Students / Postdocs

Post-docs advised

  • [**Magdalena (Maggie) Curry*] (2017- ) : Coevolution of compressional tectonics and topography : the Pyrenean Orogen ; funded by TOTAL COLORS consortium.
  • Christoph Glotzbach (2008-2010) : Topographic evolution of the European Alps in the Neogene, forced by coupled climatic/tectonic processes ; funded by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Currently Research Scientist at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany).
  • Claire Perry (2007-2008) : Modeling detrital thermochronology data using Pecube ; funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR). Currently Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada and Adjunct Research Associate Professor at Indiana University.
  • Matthias Bernet (2004-2006) : Exhumation history of the Nepal Himalaya from detrital thermochronology of Siwalik sediments ; funded by European Commission Marie Curie fellowship. Currently Associate Professor at Université Grenoble Alpes.

PhD Students advised

  • Zakaria Ghazoui (2013- ) : Tectonic vs. climatic control on Quaternary – Recent erosion and exhumation rates in the central Himalaya (iTECC). https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2016/01...
  • Lorenzo Gemignani (2013-2018) ; co-advisor (30%) with J. Wijbrans (VU Amsterdam) and Y. Najman (U. Lancaster) : Extracting erosion and exhumation patterns from detrital thermochronology : an example from the eastern Himalaya (iTECC). Currently post-doc at University of Torino (Italy).
  • Gwladys Govin (2013-2017) ; co-advisor (30%) with Y. Najman (U. Lancaster) and P. Huyghe (Grenoble) : Tectonic-Erosion Interactions : Insights from the paleo-drainage of the Brahmaputra River. Deceased.
  • Natalie Vögeli (2013-2016) ; co-advisor (50%) with P. Huyghe (Grenoble) and Y. Najman (U. Lancaster) : The influence of climate on the sedimentary record in the Himalaya (iTECC). Currently in search of employment.
  • Margaux Mouchené (2012-2016) ; co-advisor (70%) with F. Mouthereau, Université Toulouse (France) : Development and fluvial incision of the Miocene Lannemazan Megafan, northern Pyrenean foreland. Currently post-doctoral researcher at University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
  • Rachel Abrahami (2011-2015) ; co-advisor (50%) with Pascale Huyghe : Controls on the evolution of fluvial megafans in the central/eastern Himalaya. Currently post-doctoral researcher at the Universidad de Santiago, Chile.
  • Zoltan Erdös (2010-2014) ; co-advisor (20%) with R. Huismans, University of Bergen (Norway) : Coupled surface process and tectonic modelling of extension‐inversion tectonics in the Pyrenees. Currently post-doctoral researcher at Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Jonathan Mercier (2010-2014) ; co-advisor (50%) with Jean Braun : Structure and dynamics of orogenic wedges : a multidisciplinary approach to the Himalayan case study. Currently at the Centre Géologique de l’Oisans, Bourg d’Oisans, France.
  • Charlotte Fillon (2008-2012) ; co-advisor (70%) with R. Huismans, University of Bergen (Norway) : Spatial and temporal variations in Cenozoic exhumation of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian mountain belt. Currently with TOTAL Research & Development, Pau, France.
  • Pierre Valla (2007-2011) : Numerical modeling of relief development in response to Quaternary glaciation in the western Alps. Currently CNRS researcher, Grenoble, France.
  • Thibaud Simon-Labric (2006-2010) ; co-advisor (50%) with C. Teyssier, University of Lausanne / University of Minneapolis : Thermal, tectonic and erosional controls on thermochronology data from magmatic arcs – Cascades range and Central America (joint PhD University of Lausanne / University of Grenoble). Currently director of Centre Géologique de l’Oisans, Bourg d’Oisans, France.
  • Romain Delunel (2006-2010) : Relief development following rapid (glacial-interglacial) climate change : the external crystalline massifs of the western Alps. Currently post-doctoral fellow at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
  • Romain Beucher (2006-2009) ; co-advisor (30%) with P. Tricart : Neogene Evolution of the southwestern Alps (French-Italian border) : An integrated seismotectonic and thermochrono-logical approach. Currently post-doctoral fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
  • Mauricio Bermudez (2006-2009) ; co-advisor (50%) with M. Bernet : Cenozoic exhumation patterns across the Venezuelan Andes : insights from fission-track thermochronology. Currently lecturer at Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Jérémie van Melle (2005-2008) ; co-advisor (50 %) with A. Pêcher : Crustal exhumation and morphological variability in the northwestern Himalaya : post-5 Ma structural and thermochronological history. Currently with KAENA Consulting, St. Vincent de Mercuze, France.
  • Xavier Robert (2005-2008) : Role of erosion in the fault activation sequence and dynamics of the frontal Himalayan prism ; an approach using thermochronology and numerical modelling. Currently Researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Lima, Peru.
  • Antoine Vernon (2004-2008) ; co-advisor (50 %) with Hugh Sinclair, University of Edinburgh (UK) : Pliocene exhumation of the European Alps : differentiation of climatic versus tectonic controls (joint PhD University of Edinburgh / University of Grenoble). Currently with Shell Exploration & Production, Houston, TX, USA.
  • Benham Oveisi(2003-2007) ; co-advisor (50 %) with J. Lavé : Differential uplift and river incision in the Zagros folded belt, Iran. Currently head of seismotectonics group at the Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran.
  • Bénédicte Champel-Duffait (2000-2004) : Along-strike tectonic variation in the Himalayan orogen ; a link with along-strike climatic variation ? A numerical modeling study. Currently at the Commissariat pour l’Energie Atomique et Alternative (CEA), Grenoble.
  • Gilles Brocard (1998-2002) : calibration of fluvial transport laws and time-scales of fluvial incision from an analysis of western Alpine rivers, SE France. Currently Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia.