ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre

Research supervision

Emeline MAUFROY — 2024-04-18T14:25:51Z

PhD students

Valentin SCHINDELHOLZ (2023-2026)
PhD topic : New strategies based on satellite imagery for the prediction of earthquake ground motion and generation of shakemaps adapted to sedimentary valleys
Advisors : Emeline Maufroy and Cécile Cornou (ISTerre)

Pauline RISCHETTE (2022-2025)
PhD topic : Optimization of seismic-motion recordings in free field for a better estimation of the seismic hazard
Advisors : Fabrice Hollender (CEA/ISTerre), Vincent Perron (CEA), Paola Traversa (EDF-TEGG) and Emeline Maufroy (ISTerre)

Aline BOU NASSIF (2020-2023)
PhD topic : Earthquake strong ground motion in mountainous regions and induced landslides
Advisors : Emeline Maufroy and Pascal Lacroix (ISTerre)

Postdocs

Aline BOU NASSIF (2024-2026)
Topic : BENTO, an international benchmark for assessing topographic site effects through 3D numerical simulations of the seismic-waves propagation

Océane FOIX (2024-2026)
Topic : Assessment of the seismic hazard induced by seismicity in the mantle wedge of the Lesser Antilles subduction zone

Junior engineers

Aya CHEAIB (2023-2024)
Topic : Retrieving soil subsidence rates in French urbanized valleys using the EGMS (European Ground Motion Service), and integrating multi-source data to analyze earthquake ground motions

Rémy BURLOT (2021-2024)
Topic : Collecting the first flatfile of earthquake strong ground-motions in Guadeloupe and Martinique, and characterization of site conditions at RAP and RLBP seismological stations in mainland France

Master 2 students

Louanne GREBAC (2025)
Topic : Estimating the robustness of 3D numerical simulations in assessing the topographic site effects by processing of synthetic waveforms
Advisors : Aline Bou Nassif and Emeline Maufroy (ISTerre)

Léna PELLORCE (2021)
Topic : Can PSHA predictions be tested against observations in France ?
Advisors : Céline Beauval, Emeline Maufroy and Sreeram Reddy Kotha (ISTerre)

Aline BOU NASSIF (2020)
Topic : Influence of seismic source characteristics on the estimation of the topographic site effects in mountainous areas
Advisor : Emeline Maufroy (ISTerre)

Yaacoub JAWAD (2018)
Topic : Topography effect on seismic motion : analysis of azimuthal dependency
Advisors : Emmanuel Chaljub, Emeline Maufroy and Mathieu Causse (ISTerre)

Robin GEE (2013)
Topic : Surface topography, fracturation and polarization at a number of seismological recording sites in France
Advisors : Pierre-Yves Bard, Cécile Cornou, Emmanuel Chaljub and Emeline Maufroy (ISTerre)

Master 1 students

Coline BISERTA (2024)
Topic : Enhancement of metadata on earthquake strong ground motions in the French West Indies for seismic-hazard assessment
Advisors : Rémy Burlot (ISTerre), Aurore Laurendeau (ASNR), Océane Foix and Emeline Maufroy (ISTerre)

Lucile ANDRE (2022)
Topic : Simulation of the ground motion generated in the city of Grenoble by the great A.D. 365 Crete earthquake
Advisors : Mathieu Causse and Emeline Maufroy (ISTerre)

Marie BAILLET (2019)
Topic : Comparison of two soil classifications in view of the revision of Eurocode 8 for earthquake-resistant structures
Advisors : Emeline Maufroy and Cécile Cornou (ISTerre)

Visiting exchange PhD students

Laura BONITO (2017)
Topic : The role of topographic effects on Amatrice's hill detected by SiSeRHMap and endorsed by experimental data and damage distribution

