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy
  • 2003 Co-Editor of GSA Special Publication: Detrital Thermochronology—Provenance analysis, Exhumation and Landscape Evolution of Mountain Belts
  • 2002 Co-Convener of GSA Annual Meeting Topical Session: Detrital Thermochronology—Dating of Exhumation and Landscape Evolution in Mountain Belts, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • 2003-today Reviewer for American Journal of Science, Basin Research, Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology, Geological Society of America Special Publication, Geodynamica Acta, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geology, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Terra Nova, COLCIENCIAS (Colombia), Banco de la República (Colombia), INSU (France), the American Chemical Society the National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), and the European Research Council (ERC).

Honors and Fellowships

  • 2010 Elisabeth Carrio Teaching Award, Université Joseph Fourier
  • 2003-2005 Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship, European Union
  • 2002-2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Canterbury
  • 1997-2002 James Dwight Dana Fellowship in Geology, Yale University
  • 2001 Geological Society of America Student Travel Grant
  • 2000 Enders Summer-Research Fellowship Award, Yale University
  • 2000 William E. Ford Prize in Mineralogy, Yale University

Post-docs

  • 2018-2020 Ruben Rosenkranz, post-doc (ISTerre, UGA and CRPG Nancy), Bengal fan zircon exhumation signal from the Himalaya (part of an ANR project)
  • 2008-2010 Christoph Glotzbach, Post-doc, (LGCA), Université Joseph Fourier. Thermo-Europe project, detrital apatite fission-track thermochronology of the Chambaran Megafan.

Ph.D. students

  • 2022-2025 Dorian Bienveignant, Ph.D. student (ISTerre), Determining the timing of fault activation during late alpine deformation in the Western Alps.
  • 2013-2017 Alejandro Piraquive Bermudez, Ph.D. student (ISTerre), cotutelle between Université Grenoble Alpes and Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá. Structural Framework, deformation and exhumation of the Santa Marta Schists: Evolution of the north-western metamorphic belt from accretion of a Caribbean Terrain to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
  • 2013-2016 Sergio Amaya, Ph.D. student, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá. Thermochronology and geochronology of the Santander Massif metamorphic basement
  • 2011-2014 Mélanie Noury, Ph.D. student (ISTerre), Université Joseph Fourier. Exhumation of the southern Peruvian Andes: Thermochonologic and structural constraints
  • 2009-2012 Sébastien Jourdan, Ph.D. student (ISTerre), Université Joseph Fourier. Multidisciplinary approach to reconstruct the Oligocene-Miocene evolution of the western Alps.
  • 2007-2011 François Chirouze, Ph.D. student (LGCA), Université Joseph Fourier. Tectonic and climatic controls on large scale drainage systems in the Himalayan belt, and their evolution through the last 15 Ma.
  • 2006-2009 Mauricio A. Bermúdez-Cella, Ph.D. student (LGCA), Université Joseph Fourier. Regional exhumation history of the Venezuelan Andes determined by bedrock and detrital thermochronology.

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