Projects

Current & recent research projects

• Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany ; for developing collaboration with the University of Potsdam ; 2018-2019.
• Coupling Lithosphere Deformation with Surface Processes and Stratigraphy (COLORS) : consortium of 5 European Earth-Science departments (Bergen, Rennes, Toulouse, Grenoble, GFZ Potsdam) and the TOTAL energy company ; 2016-2020.
• Deciphering the tectonic and climatic controls on erosion rates and relief development : Institut Universitaire de France ; 2016-2020.
• Investigating Tectonic-Erosion-Climate Couplings in the Himalaya (iTECC) : European Commission FP7 Initial Training Network (10 full partner institutes ; 12 associate partners) ; 2013-2017.
• Evolution of Himalayan topography : control of the Main Himalayan Thrust versus climatic controls : Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers (INSU-CNRS) ; 2012-2014.
• Erosion and Relief development in the western Alps (ERD-Alps) : Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Collaboration with Lyon, Dijon, Strasbourg) ; 2008-2013.
• Coupled climatic/tectonic forcing of European topography revealed through thermochronometry (Thermo-Europe) : European Science Foundation Eurocores Topo-Europe programme (8 European partner institutes) ; 2008-2012.
• Spatial and temporal coupling between tectonics and surface processes during lithosphere inversion of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian mountain belt (Pyrtec) : European Science Foundation Eurocores Topo-Europe programme (5 European partner institutes) ; 2008-2012.
• Toward a new generation of landscape evolution models : Collaborative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Visiting Fellowship ; 2011.
• Relief development in the Western Alps (France, Switzerland) in response to Quaternary glaciations assessed through high-resolution ⁴He/³He thermochronology : France-Berkeley Fund ; 2010 ; Collaboration with D. Shuster (BGC), K. Cuffey (UCB).