CV

Emeline MAUFROY — 2024-04-17T12:21:14Z

Positions

Since 2017 : Associate professor, @ University Grenoble Alpes, ISTerre lab
2016-2017 : Expert collaborator, @ University Grenoble Alpes, ISTerre lab
2011-2015 : Post-doc, @ University Grenoble Alpes, ISTerre lab
2009-2011 : Teaching and research assistant, @ University Nice Sophia Antipolis, Geoazur lab
2006-2009 : PhD thesis, @ University Nice Sophia Antipolis, Geoazur lab and LSBB lab

Education

2010. PhD degree in Earth sciences, specialty Seismology, @ University Nice Sophia Antipolis, Geoazur lab (PhD advisor : Stéphane Gaffet – PhD title : "Characterization and numerical modeling of the 3D topographic site effect : application to the 'Grande Montagne' of Rustrel, Vaucluse")
2006. Master degree in Earth sciences, specialty Dynamics of geological systems and hazards, @ University Nice Sophia Antipolis

Responsabilities and collective tasks

CURRENT

Scientific head of the French strong-motion network RAP@Epos-France, since 2018
The French accelerometric strong-motion network (Réseau Accélérométrique Permanent, rap.epos-france.fr) aims at improving the knowledge on earthquake strong ground motion that could affect the French territory, and its effect on structures. The RAP is a national observation service of CNRS-INSU and a specific action of the infrastructure Epos-France. The RAP exists since 1997 and is currently composed of 160 strong-motion stations deployed in mainland France, in the French West Indies and in Mayotte. Data are accessible in continuous and real time on the seismological portal seismology.resif.fr.
My role : coordination and national strategy, responses to funding calls, national budget (around 270 k€/year), scientific and technical program, representation in national and European committees, scientific and operational valorization of data, animation of the scientific community (including the organization of the RAP Biennial, 80 participants every 2 years), communication activities, public meetings.

PI of the SASHA project (young-researcher project ANR-22-CE04-0013), period 2023-2027
The SASHA ("SAtellite imagery strategies for earthquake strong-motion prediction and SHAkemap generation") 4-years scientific project is funded by the French National Research Agency (grant : 270 k€). This project aims at better predicting the impact of earthquakes in alluvial and urbanized valleys by exploiting high-resolution InSAR measurements of ground subsidence rates. We provide relevant information derived from the satellite imagery on the sediment thicknesses and their amplification effect on seismic shaking at a fine spatial scale, on the order of one point every tens of meters, to feed high-resolution shakemaps and damage maps in cities.
My role : coordination, budget, co-advisor of the PhD student and of the InSAR engineer, communication activities.

Co-responsible for the path "Natural geological hazards and risks" of the master STPE @ UGA, since 2017
My role : selection of student-candidates, entry meetings, individual meetings to discuss the professional project of the students, courses and training program, internship juries and diploma juries.

Active member of the French Macroseismic Intervention Group (Groupe d'Intervention Macrosismique, BCSF-Rénass), since 2013
The macroseismic-intensity assessments made by the group contribute to the recognition of natural disaster status for major earthquakes in France.
My role : member of the steering committee and trainer of the newcomers since 2022, three interventions in disaster zones (Barcelonnette earthquake, April 14-16, 2014 ; Le Teil earthquake, November 18-22, 2019 ; La Laigne earthquake, June 20-27, 2023).

PAST

2015 : Member of the ISTerre lab Council as representative of the post-docs
2012-2014 : Coordination of the scientific group E2VP for the programs Cashima-Sigma (CEA/ILL/EDF/AREVA/ENEL), communication and scientific animation, organization of the group meetings at CEA Cadarache and ISTerre lab, writing of deliverables
2009 & 2011 : Responsible for two HPC projects on the national computing machines of IDRIS, France
2007-2008 : PhD-student member of the Council of the Earth-Environment-Space education department @ University Nice Sophia Antipolis

Teaching

Emeline MAUFROY — 2013-04-24T14:24:03Z

Current activities (about 65h/year)

I'm co-responsible for the path "Natural geological hazards and risks" of the master STPE at the University Grenoble Alpes since 2017.
I'm also responsible for the master course in Engineering Seismology (48 hours, master 2 STPE of UGA) since 2018.

