CV
Education
- Professorial thesis (HDR), Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 2011
- Ph.D in GPS and Tectonics, Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 2002
- Master’s Degree in Geophysics, Université Paris Diderot, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), 1994
- Survey Engineer, Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, (ENSG), IGN, 1994
Positions held
- 2017-present: Geoazur, UCA-IRD-CNRS-OCA, Valbonne & IPGP, UP, Paris
- 2014-2017: Visiting Scientist (IRD expatriation) at Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional ( IGEPN, Quito, Ecuador
- 2012-2014: Principal Investigator (Directeur de Recherche) at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Geoazur, UCA-IRD-CNRS-OCA
- 2004- 2012: CNRS-Researcher, Geoazur, UCA-IRD-CNRS-OCA
- 2002- 2004: COMET Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
- 1999-2002: Ph.D. student at the University of Nice & Survey Engineer, Geodesy Research Laboratory (LAREG), IGN, Paris
- 1995-1999: Survey Engineer, Geodetic Department, IGN, Paris, France
- 1997-1999: Secretary Conseil National de l’Information Géographique (CNIG, Working group Positionnement Statique et Dynamique)
Service
- Chair Seismo-geodesy subcommission 3.5, IAG-IASPEI, 2020-present
- Member (elected) Scientific Board Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur 2018-present
- Member Allenvi for CNRS 2018-present
- HCERES scientific advisor, 2019
- IRD representative at Comité Directeur TGIR-RESIF, 2018-present
- Director of the Joint International Laboratory (LMI) “Earthquakes & Volcanoes in the Northern Andes” 2012-2014, and then deputy director 2015-2019
- Member of the scientific board of the French permanent GPS network 2006-2009
- Member of the scientific board of Gravimetry & Geodesy (SNO), CNRS, 2009-2013
- National permanent GPS database RENAG coordinator 2004-2014
- Member of the national committee of Astronomer and Physicists (CNAP) – Solid Earth 2007-2011
- Member INSU-CNRS committee “Risque et Catastrophe Tellurique”, 2009-2012
- Member WEGENER (group of European Geodesists) governing board, 2004-2014
- COMET (UK) associate investigator 2004-2008
- French representative for Geodesy at the European Plate Observing System (EPOS), 2010-2014
Awards
- 2011 Award received from the Turkish National Geodetic Commission, Turkey
- 2016 Award “Batalla de Pichincha”, Grado Gran Oficial from Ecuador
Languages
- English, Spanish: fluent
- Portuguese, German: intermediate
Publications