I mainly teach engineering seismology and seismic hazard at master level or equivalent, at University Grenoble Alpes and Polytech Grenoble. Some of my courses are taught in English.
I also teach theory of beams and magnetometry at licence level or equivalent.

Past activities

I've been teaching in universities (Grenoble and Nice) at licence and master's levels since 2007.
Over the years, I taught pedology and soil alteration at master level, general seismology, general geology, data processing, programming and mathematics at licence level.

Publications

Emeline MAUFROY — 2013-04-24T09:57:41Z

2025

Bou Nassif A., Maufroy E., Lacroix P., Chaljub E., Causse M., and Bard P.-Y. (2025). The i-FSC proxy for predicting inter-event and spatial variation of topographic site effects. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 23, 671-692. doi : 10.1007/s10518-024-02042-4

Rischette P., Roumelioti Z., Hollender F., Perron V., Theodoulidis N., Cushing E., Bou Nassif A., Chaljub E., Lacroix F., Traversa P., Maufroy E., Bard P.-Y., and Konidaris A. (2025). Effects of topography on ground-motion recordings at short wavelengths : the case of a cliff in Cephalonia, Western Greece. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 116(2), 553-575. doi : 10.1785/0120250146

2024

Langlais M., Janex G., Guéguen P., Helmstetter A., Paul A., Virieux J., Maufroy E., and Bouvier J.-N. (2024). The catalogue of 1987-2023 earthquakes in the western (French) Alps north of 43.5°N. Scientific data, 11, 1290. doi : 10.1038/s41597-024-04133-y

2023

Causse M., Maufroy E., André L., and Bard P.-Y. (2023). What was the level of ground motion across Europe during the great A.D. 365 Crete earthquake ? Seismological Research Letters, 94(5), 2397-2410. doi : 10.1785/0220220385

2021

Causse M., Cornou C., Maufroy E., Grasso J.-R., Baillet L., and El Haber E. (2021). Exceptional ground motion during the shallow Mw 4.9 2019 Le Teil earthquake, France. Communications Earth & Environment, 2, 14. doi : 10.1038/s43247-020-00089-0

Cornou C., Ampuero J.-P., Aubert C., Audin L., Baize S., Billant J., Brenguier F., Causse M., Chlieh M., Combey A., De Michele M., Delouis B., Deschamps A., Ferry M., Foumelis M., Froment B., Gélis C., Grandin R., Grasso J.-R., Hannouz E., Hok S., Jung A., Jolivet R., Langlais M., Langlaude P., Larroque C., Leloup P. H., Manchuel K., Marconato L., Maron C., Mathot E., Maufroy E., Mercerat D., Metois M., Neyman E., Pondaven I., Provost L., Régnier J., Ritz J.-F., Rivet D., Schlupp A., Sladen A., Voisin C., Walpersdorf A., Wolyniec D., Allemand P., Beck E., Bertrand E., Bertrand V., Briole P., Brunel D., Cavaillé O., Chèze J., Courboulex F., Douste-Bacque I., Dretzen R., Giampietro T., Godano M., Grandjean P., Grunberg M., Guerin G., Guillot S., El Haber E., Hernandez A., Jomard H., Lasserre C., Liang C., Lior I., Martin X., Mata D., Menager M., Mercier A., Mordret A., Oral E., Paul A., Peix F., Pequegnat C., Pernoud M., Satriano C., Sassi R., Schaming M., Sellier V., Sira C., Socquet A., Sue C., Trilla A., Vallée M., Van Den Ende M., Vernant P., Vial B., and Weng H. (2021). Rapid response to the Mw 4.9 earthquake of November 11, 2019 in Le Teil, Lower Rhône Valley, France. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 353(S1), 1-23. doi : 10.5802/crgeos.30

De Martin F., Chaljub E., Thierry P., Sochala P., Dupros F., Maufroy E., Hadri B., Benaichouche A., and Hollender F. (2021). Influential parameters on 3-D synthetic ground motions in a sedimentary basin derived from global sensitivity analysis. Geophysical Journal International, 227(3), 1795-1817. doi : 10.1093/gji/ggab304

Lanzano G., Luzi L., Cauzzi C., Bienkowski J., Bindi D., Clinton J., Cocco M., D'Amico M., Douglas J., Faenza L., Felicetta C., Gallovic F., Giardini D., Ktenidou O.-J., Lauciani V., Manakou M., Marmureanu A., Maufroy E., Michelini A., Özener H., Puglia R., Rupakhety R., Russo E., Shahvar M., Sleeman R., and Theodoulidis N. (2021). Accessing European strong‐motion data : an update on ORFEUS coordinated services. Seismological Research Letters, 92(3), 1642-1658. doi : 10.1785/0220200398

Péquegnat C., Schaeffer J., Satriano C., Pedersen H., Touvier J., Saurel J.-M., Calvet M., Stehly L., Arnoul P., Bollard P., Dewée O., Engels F., Grunberg M., Pardo C., Wolyniec D., Arneodo G., Bouazzouz R., Geber O., Aubert C., Langlais M., Roussel S., Brenguier F., Crawford W.C., Lemarchand A., Maufroy E., Olivier S., Rivet D., Vallée M., Vergne J., Chèze J., Debayle E., Delouis B., Guéguen P., Lambotte S., Mocquet A., Paul A., Peix F., Schindelé F., Shapiro N., Stutzmann E., Volcke P., and Walpersdorf A. (2021). RÉSIF‐SI : a distributed information system for French seismological data. Seismological Research Letters, 92(3), 1832-1853. doi : 10.1785/0220200392

Schlupp A., Sira C., Maufroy E., Provost L., Dretzen R., Bertrand E., Beck E., and Schaming M. (2021). EMS98 intensities distribution of the “Le Teil” earthquake, France, 11 November 2019 (Mw 4.9) based on macroseismic surveys and field investigations. Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 353(S1), 1-28. doi : 10.5802/crgeos.88

2020

Hollender F., Roumelioti Z., Maufroy E., Traversa P., and Mariscal A. (2020). Can we trust high-frequency content in strong-motion database signals ? Impact of housing, coupling, and installation depth of seismic sensors. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2192-2205. doi : 10.1785/0220190163

Traversa P., Maufroy E., Hollender F., Perron V., Bremaud V., Shible H., Drouet S., Guéguen P., Langlais M., Wolyniec D., Péquegnat C., and Douste-Bacque I. (2020). RESIF RAP and RLBP dataset of earthquake ground motion in mainland France. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2409-2424. doi : 10.1785/0220190367

2019

Limongelli M.P., Dolce M., Spina D., Guéguen P., Langlais M., Wolyniec D., Maufroy E., Karakostas C.Z., Lekidis V.A., Morfidis K., Salonikios T., Rovithis E., Makra K., Masciotta M.G., and Lourenço P.B. (2019). S²HM in some European countries, In : Limongelli M.P., Çelebi M. (eds), Seismic structural health monitoring, 303-343. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, Springer. doi : 10.1007/978-3-030-13976-6_13

2018

Hollender F., Cornou C., Dechamp A., Oghalaei K., Rénalier F., Maufroy E., Burnouf C., Thomassin S., Wathelet M., Bard P.Y., Boutin V., Desbordes C., Douste-Bacqué I., Foundotos L., Guyonnet-Benaize C., Perron V., Régnier J., Roullé A., Langlais M., and Sicilia D. (2018). Characterization of site conditions (soil class, Vs30, velocity profiles) for 33 stations from the French permanent accelerometric network (RAP) using surface-wave methods. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 16(6), 2337-2365. doi : 10.1007/s10518-017-0135-5

2017

Beauval C., Marinière J., Laurendeau A., Singaucho J.-C., Viracucha C., Vallée M., Maufroy E., Mercerat D., Yepes H., Riuz M., and Alvarado A. (2017). Comparison of observed ground-motion attenuation for the 16 April 2016 MW 7.8 Ecuador megathrust earthquake and its two largest aftershocks with existing ground-motion prediction equations. Seismological Research Letters, 88(2A), 287-299. doi : 10.1785/0220160150

Maufroy E., Chaljub E., Theodoulidis N., Roumelioti Z., Hollender F., Bard P.-Y., De Martin F., Guyonnet-Benaize C., and Margerin L. (2017). Source-related variability of site response in the Mygdonian basin (Greece) from accelerometric recordings and 3D numerical simulations. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(2), 787-808. doi : 10.1785/0120160107

2016

Maufroy E., Chaljub E., Hollender F., Bard P.-Y., Kristek J., Moczo P., De Martin F., Theodoulidis N., Manakou M., Guyonnet-Benaize C., Hollard N., and Pitilakis K. (2016). 3D numerical simulation and ground motion prediction : verification, validation and beyond – lessons from the E2VP project. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 91, 53-71. doi : 10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.09.047

2015

Chaljub E., Maufroy E., Moczo P., Kristek J., Hollender F., Bard P.-Y., Priolo E., Klin P., De Martin F., Zhang Z., Zhang W., and Chen X. (2015). 3-D numerical simulations of earthquake ground motion in sedimentary basins : testing accuracy through stringent models. Geophysical Journal International, 201.1, 90-111. doi : 10.1093/gji/ggu472

Maufroy E., Cruz-Atienza V.M., Cotton F., and Gaffet S. (2015). Frequency-scaled curvature as a proxy for topographic site-effect amplification and ground-motion variability. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105.1, 354-367. doi : 10.1785/0120140089

Maufroy E., Chaljub E., Hollender F., Kristek J., Moczo P., Klin P., Priolo E., Iwaki A., Iwata T., Etienne V., De Martin F., Theodoulidis N., Manakou M., Guyonnet-Benaize C., Pitilakis K., and Bard P.-Y. (2015). Earthquake ground motion in the Mygdonian basin, Greece : the E2VP verification and validation of 3D numerical simulation up to 4 Hz. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105.3, 1398-1418. doi : 10.1785/0120140228

2014

Maufroy E., Gaffet S., Operto S., Guglielmi Y., and Boyer D. (2014). Travel time inversion from ground level to gallery : protocol for the characterization of P-wave seismic signature in a fractured-porous Urgonian platform at hectometric scale. Near Surface Geophysics, 12.6, 697-708. doi : 10.3997/1873-0604.2014025

2012

Maufroy E., Cruz-Atienza V.M., and Gaffet S. (2012). A robust method for assessing 3-D topographic site effects : a case study at the LSBB Underground Laboratory, France. Earthquake Spectra, 28.3, 1097-1115. doi : 10.1193/1.4000050

2010

Bokelmann G.H.R., Maufroy E., Buontempo L., Morales J., and Barruol G. (2010). Testing oceanic subduction and convective removal models for the Gibraltar arc : seismological constraints from dispersion and anisotropy. Tectonophysics, 502.1, 28-37. doi : 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.08.004

2007

Bokelmann G., and Maufroy E. (2007). Mantle structure under Gibraltar constrained by dispersion of body waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L22305. doi : 10.1029/2007GL030964

Proceedings of International Conferences / Articles pour Conférences Internationales

Schindelholz V., Cheaib A., Maufroy E., Cornou C., Pathier E., and Schlupp A., 2024. Satellite imagery strategies for mapping site resonance periods at fine spatial scale. Proceedings of the 18^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy. hal-04668812

Maufroy E., Lacroix P., Chaljub E., Sira C., Grelle G., Bonito L., Causse M., Cruz-Atienza V.M., Hollender F., Cotton F., and Bard P.-Y., 2018. Towards rapid prediction of topographic amplification at small scales : contribution of the FSC proxy and Pléiades terrain models for the 2016 Amatrice earthquake (Italy, Mw 6.0). Proceedings of the 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21.

Hollender F., Maufroy E., Bard P.-Y., Ameri G., and Perron V., 2018. Are we ready to perform fully site-specific seismic hazard studies in low-to-moderate seismicity areas ? A synthesis of the CASHIMA program results. Proceedings of the 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21.

Grelle G., Bonito L., Maresca R., Maufroy E., Revellino P., Guadagno F.M., and Sappa G., 2018. The role of topographic effects on Amatrice's hill detected by SiSeRHMap and endorsed by experimental data and damage distribution. Proceedings of the 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21.

Maufroy E., Chaljub E., Hollender F., Bard P.-Y., Kristek J., Moczo P., De Martin F., Theodoulidis N., Manakou M., Guyonnet-Benaize C., Pitilakis K., and Hollard N., 2015. Validating the numerical simulation approach for ground motion prediction : General framework and latest lessons from the E2VP project. Proceedings of the 6^th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 1-4.

Maufroy E., Bard P.-Y., Chaljub E., Hollender F., Kristek J., Moczo P., Theodoulidis N., and the E2VP team, 2012. Validation of site-effect numerical predictions : new results from the Euroseistest Verification and Validation Project (E2VP). Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September 24-28, paper number 1910.

Maufroy E., Gaffet S., Guglielmi Y., Operto S., and Boyer D., 2010. Near-surface tomography protocol estimation to characterize heterogeneities at hectometric scale in a fractured-porous carbonate reservoir. Proceedings of the inter-Disciplinary Underground Science and Technology international conference, Apt, France, June 8-11.

Maufroy E., Cruz-Atienza V.M., Operto S., Sardou O., Sénéchal G., Dietrich M., and Gaffet S., 2008. Modeling of topographic site effect 3D at the Low Noise Underground Laboratory (LSBB), Rustrel, France. Proceedings of the 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October 12-17.

Maufroy E., Operto S., Cruz-Atienza V.M., Sardou O., Sénéchal G., Zeyen H., Dietrich M., Boyer D., and Gaffet S., 2008. Seismic imaging for topographic site effect modeling at the Low Noise Underground Laboratory (LSBB), Rustrel, France. Proceedings of the inter-Disciplinary Underground Science and Technology international conference, Apt, France, April 2-4.

Technical Reports / Rapports Techniques

Sira C., Maufroy E., Grunberg M., Benahmed S., Laurendeau A., Maggi A., Mathey M., Mendel V., Schindelholz V., and Dretzen R., 2024. Rapport sismologique, séisme de La Laigne (Charente-Maritime), 16 juin 2023, magnitude 5.3 Mlv (BCSF-Rénass), intensité communale maximale VII. BCSF-Rénass-2024-RP1, UAR830 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA). hal-04471156

Maufroy E., Chaljub E., Hollender F., Bard P.-Y., De Martin F., Roumelioti Z., Theodoulidis N., Guyonnet-Benaize C., Ktenidou O., and Perron V., 2014. 3D ground motion simulations for site effects assessment : Learnings from Euroseistest Verification and Validation Project. Cashima internal report, 79 pages.

Sira C., Schlupp A., Schaming M., Chesnais C., Cornou C., Dechamp A., Delavaud E., and Maufroy E., 2014. Rapport BCSF : Données sismologiques du séisme de Barcelonnette (Alpes de Haute Provence) du 7 avril 2014. Report number BCSF2014-R1b, Bureau Central Sismologique Français.

Maufroy E., Chaljub E., Bard P.-Y., and Hollender F., 2012. Evaluation of the relevance of the numerical simulation approach for site effect estimation : lessons of the Euroseistest Verification and Validation Project (E2VP) – Phase 1 and perspectives for phase 2. Cashima internal report, 74 pages.

Ph.D. Thesis / Thèse de Doctorat

Maufroy E., 2010. Caractérisation et modélisation numérique de l'effet de site topographique 3D : application à la Grande Montagne de Rustrel, Vaucluse, Ph.D. thesis, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France, 236 pages.

Master Report / Mémoire de Master

Maufroy E., 2006. Géométrie de la lithosphère sous Gibraltar grâce aux ondes télésismiques, Mémoire de Master, Universités de Nice Sophia-Antipolis et Montpellier II, France.